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*Winchester 1873 .44 WCF SN: 292837

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD
*Winchester 1873 .44 WCF SN: 292837
'Third Model SRC' Tube-fed lever action repeating rifle chambered is .44-40 Winchester, circa 1889. Features a blued finish, 20" King's Improvement barrel, full length tube magazine, blade front sight, flip-up ladder rear sight, serrated finger guide dust cover, smooth trigger, checkered hammer spur, saddle ring, smooth walnut forearm and straight grip shoulder stock with rounded metal buttplate. Rifle exhibits less than 10% of what may be an old blued refinish. The receiver has an even grey patina with some pin prick pitting and is stamped 'WS" twice in small block letters. The barrel & magazine tube have a splotchy brown patina with areas of light pin prick pitting. Action is very smooth, bore is semi-bright with pitting & a bulge forward of the front sight and wood stocks are very good+ with a repair on the right side of the wrist & a few scraped forward of the barrel band on the forend. Condition is good+. ***Antique Firearm***