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Lot 1052: Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Auction Location: Bedford, TX

Auction Date: August 24, 2024

Lot 1052: Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Auction Location: Bedford, TX

Auction Date: August 24, 2024

Estimated Price: $3,000 - $4,500
Price Realized:
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Antique Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle

Manufacturer: Winchester
Model: 1873
Type: Rifle
Gauge: 38 WCF
Barrel: 24 inch octagon
Finish: blue
Grip:
Stock: walnut
Item Views: 1657
Item Interest: Average
Serial Number:
Catalog Page: 59
Class: Antique
Description:

Manufactured in 1887, the Winchester Model 1873 is known as one of the "guns that won the West" and was popularly paired with a Colt Single Action Army revolver in the same caliber. This Model 1873 is a third model, with the integral dust cover rail and dust cover with gripping serrations at the rear. The top barrel flat is marked with the two-line address/King's patent marking, and the caliber is marked at the breech. The caliber marking is repeated on the bottom of the cartridge elevator, serial number is on the lower tang, and the model designation is on the upper tang. It is fitted with a set of "sporting" sights including a German silver blade front, elevation adjustable buckhorn rear, and a Lyman peep sight mounted on the upper tang. It is mounted with a smooth forearm and straight grip stock with a trapdoor crescent buttplate containing an included four-piece cleaning rod. Provenance: Property of a Distinguished Southern Clergyman

Rating Definition:

Fine, retains 50% plus of the original blue finish, 50% of the vibrant original case colors on the lever and hammer, and 30% of the original nitre blue on the loading gate with the balance having thinned to mostly a smooth grey patina and a few scattered patches of light pitting. The wood is very good with numerous scattered minor handling marks. Mechanically excellent.



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