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Winchester 1873 Rifle
Winchester ’73 in .32-20 Caliber with Special Features
Made 1888
This Winchester 1873 Rifle – Special Order, serial #274601B, is in overall excellent condition. This Winchester ’73 features a casehardened receiver, half magazine, shotgun butt (uncheckered steel) and a 24” octagon barrel. Full octagon barrels on a “button magazine” are a very rare feature. All these features are verified with a factory letter.
A really beautiful example of a hard to find configuration. In my many years of collecting I have only run across several others in this configuration but not this caliber.
![Winchester 1873 Rifle - Special Order Hard to find Configuration Winchester 1873 Rifle](https://clarksantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Winchester-1873-Rifle-1351a.jpg)
This 1873 Winchester rifle has special sights, not noted in the letter, but all available from Winchester at the time. The front sight is an unmarked “semi-jack” ivory bead style. A Lyman folding leaf sight is in the barrel dovetail. A Lyman peep sight, with coarse knurling is mounted on the tang. It is marked, “Pat. Jan 29/79“. The barrel retains about 90-95% original shiny blue, slightly thinning, with the only losses on the octagon edges. All the casehardening is present on the receiver, hammer, finger lever and the fore end cap.
![A Lyman folding leaf sight for this Winchester 1873 Rifle A Lyman folding leaf sight for this Winchester 1873 Rifle](https://clarksantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Winchester-1873-Rifle-1351b.jpg)
The colors have muted in the last 120 years to a pleasing darker gray. All the screws match, with the exception of the side plate screw that is a bright shiny blue, obviously a replacement. The wood to metal fit is perfect and the stocks are also in excellent condition with no major scratches or dings. The mechanics are excellent and the bore is an 8 on a scale of 1-10.
![Left side frame for this Winchester 1873 Rifle Left side frame for this Winchester 1873 Rifle](https://clarksantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Winchester-1873-Rifle-1351c.jpg)
![The front sight is an unmarked “semi-jack” ivory bead style The front sight is an unmarked “semi-jack” ivory bead style](https://clarksantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Winchester-1873-Rifle-1351d.jpg)
Clarks Antiques Firearms – Winchester 1873 Rifle – Price $6,500.00
Item #1351