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Michael minus the Articles. I think you and I have the same problem.Smile And to top it off my mind keeps coming up with more. smile.And again thanks for all your help. Whitey

What an interesting hybrid you are cobbling together. I like it! Is it now a "Balwin"?

That pistol grip '92 stock threw me for a loop. What a rare cofiguration for someone to use!
I had read long ago, I think from Frank DeHaas, of using a winchester model 12 blank as a starting point but never a '92.

I wonder how many pistol grip and not checkered rifles they made.

It was installed on a .22 Ballard with Pope barrel when I got it. I replaced the wood with an original Ballard butt stock, and put the modified Winchester wood into the box of odd ball stuff which might someday be needed. I'm glad to see that the day finally came!

Several years ago I sold most of my Winchester lever guns. I had tried to collect one of each major type, with as many special order features as possible. I am not a "mint condition" oriented collector, rather enjoy finding what someone specified as features making it the ultimate for his or her use. The '92 in that set had a matted barrel, set trigger, pistol grip and cheek piece. I'm sure not many were made like that one!

Terry,
I would bet that in the entire run of '92's there was a total of one in the configuration you described.

Still cobbling along, I got more of "perch belly" in the forend than I wanted. I had to stop before I could get it flush with the frame as the notch I filled was higher then the top.

Found a Browning buttplate I could fit, the stock is bigger at the bottom than the top?

Lots more to do, have other things I need to work on so will let the wood soak up some oil.

I used a new product for a release agent. I glassed in the head of the stock and sprayed the metal with Rust Guardit. It forms a hard wax-like film and worked great.

My friend John has been using it and I tried his can now I have to find my own.

http://www.pistoleer.com/kleenbore/chemicals/

Now that you have the stocks just about repaired, you might not want to consider this but there is a buttstock in good shape with the plate on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120642465118&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_949

Brent,

Thanks for the heads-up but with all the time I have invested into the one I have I think I'll stick with it. When I get all the new screws made I will have to inlet the lever into the pistol grip area that I filled.

If I did buy it I'd have to remove that curved buttplate ;-).