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Feb 1, 2017 · The standard 24″ magazine tube spring should extend about 6″ past the end of the magazine when distended. If a longer magazine spring is substituted for the original it could reduce the capacity by one round.
- The Unstoppable Lever-Action
- Evolution of The Winchester Model 1873
- The New Model of 1873
- The Men Who Owned The Winchester 1873
Ironically, we wouldn’t consider the Winchester 1873 much of a rifle by today’s standards. Historian Mike Venturino owns and shoots three original 73s. “It’s a 150-yard rifle chambered for a dinky little handgun cartridge,” Venturino says. “About the best I can do with my 73s is 3-inch groups at 100 yards, and beyond that, the sights are too coarse...
For 400 years, men whose lives depended on firearms had only one pull of the trigger to save themselves. In the 15 to 30 seconds it took to reload a flintlock or a percussion arm, your time on earth could come to an end. Samuel Colt solved part of the problem. His revolvers were formidable weapons, but they were accurate only at very close range an...
It was obvious to Oliver Winchester that a new design was needed, matched to a centerfire cartridge that would give his gun greater power and range. His concept became the New Model of 1873. Very close to the Henry in appearance, it had improved mechanics. The old brass frame was replaced by a stronger iron one (later changed to steel). A standard-...
Buffalo Bill carried a Model 1873 and a pair of .44/40 Colts when he scouted for the Army in 1876. An Arizona sheriff named John Slaughter (was ever a lawman more aptly named?) doted on a Model 73 carbine. Forensic ballistics have revealed that Native Americans used eight Model 73s at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. The Apache leader Gero...
Oct 23, 2023 · To eliminate an awkward and potentially dangerous loading procedure of dropping cartridges down the tubular magazine from the muzzle end of the rifle, Nelson King, Winchester’s new ...
At the outset, the big selling point of the Model 73 was the cartridge, the .44 WCF, the first centerfire cartridge to be chambered in an affordable repeating rifle. With a 200-grain bullet seated over a full 40 grains of black powder, the Model 73 generated twice as much power as the .44 Henry (flat).
Nov 7, 2020 · Each come with a 24-inch barrel, have a 14-round capacity in their tubular magazines and MSRP runs from $1,799.99 to $1,869.99. That’s just one of the eight versions available in the Model 1873...
Four versions were produced: a 22-inch (56 cm) barrel Carbine, a 26-inch (66 cm) barrel Express Rifle with a half-length magazine, a 28-inch (71 cm) barrel Sporting Rifle, and a 32-inch (81 cm) barrel Musket.
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Jun 18, 2013 · Overall cartridge length is critical when loading for the Model '73 — and most pistol-caliber lever-action rifles. The '73 has no magazine cutoff; the cartridge carrier serves to block the magazine as it lifts a round for chambering.
