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December 9, 2002
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I really didn’t know how else to explain this mess as far as listing it as a Topic!
At first glance one notices the .33 caliber claim, which Winchester never MFG an 1873 in the .33 WCF Caliber, but at the same time the over buffed rifle, and not just buffed rifle, catches the eye. The home made aftermarket dust cover.
The listing description is careful using it’s wording, as:
WINCHESTER 1873 33 W.C.F. Lever Action Rifle, 24″ Barrel, Very Good Condition, Shiny Bore, Tight Action, sn:368092 This rifle features an octagonal barrel with a full-length tubular magazine beneath it, paired with a walnut buttstock and forend displaying smooth, oil-finished wood. The receiver shows case-colored hues, with a visible dust cover and loading gate on the right side. Chambered in the less common .33 W.C.F. caliber, this example represents a scarce chambering option from the original production era. It has an adjustable rear sight (adjuster missing) and a drift-adjustable front sight; the barrel has been polished and re-blued. A handsome example of Winchester’s most celebrated design. (85195) (GSCG80)
I found the chamberlain description interesting, (“from the original production Era”), and it also says the barrel was re blued. Nothing about the wood being over sanded and oil finished wood. With case colored hues on the receiver.
I look foreword to Zeb polishing up my English and describing it a little better with his take on this.
I couldn’t even classify this as interesting, but simply a mess!
Tony
December 21, 2006
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It has been sanded so bad the cal. stamp has dissappeared, it may be a 38 or????, definetly a bigger hole than a .33
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May 2, 2009
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Caliber stamp polished so far he could not read it anymore. The 3 and 8 are very similar and can be confused.
Bob
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Henry Mero said
It has been sanded so bad the cal. stamp has dissappeared, it may be a 38 or????, definetly a bigger hole than a .33
1873man said
Caliber stamp polished so far he could not read it anymore. The 3 and 8 are very similar and can be confused.
Bob
I knew that you two gents, along with a few others, would pick up on the large hole in the muzzle as pic # 21 shows, and the caliber stamp, polished off so bad, the Lister not knowing much about the M-1873, assumed it’s in the .33 caliber, which it plainly is not!
Tony
May 23, 2009
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A very bad re=blue job on that one with a replacement dust cover and rear sight. Bad attempt at artificially aging it as well.
Its now worthless in my opinion. I suppose you could salvage the interior parts. I doubt it will even make a good shooter.
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November 19, 2006
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From a distance, it really doesn’t look too bad. Quite a distance.
November 7, 2015
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Appears to be another case of taking a Winchester with character but very little condition and after no small amount of effort with a buffing wheel and sandpaper transforming it into something no serious collector will be interested in. Might work as a wall hanger as long as the lighting isn’t so good.
Mike
June 4, 2017
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Go back 30 plus years, before the internet when you bought a gun sight unseen from just a description in Gun List or Shotgun News. That description would have lead to a huge disappointment when you opened the box. The pictures in this case show the buyer what the description does not.
Every gun has value and in this case not much. T/R
November 19, 2006
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TR said
Go back 30 plus years, before the internet when you bought a gun sight unseen from just a description in Gun List or Shotgun News. That description would have lead to a huge disappointment when you opened the box. The pictures in this case show the buyer what the description does not.
Every gun has value and in this case not much. T/R
And the descriptions were often not much given you paid per word.
And remember when the shotgun news was around $20 or $25 per year but you could pay a couple hundred extra per year and they sent it out a few days earlier?
May 2, 2009
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I paid for the rush delivery to Gun List and it was published in Wisconsin so I figure I would get it first but I would call on a gun the day I got it, the seller said “I sold it yesterday”
Bob
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December 9, 2002
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1873man said
I paid for the rush delivery to Gun List and it was published in Wisconsin so I figure I would get it first but I would call on a gun the day I got it, the seller said “I sold it yesterday”
Bob
HAHAHA!
Bob,
I’m not laughing at you, but at myself, because years ago, I thought, “If I would pay the extra for it, maybe I could get a shot at some of these I kept missing on”! LOL! You weren’t alone in you’re thinking, and I am a couple states south of you.
Tony
