Make: Winchester

Model: 1902

Serial Number: No Serial Number Visible (NSNV)

Year of Manufacture: 1907-1914

Caliber: .22 Short and Long

Action Type: Single Shot, Manually Cocked Bolt Action Rifle with extractor

Barrel Length: 18” Round

Sights / Optics: The front sight is a blade dovetailed to the barrel. The rear sight is a fixed v-notch dovetailed to the barrel. 

Stock Configuration & Condition: The stock is smooth wood with a straight grip, straight comb, and checkered Winchester composition buttplate. The LOP measures 13 3/8” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. There are no chips or cracks. The stock displays moderate handling wear with scratches, scuffs, nicks, scrapes, and compressions throughout. There is some finish loss on both sides of the buttstock. The stock rates in about Good Condition. 

Type of Finish: Once Blued, None Left

Finish Originality: Original, None Left

Bore Condition: The bore is mostly bright. The rifling is well defined where not interrupted by erosion. There is some general erosion throughout the bore. In this writer’s opinion, the bore rates 6/10.

Overall Condition: This rifle retains about none of its finish and shows light operation wear. The screw heads are tool marked. The pins are clean. The markings are clear. There is general finish loss evenly throughout the rifle with some of the metal having gone to a light to mild mottled patina toward the front and rear. There is a hint of blue remaining on the sights. Overall, this rifle rates in about Fair to Good Condition.

Mechanics: The action functions as intended. We did not fire this rifle. As with all previously owned firearms, thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.

Box, Paperwork & Accessories: None 

Our Assessment: The Winchester Model 1902 is one of the classic Winchester .22 “boy’s rifles” from the turn of the 20th century. Those made from ca. 1907-1914 featured a composition buttplate and were chambered in .22 Short & Long only (those made before 1907 featured a steel buttplate, and those made after 1914 were also chambered for .22 Extra Long). With about 640,000 made over its production run from 1902-1931, the Winchester Model 1902 .22 was the first rifle for many American boys.

This Winchester Model 1902 .22 Short & Long Boy’s Rifle was made between 1907-1914 and is in Fair to Good Condition. It features an 18” barrel, none of its original finish, a smooth wood stock, a checkered Winchester composition buttplate, and a mostly bright bore with well defined rifling (where not interrupted by erosion). This is a great old Winchester .22 boy’s rifle from the early 1900s.