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Winchester 1873 44-40 SN: 230947

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,600.00 USD
Winchester 1873 44-40 SN: 230947
This rifle has been professionally restored. 3rd Model. Manufactured 1887, Features 24" round barrel, full length magazine tube, buckhorn sights, straight wrist, finger lever latch, sliding dust cover, steel crescent buttplate with sliding brass cover for butt trap. Bore is very good/bright with good rifling. Metal surfaces show a full coverage reblued finish, about 98% with minor sctraches and a couple of areas of very light pitting showing under the reblue. Refinished wood is overall excellent, solid with visible grain, two small gouges on the left wrist. Wood to metal fit is excellent. Action is smooth. Model marking on top tang is feint but readable. Two line barrel address and serial number on bottom tang are feint/shallow but readable. Brass lifter is unmarked. The barrel appears to have been re-sleeved and the caliber marking on the barrel has been re-stamped. A shooter.
Condition is NRA Excellent as Refinished. Antique Firearm.