Winchester Model 1873 Deluxe Rifle

Description:

Winchester Model 1873 Deluxe Rifle, c. 1881, serial number 67518, .44 caliber, walnut stock with checkered wrist and forend, case hardened receiver engraved on the left side "H.F.S." from the factory, octagonal to round barrel marked on the top "WINCHESTER'S-REPEATING ARMS . NEW HAVEN. CT./KING'S-IMPROVEMENT-PATENTED-MARCH 29, 1866, OCTOBER 16, 1860," with Winchester factory paper, barrel lg. 24, overall lg. 43 in.

Provenance: The collection of David F. Post.

Note: This gun was once with a consecutive serial numbered gun and published in The Winchester Collector, volume 28, issue 3, summer 2004.


Estimate $7,000-9,000

A few spots of missing finish on the barrel and case hardening but in very good condition. The front sight is bent, and the bore is good and bright.


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