The Model 1892 first appeared in 1892 chambered for the. Carbine forms of the rifle were said to see production well into 1941. The rifle was evaluated and eventually set for serial production to the mass market to which Winchester Repeating Arms Company produced upwards of 1,000,000 Model 1892 rifles from a period spanning from 1892 to 1938 out of their New Haven, Connecticut location. Browning then set to work and, within two weeks, produced a developmental rifle form for review based on the preceding Model 1886. Winchester sought a new addition to its successful lever-action rifle line, the new rifle intended to fire a pistol caliber cartridge. Browning's work was attributed in the Model 1886 and would also be included in the upcoming Model 1892.
Browning then proceeded to work on several more future Winchester designs and produced a series of shotguns and lever-action rifles. Winchester had taken note of Browning's work on a single-shot rifle design and his company eventually purchased the rifle and marketed it as the Winchester Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle. Beginning in 1883, fabled American gunsmith John Moses Browning lent his talents - through a partnership - to the Winchester Repeating Firearms Company owned by businessman Oliver Winchester.
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