On page 586 of this manual, it is written about the Model 1892:

U.S. Magazine Rifles, caliber .30, model 1892, are no longer issued to the service. They have been replaced by models 1896 and 1898, the model 1892 rifle being converted to model 1896. It may  be recognized by the stamp marks on the receiver, which are either "model 1892", "1894", or "1895," and by having the long ramrod and solid buttplate.


In a different thread we were trying to figure out what to call the model 1892's that were upgraded with 1896 features (92/96?). This paragraph stating "being converted to model 1896" makes it look like the Department of Ordnance was calling them model 1896's and did not have any unmodified model 1892's. But that last sentence of that paragraph has me baffled. Or are they still called model 1892's and "are no longer issued to the service" no matter the configuration?