The Winchester Model 1873 rifles are known as one of the "Guns that Won the West", and these rifles in .44 W.C.F. were very popularly paired with a Colt Frontier Six Shooter in the same caliber, so that only one type of ammunition needed to be sourced and carried on the frontier. Manufactured in 1885 as a Third Model with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrations at the rear. The two-line address/King's patent marking and "44 W.C.F." is on top of the barrel, model designation on the upper tang, serial number on the lower tang, and "44 CAL." on the bottom of the cartridge elevator. It is fitted with a German silver blade front sight and an elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sight. It's mounted with a very nicely figured, smooth forearm and straight grip stock with a trapdoor crescent buttplate (cleaning rod not included).

Very fine, retains 80% of the original blue finish, 70% of the vibrant original case colors, and 60% of the original nitre blue on the loading gate with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth grey patina and a small patch of light surface pitting on the dust cover. The wood is also very fine with some scattered light handling marks throughout. Mechanically excellent.