Winchester Model 1873 rifle manufactured in 1883 The rifle has a 24-inch octagon, full length magazine and crescent buttplate. The barrel has a standard sporting style front sight with nickel-silver blade and a sporting style buckhorn rear sight with serrated edges. The receiver has the Third Model integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated edges. The upper tang is factory drilled and tapped for a rear sight. The buttplate has a sliding brass trapdoor and the butt trap contains the four-piece jointed steel cleaning rod. The barrel, magazine, forearm cap, receiver and dust cover have the Winchester commercial blue finish. The loading gate is a fiery niter blue. The hammer, trigger, lever and crescent buttplate are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are straight grain American walnut with a varnish finish. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped "WINCHESTER"S-REPEATING ARMS NEW HAVEN. CT./KING'S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29.1866. OCTOBER 16. 1860." in two-lines ahead of the rear sight. . The upper receiver tang is roll-stamped "- MODEL. 1873.-" in fancy letters with foliate devices at either end. The serial number "109616A" is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang behind the lever latch. There are no caliber markings on the barrel or cartridge elevator.

Excellent. The rifle is all original and retains 95% of the original blue finish with only very limited storage and handling wear. The barrel, magazine and forearm cap retain nearly all of the blue finish; wear is limited to some extensive very minor scratches along the bottom of the magazine and forearm cap and several very small spots of pitting along the right side of the barrel, The barrel legend is crisp. The receiver has close to 95% of the original finish with a few light storage scratches and several small spots of age discoloration or shallow pitting. Nearly all of the commercial blue finish is present on the dust cover. The loading gate has nearly all of the fire blue finish. The buttplate retains nearly all of the original case colors with some patches of darker age discoloration. The stock and forearm are both in excellent overall condition and retain nearly all of the original finish with minimal handling wear. There is a 1/2-inch dent and several smaller scratches on the lower right side of the stock. The dent shows traces of an old repair and is hard to spot without close examination. This is an excellent example of a classic "Gun That Won The West" Winchester Model 1873 Lever-Action rifle.