John Browning Patent 492459 – Winchester

This design for a .30 caliber lever action rifle was not manufactured, but Winchester did purchase the rights to the design.
You can see US Patent 487660, which was granted just prior to this one, being used within this patent design.
This US Patent, number 492459, was granted to John Moses Browning on February 28th, 1893.
It had been applied for on March 22nd, 1892, which is the same application date as US Patent 487660.