Showcased in Hollywood movies and used often in Cowboy Action competitions, the 92 lever-action is one of several designs that won “the West.” The classic John Browning design has been in near continual production for the past 132 years by various manufacturers. New for 2024, Heritage Manufacturing is adding its name to that list with the company's 92 rifles and 92 Ranch Hand pistols.
The Heritage 92 is that company’s take on the classic John Browning-designed Winchester 1892 lever-action.
The basis of Heritage’s 92 series is Browning’s dual locking bolt, lever-action design that loads from a side gate in the receiver into an under-barrel tubular magazine. In a nod to modern standards, a firing pin block safety lever is added to the top of the bolt. Heritage’s 92s are made of carbon steel or stainless steel with hardwood stocks and are available chambered in .357 Mag., .44 Mag. .45 Colt or .454 Casull. Sights are a brass bead on a front post and an adjustable buckhorn rear.
Like all Heritage 92s, octagonal-barreled “rifle” versions can be made of black oxide finished carbon steel or stainless steel.
Heritage’s 92 firearms are available in several configurations. Rifles can be had in what is traditionally known as “carbine” (round barrel with forearm attached by a barrel band) or “rifle” (octagon barrel with forearm attached by a cross screw) form. Carbine configurations have either a 16.5” barrel and large-loop lever or a 20” barrel and standard lever.
Both versions have a black oxide finish and an MSRP of $864. A 18” barrel carbine with large-loop lever, made of stainless steel retails for $925 or $978 with a gold PVD finish on the receiver. In rifle configuration with a 24” barrel, black oxide finish versions have an MSRP of $978 or $1,031 when constructed of stainless steel.
In a nod to Hollywood, the 92 with a 16.5” barrel has a large-loop lever.
The 92 Ranch Hand pistol has a 12” barrel and large-loop lever. It is available with a black oxide finish for an MSRP of $841 or made of stainless steel for $925.
The Ranch Hand is a pistol version of the 92 rifle, available in either a black oxide finished carbon steel or stainless steel.
For more information, see the company’s website.
