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August 9, 2022
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Available at a shop i frequent. $39,500.
Im not in the market but its a beautiful rifle.
Description as follows:
This exceptional Winchester Deluxe Model 1873 rifle was manufactured in 1878. The accompanying factory letter lists this rifle with an octagon barrel, plain trigger, checkered stock, and case-hardened finish when received in the warehouse on June 22, 1878; and It was shipped the same day. It is the very desirable 2nd Model 1873 rifle variation with checkered oval finger grip dust cover and screw-fastened dust cover guide. The rifle has a 24-inch octagon barrel with full-length magazine. The barrel has a sporting style front sight blade and buckhorn rear sight with knurled edges. The magazine has the first model style threaded cap. The upper receiver tang is factory drilled and tapped. The crescent butt-plate has a sliding brass butt-trap door. The barrel and magazine have a blued finish. The rear sight and bolt are both bright blue and the loading gate sports a bright niter blue finish. The forend cap, receiver, dust cover, hammer, trigger, lever, lever lock and crescent butt-plate are casehardened. The walnut stock and forend are of deluxe quality, featuring highly figured wood grain with a high polished finish. The stock and forend are factory checkered and extends nearly to the edge of the receiver on the forend and extends around the lower tang on the stock. 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.” The serial number is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang between the lever latch and rear tang screw. The barrel and cartridge elevator, correctly feature a lack of the caliber markings found on later production Model 1873 rifles.
May 2, 2009
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Nice looking gun except the description doesn’t mention the refinished wood.
Bob
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May 23, 2009
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1873man said
Nice looking gun except the description doesn’t mention the refinished wood.
Bob
Bob,
Also, for such an early serial numbered 2nd Model, Is the checkering pattern the proper kind? I thought the style on the wood didn’t come into use until a few years / serials later.
Sincerely,
Maverick
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March 31, 2009
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Here is a picture of my 2nd Model that was received in the warehouse in September of 1878. I believe that the rifle being discussed could have a later stock.
April 30, 2023
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1873man said
Nice looking gun except the description doesn’t mention the refinished wood.
Bob
Sharp eye. Is it the fitment and lack of material at the metal/wood join lines? Testing my own observations here…
May 2, 2009
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There was overlap of the V style as early as 23,000 and the early square style as late as 40,000.
Bob
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Jeremy P said
1873man said
Nice looking gun except the description doesn’t mention the refinished wood.
Bob
Sharp eye. Is it the fitment and lack of material at the metal/wood join lines? Testing my own observations here…
Jeremy,
What caught my eye was the round corners of the wood. The forearm was real obvious. The stock was better but when you see a change in light reflection a long the edge (shinny strip ) means the surface is not flat. The same is true with the metal corners. If the edge of the wood along the buttplate came to perfect square edge there would not be shinny like that. Now if I saw this along the buttplate and the rest looked good I would think the wood was overhanging the buttplate and wore rounded but when I see the rest of the wood fit I know its been sanded by someone that didn’t know what they were doing.
Bob
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May 23, 2009
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1873man said
There was overlap of the V style as early as 23,000 and the early square style as late as 40,000.
Bob
I’ve never seen what I thought or know to be a legit V style checkered buttstock before the 30,000 mark.
Maverick
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Maverick said
1873man said
There was overlap of the V style as early as 23,000 and the early square style as late as 40,000.
Bob
I’ve never seen what I thought or know to be a legit V style checkered buttstock before the 30,000 mark.
Maverick
Winchester referred to the “V” style as H-pattern checkering. I do not remember exactly when Winchester standardized their stock checking patterns.
Bert
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May 2, 2009
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Maverick,
You can’t take nothing for granted when it comes to Winchesters especially the 73 because there was so many changes over many years and with a lot of overlap. I see pistol grip guns in the ledgers as early as 23,000.
Bob
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Bert H. said
Winchester referred to the “V” style as H-pattern checkering. I do not remember exactly when Winchester standardized their stock checking patterns.
Bert
Bert,
I just referred to the V as the part of the checkering that butts up to the receiver not as a pattern designation.
Bob
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April 30, 2023
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1873man said
Jeremy P said
1873man said
Nice looking gun except the description doesn’t mention the refinished wood.
Bob
Sharp eye. Is it the fitment and lack of material at the metal/wood join lines? Testing my own observations here…
Jeremy,
What caught my eye was the round corners of the wood. The forearm was real obvious. The stock was better but when you see a change in light reflection a long the edge (shinny strip ) means the surface is not flat. The same is true with the metal corners. If the edge of the wood along the buttplate came to perfect square edge there would not be shinny like that. Now if I saw this along the buttplate and the rest looked good I would think the wood was overhanging the buttplate and wore rounded but when I see the rest of the wood fit I know its been sanded by someone that didn’t know what they were doing.
Bob
Gotcha, yes, good eye. I did notice the forend but not the butt detail you mentioned. Thanks!
