Winchester 1873 Sporting .357 Magnum / 38 SPL Rifle, 24" Oct Barrel - Lever Action 1873 Short Rifle.

The '73 Winchester is an iconic firearm, a symbol of US Westward Expansion so ingrained in the mind that it became known as the "Gun that Won the West," and it lent its name to a popular Western starring Jimmy Stewart to an entire generation, "Winchester '73."

The '73 again captured popular imagination in recent years when an original rifle was found in Great Basin National Park, untouched in decades prompting romantic flights of fancy as to who the original owner was, and why he never returned to reclaim his rifle.

You can claim your own piece of the mystique of the Old West with this Winchester Model 1873 Sporting rifle. Chambered in .357/.38 rather than the original .44-40, it is in almost all other aspects a faithful recreation of the original: oil-finished walnut stock, case-hardened receiver, classic blued steel crescent butt plate, and 24" octagonal barrel.

What a find on a very rare limited production rifle, we truly believe these rifles live up to the "One of One Thousand" grade of the very best 1873 rifles. This is a great collection item for any collector.