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 1893 as a Third Model with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrations at the rear. Two-line address/King's patent marking and "44 W.C.F." on the top barrel flat, model designation on the upper tang, serial number on the lower tang, and "44 CAL." on the bottom of the cartridge elevator. Fitted with a German silver blade front and elevation adjustable buckhorn rear sights. Mounted with a smooth forearm and a straight grip stock with a trapdoor crescent buttplate (cleaning rod not included).

Fine, retains 40% of the original blue finish and faint traces of the original case colors and nitre blue with the balance having thinned to a mixture of grey and plum-brown patina and a series of dings visible on top of the breech. The wood is very good with some scattered light handling marks throughout. Mechanically excellent.