GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 TRAPPER SADDLE RING CARBINE WITH 17" BARREL WITH FACTORY LETTER.WINCHESTER1873 TRAPPER9270444 WCFCal. 44 WCF (44-40). Very early standard grade 3rd Model 1873 carbine with 17" bbl, full magazine, standard pedestal front sight with brass blade and 2-position 1866-style rear sight. Receiver is small frame type with stepped front ring and integral dust cover rail with 3rd type dust cover. Left side of receiver has a staple and ring. Mounted with replacement uncheckered, strait grain American walnut butt stock that has carbine butt plate with trap. Forearm is 7-7/8" long and appears to be orig to this carbine. Bbl address was nearly obliterated during a restoration process. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter which identifies this carbine with 17" bbl, received in warehouse June 6, 1882 and shipped June 20, 1882 to order no. 32434. The majority of the production of these short barrelled carbines were shipped to Central and South America where they saw extensive hard service under very extreme conditions, usually with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today in orig configuration or high orig finish. CONDITION: Fair, no orig finish remains being an overall cleaned and artificially aged metal patina. Bbl shows pitting by the forearm channel with other scattered spots elsewhere. Forearm has a long crack emanating from a deep gouge near the receiver and is missing a sliver from each front top edge and overall retains a dark hand-worn patina. The replacement butt stock has several dings and light gouges and shows an old oil finish. Butt plate tang appears to have been repaired with file marks showing. Mechanics are a little balky otherwise they are functional. Worn dark bore with visible rifling. 51935-4 JRL (4,500-7,500)