Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Winchester Model 1892 Trapper

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 89 ↗

Winchester Model 92 Trapper carbines having barrel lengths of less than 16" (original Winchester manufacture only).

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “(original Winchester manufacture only)”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having barrel lengths of less than 16"”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1892–1941.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
Type
Rifle
Action
Lever
Caliber
.44-40 WCF, .38-40 WCF, .32-20 WCF, .25-20 WCF
Made
Original Winchester only · c. 1892–1941production; ATF states no date¹
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 89 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1892” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model): Winchester Model 1892 production 1892–1941; 'Winchester ended production of the Model 1892 in 1941'
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
None

Historical context

Winchester Model 1892 (base model shown for Winchester Model 1892 Trapper)
Shown: a Winchester Model 1892 short rifle, not this sub-16-inch Trapper carbine.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Winchester 92 short rifle transparent.png” by Hmaag, CC0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Winchester Model 1892”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Winchester Model 1892 is a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning as a smaller, lighter version of his large-frame Model 1886, and which replaced the Model 1873 as the company's lever-action for pistol-caliber rounds such as the .44-40.