Entirely different breechblock assembly with newly designed bolt to accommodate smokeless cartridges. Third and final version with blued frame. Second version with blued frame almost identical to the first version with the addition of a takedown screw on the left of the gun. Serial numbers lower than 15,552 are First Model Model 1890s.

Original version with case-hardened receiver. The Model 1890 has three distinct but very similar variants the first, second and third models. Of note is that each Model 1890 will only shoot the cartridge it is chambered for (i.e. Almost all Model 1890s feature octagonal barrels, although extremely late production versions feature round barrels. Pushing the slide back into its forward position causes the process to happen in reverse, with the breechblock pushing the cartridge into battery. The rearward motion of the breechblock also cocks the hammer. Pulling the slide back causes the breechblock to move as it rises up out of the receiver, a cartridge slips into the internal lifter from the internal tube magazine underneath the gun. The Model 1890 is a slide action rifle with an exposed hammer. The Model 1890 would later form the basis of the later Model 1906 and Model 62 slide action rifles. Long considered the standard gun to be used at shooting galleries and ranges, the Model 1890 earned the nickname of ' gallery gun'. As with most Winchester firearms at the time, the Model 1890 had a number of special order options such as checkered stocks and pistol gripped stocks. ' You said it wouldn't work, but it seems to shoot pretty fair to me.' ĭespite not being the first successful slide action rifle ( Colt had been producing slide action rifles for a number of years prior to the introduction of the Model 1890), the Model 1890 was an instant success and eventually became the most successful slide action rifle of all time, with 854,747 produced from its debut in 1890 until the end of production in 1932, with the final stocks cleared out by 1941. Soon after, Browning created a model of his rifle and submitted it to Winchester, allegedly with the following note: Īfter receiving the design drawings, Winchester attempted to dissuade Browning from continuing with the project as they felt that his new creation would not work. This time, however, he would instead submit design drawings for his new weapon. Before he designed this weapon, Browning would turn in a model of a gun to Winchester for them to evaluate and put into production. Designed in 1888 by John Browning and his brother Matthew, the Model 1890 was conceived as a replacement for the rimfire Model 1873 which had not been selling as well as the company had expected.

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