1893 with orig 1/2 rd,& 1/2 oct barrel with orig marbles site. 32WIN. Says HPS so they would NOT put winchester on the rifle. High Power http://imgur.com/a/rNScf
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Post your photos on www.gunboards.com under the Winchester forum, also believe there is a Marlin website for collectors too. -
Some years ago my friend was given a Winchester Model 1894 also in 32 Winchester Special caliber, this rifle was also manufactured around 1907-08 and had a long 26 inch oct barrel and full length magazine. It also had the Lyman peep. We fired this rifle a lot over two summers and not bad up to 200 yards.
Photos show a Winchester 1873 (have a factory letter) that my father bought in 1936. The caliber is 38-40 and the rifle holds eighteen cartridges and has a 30 inch barrel. The target was fired by me at 100 yards using the Lyman peep sight. This rifle was manufactured in 1891Comment
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Nice looking WRA! Previous owner checkering?Comment
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When my father bought this Model 1873 in 1936, the wood was already carved-up with the homemade checkering.
The Lyman tang sight was manufactured for the Model 1886 Winchester but was put on this Model 1873 at some point
in time. The Lyman tang sights have a letter code under the tang and can be identified - but often will fit other models
if the screw pattern is the same
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The value on these older lever actions certainly has appreciated. They show some nice workmanship.Comment
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Nice.. the pictures are sort of dark on my old PC but the 73 does not appear to have a set trigger. I think a lot or maybe even a majority of the 30' barreled rifles had a set trigger.Comment
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Here is what the Winchester Factory Letter states:
The statistical data for model 1873, serial number 468522B as extracted from the original Winchester records housed in the museum, are as follows:
Rifle
38 caliber
octagon barrel
Plain trigger
Received in the warehouse on March 22, 1894
Shipped from the warehouse on May 29, 1894
With 87 other arms to order number 14336
no other information is available for this serial numberComment
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