Yep, my mistake.

1890 Winchester.My dad had one chambered in .22wrf.Shot a lot of deer with it during the depression years.

I have that exact rifle. As has already been mentioned above, it is a Winchester Model 1890 pump 22 rimfire rifle. They were offered in various 22 rimfire calibers, including 22 Special, 22 LR, 22 Short. I have a 22 LR model and it is a beautiful rifle.

Chas from Dawson County is correct. It was advertised as a 1906 and tagged as a 1906 and sold as a 1906 but it is indeed an 1890 in excellent condition. Built between 1907-1910 by the serial number. She followed me home for $550. I don't think I got hurt a bit.

I think ya did good, Gary.

It's an 1890 Winchester. I bought one at a show in Ohio over 50 years ago for $40.00

A friend of mine lent me the money to buy firearms at that show and he got his pick of what I bought first.
He took the 1890 Winchester, caliber WRF. He passed away 3 years ago and someone in his family sold it for $800.

The show was at Hara Arena in Dayton -- Largest gun show I ever went to, spent $600 on firearms that day.
I missed the deal of the day, a guy opened up a crate of German Luger's and was selling them for $39.00 in the grease --
I was out of money.
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This gun was my grampa's. Serial number shows it was built in 1946. The gun sat by the back door to protect chickens with, or anything else that required a firearm like steer, hog, or lamb butchering. My dad did the same thing with it. This rifle is a 62A model but all these style "gallery" guns are pretty similar. The 1890 i s the only one with the octagon barrel I THINK.

The Winchester Model 1890 usually starts at $1000. You did very well.

Hexagon, to be picky......but that's splittin hairs.
I see you're a fan of quilts. I have a few myself.

Danny,

The Remington model 12's had octagon barrels in the higher trim levels. They came all the way form plain Jane to fully engraved.

split away. octagon is a pretty common word for those barrels even though it isnt accurate

i should have said the only winchester gallery guns that had hexagon barrels. i thought that would be understood

My late father in law had an old Remington pump with the hex/oct barrel. One of his stupid sons got ahold of it and sold it for a song. Arg.

First gun I ever shot in my life was this gun. My father bought it for 11 dollars from my grandpa in 1964.



He also had one that had a octagon barrel the same model but the rifling was shot out and you couldn't hit a car with it so he sold it for 20 bucks .

That is very well preserved!

GREAT THREAD!
The true gallery guns are chambered in only .22 Short and have a triangular loading port, instead of a cartridge shaped one. That's so the "Carnie" could load the cartridges from a pre-filled tube.



Model 62 & 62A's were the most common Winchester models that were Gallery guns, and if there was Winchester stamped on the side of the receiver....Well $$$$.$$.
1890 and 90 Gallery guns are super rare.
Some gallery guns had an attachment to the front of the loading tube for a chain fastener, that attached to the gallery counter top. Add another $$$.$$!

Here's what the loading port looks like.

One little known fact about this model is it may be the fastest firing weapon made that is not labeled fully automatic. If you hold the trigger down it will fire as fast as you can work the slide. Each time it closes it will fire !!! No need to pull the trigger each time.

One little known fact about this model 62 A is it may be the fastest firing weapon made that is not labeled fully automatic. If you hold the trigger down it will fire as fast as you can work the slide. Each time it closes it will fire !!! No need to pull the trigger each time.

That is slam fire. Some shotguns like that.