Posted December 16, 2015 3:21 pm by Comments

By Brett Schwenke

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In the early 1950s, my father, Wayne, returned home to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from a tour of duty with the U.S. Army. He picked up his life where he’d left it years before and began running our family’s business with his brother.

Turnbull Manufacturing Company was able to restore the Schwenke family’s Winchester 1892 rifle back to original condition, just like the day it was purchased by the author’s great-great grandmother.

At some point his first year back, Dad was rummaging through one of the counters in the store. He found a Winchester 1892 saddle-ring carbine. He hadn’t seen the Winchester 1892 for many years, but he recognized it as his grandmother’s.

The Winchester 1892 has four serial numbers and is a …Read the Rest

Source:: Guns and Ammo

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