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July 31, 2005
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Bob,
Regarding 1873 carbines. Do the 1873 marked carbine sights show up in a particular serial number range? That is disregarding the possibility of sights being swapped by owners I am interested if they are primarily seen during certain production years.
I call myself a collector as it sounds better than hoarder
February 17, 2022
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Sorry, but I have to comment here. I can’t remember the last time I heard that statement. Clearly many many moons ago traveling for the USMC. Brought back a small memory. Sorry, carry on!!!!
May 2, 2009
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Bill,
Here is another one a lot of the kids haven’t seen. A rotary dial phone.
That is one of the things I didn’t track in my survey. Like you said, sights can be changed and it would be a level of complications I didn’t want to get into. I did track what sights lettered on guns but they didn’t tell if they were marked. Looking through the catalogs show only the 73 marked sight way into 1910’s.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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July 31, 2005
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Thank you, Bob. This is another mystery among many. The photo below is 1873 carbine 156798 which does not have the 1873 marking on the rear sight. This carbine went to the warehouse August 11, 1884 so is an early third model. The sight appears to be original.
I call myself a collector as it sounds better than hoarder
June 4, 2017
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I have asked similar questions over the years to people I considered knowledgeable. They left me with my current opinion. If the sight has a model or date stamped on it that matches the gun’s model number, correct range markings, and the condition of the gun matches, I’m happy. If the sight has the correct range markings, matches the gun’s condition, and no model number it’s probably ok on guns after the mid 1880’s. I have seen a lot of honest 1873s, 1876s, and 1886s with the matching model number stamped on ladder sights.
That said I would not switch a sight that matched the gun’s condition because of the stamping, only if the range markings or sight model didn’t match.
T/R
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