This is a Winchester Model 1873, 22 short caliber. made in 1880s and left in a leaky barn for past 50 years. I got this rifle at a garage sale for $25. I did research and realized I found a very very ...
The iconic Winchester Model 1873, famously wielded by John Wayne in countless Westerns, earned the moniker “The Gun That Won the West.” 1 The Winchester Repeating Arms Company, founded in 1866 ...