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It has been a dream of mine to own a factory engraved Winchester rifle since I was a boy. I never thought it would come true, then one day a friend of mine told me about this 1873. He said he was considering selling it and wanted to know if I was interested! Of course I was, but I could not affford the asking price. He suggested we could make a trade and so we put together a deal and the gun was mine!
This rifle shipped with 9 others that matched it's configuration. Now I have another dream... To find more of the rifles from the shipment. One of them is pictured in the BIG WINCHESTER book by George Madis. I was able to get the serial numbers for all of them from the Buffalo Bill Firearms Museum in Cody, WY. All consecutive except one.
This rifle has a good shootable bore and shoots quite well...
Here are a couple photos of the rifle and a pic of the factory letter.
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JerryB wrote:That is a fantastic rifle to own and shoot, you must be very proud of it.
THANKS! ... and yes, I'm certainly proud to own it. It's alot of fun to shoot too! A few folks seemed surprised that I was shooting the rifle, but I figured it couldn't hurt to run a few mild loads through it once in awhile.
After all, that's what it was made for.
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That's a real beauty!
I have an original '73 in the same caliber that I shoot with black powder loads every once in a while. Not as fancy as yours but in about the same condition. It's a lot of fun to shoot these old guns the same way as they were shot way back when.
What part of Wa. are you in? I live just east of Everett up in the hills.
Steve
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sureshot wrote:That's a real beauty!
I have an original '73 in the same caliber that I shoot with black powder loads every once in a while. Not as fancy as yours but in about the same condition. It's a lot of fun to shoot these old guns the same way as they were shot way back when.
What part of Wa. are you in? I live just east of Everett up in the hills.
Steve
Steve,
Thanks for the comments. It is great fun to shoot these old rifles. I also hunt with other older ones.
I work in Everett and live just South of Arlington "up in the hills"
Kind regards,
Heath
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just spectacular...the wood, the engraving, the condition of the metal; a beautiful mellow aged look that cant be equalled!
what a pleasure and treasure to own!
i would have to shoot it!
hfcable wrote:just spectacular...the wood, the engraving, the condition of the metal; a beautiful mellow aged look that cant be equalled!
what a pleasure and treasure to own!
i would have to shoot it!
Cable,
Thankyou very much for the nice comments.... Glad you enjoyed the photos.
Heath
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That is a beautiful acquisition! You are very fortunate to be able to own an outstanding classic like that deluxe '73. To be able to hold something like that in your hands and feel and see the history is very fulfilling.
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hfcable wrote:just spectacular...the wood, the engraving, the condition of the metal; a beautiful mellow aged look that cant be equalled!
what a pleasure and treasure to own!
i would have to shoot it!
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marlinman93 wrote:That's a great old '73 Heath! A very nice gun to own, with really great features! Don't see a lot of engraved '73's, and even less in a short rifle!
Marlinman93,
Nice to hear from you... Thanks for your comments on the '73. Also looking at an engraved Marlin 94 in 38-40.
Send a PM, I'd like to discuss it with you.
Kind regards,
Heath
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Oh man! Talk about getting excited. I've been playing with the old Winchesters for close to 40 years and never have been able to snag a nice engraved one like yours. All of those specimens are either in rich guys collections gathering dust or museums. Your a lucky dude to get one out of the "woodwork". The engraving was well executed--probably by Ulrich. Hang on to that baby--better than any 401 K plan.------------Sixgun
hfcable wrote:just spectacular...the wood, the engraving, the condition of the metal; a beautiful mellow aged look that cant be equalled!
what a pleasure and treasure to own!
i would have to shoot it!
Me too!
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rangerider7 wrote:I smell envy in the air and some of it is mine! Nice!
Well, you got me to chuckle with that one... Not meaning to make the stench of your envy any worse, but my '73 belonged to a gentlemen from Amarillo, TX a little more than ten years ago.
Kind regards...
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!Thanks for the pics.
