Winchester Model 1873 Sporting rifle that was manufactured in 1886. This rifle has the Third Model receiver with integral dust cover rail and dust cover with serrated edges. The top of the receiver has the 'step' at the junction with the barrel found on .22, .32, and .38 caliber Model 1873 rifles. The rifle has a 24 inch round barrel with half-magazine. The barrel has a Rocky Mountain front sight with steel blade and a sporting style buckhorn rear sight with serrated edges and fixed aperture. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped. The crescent buttplate has a sliding trap door. The barrel, half-magazine, dust cover and loading gate are blued, and the forearm cap, receiver, hammer, trigger, lever and buttplate are color casehardened. The stock and forearm are "Extra Finish" walnut with a high polish piano finish. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the two-line legend: "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. "38 CAL" is roll-stamped on the top of the barrel at the junction with the receiver. The upper receiver tang is roll-stamped "{ MODEL. 1873.}" in fancy letters with foliate devices at either end. "38 CAL" is stamped in script across the bottom of the cartridge elevator and the serial number "222273B" is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang between the lever latch and the tang screw.