This may be a silly question...I don't know a lot about lever action Winchesters...but could a '92 Winchester, originally in 44-40 be made into a takedown with barrels in 38-40 and 45 Long Colt?

Roger

Good question. I would think as long as the parent case was the same function/feeding would be ok. I am not sure how the .45 Colt would work. I have a Win. M53 take-down in .25-20 and have thought it would be really fun to have barrels in .32-20 and .218 Bee. I have to wonder if Winchester ever made up any multi-caliber sets? If anyone would know it would probably be Turnbull?
C.G.B.

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Originally posted by yumastepside:
This may be a silly question...I don't know a lot about lever action Winchesters...but could a '92 Winchester, originally in 44-40 be made into a takedown with barrels in 38-40 and 45 Long Colt?

Roger

38-40 and 44-40 would be easy. 44-40 and 44 magnum would be workable too. 45 Colt, maybe.

38-40 and 44-40 are easy...same case, would love a 45.

Roger

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Originally posted by cgbach:
Good question. I would think as long as the parent case was the same function/feeding would be ok. I am not sure how the .45 Colt would work. I have a Win. M53 take-down in .25-20 and have thought it would be really fun to have barrels in .32-20 and .218 Bee. I have to wonder if Winchester ever made up any multi-caliber sets? If anyone would know it would probably be Turnbull?
C.G.B.

Oh Boy,,,THAT woulsd be a real project. I see lotsa $$$$$

2 more barrels, 2 more mag. tubes, 2 more matching forends and caps. It is only money, right? It would probably be cheaper to just find 2 more rifles in the desired cals. and 'borrow' the parts.
C.G.B.

Here you go. A little bigger than the 92 but it can be done.
https://www.turnbullrestoratio...e-down-2-barrel-set/

Anything can be done if you have the bucks..

Take downs are pointless, If you get one you will discover they have nothing to offer from a hunting aspect in that you never have to right barrel installed at the right time..In your case the 45 colt covers the other two under most any circumstance and at a great cost..


My favorite was a Brno in 7x57 and 9,3x62 and I seem to see a trophy bull buff or elephant every time I had the 7mm on for example..

Just my personal opine nothing more..

Yes, except for people living in countries with weird laws on how many guns they can own, I don't see much point in switch-barrel rifles, for the reasons Ray mentioned.

Since trains and bicycles went out of fashion for transport to shooting grounds, I'm a bit cool on takedowns of any type, for that matter. A buddy uses them for storage beneath car seats but that doesn't appeal to me considering loss of rigidity likely in the total assembly.

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Take downs are pointless, If you get one you will discover they have nothing to offer from a hunting aspect in that you never have to right barrel installed at the right time..In your case the 45 colt covers the other two under most any circumstance and at a great cost..


My favorite was a Brno in 7x57 and 9,3x62 and I seem to see a trophy bull buff or elephant every time I had the 7mm on for example..

I found same can be said for two rifles.
The one that is perfect cartridge for the game in front of you is back in the lodge.

M

I appreciate all the replies and all the usual reasons why a switch barrel is not perfect, but to be honest, my main reason for building this is actually the pure mechanical side, being able to make something like this. As I said in a previous post, when I bought this rifle, my intention was to build a full custom firearm ...my question was about the strength of this action to take a 45 Long Colt round.
No disrespect intended by this comment.

Roger

Want to is a good reason as any.
I think most on this forum the practical reason for a rifle is long past.
I have a 270-308. Because it is what I want.

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The 45 colt is a a good round for a 92 Win. The action is strong enough. I apologize in that I did not interpret this in your post

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Originally posted by cgbach:
Here you go. A little bigger than the 92 but it can be done.
https://www.turnbullrestoratio...e-down-2-barrel-set/

The 50/110 case and 45/70 case are vastly different. I’d like to know how the one shell carrier worked with both cases.

Good question Jeffe, but the 38 special and the 357 both work in a win 92 or Marlin comes to mind?
as that is accomplished with a common carrier..

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Originally posted by Mark Clark:

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Take downs are pointless, If you get one you will discover they have nothing to offer from a hunting aspect in that you never have to right barrel installed at the right time..In your case the 45 colt covers the other two under most any circumstance and at a great cost..


My favorite was a Brno in 7x57 and 9,3x62 and I seem to see a trophy bull buff or elephant every time I had the 7mm on for example..

I found same can be said for two rifles.
The one that is perfect cartridge for the game in front of you is back in the lodge.

M

I would say that two rifles are good in Ray's African context because you can often get a gunbearer or skinner to carry one of them.

Or have them both at least in the truck..been pretty well time proven..