As part of an international Winchester marketing campaign, he penned this immortal headline: “The Gun ... firing. But all that was about to change with the advent of the Winchester New Model of ...

Nonetheless, the Model 1873 Winchester ... rifle. The 1866 model featured a bronze alloy frame, an improved magazine and a walnut fore-end to protect the shooter’s off-hand from heat during firing.

Or keep reading to learn more. The 1873 Winchester repeater rifle—capable of firing 15 shots in slightly more than 10 seconds—was the gun of American Western expansion. It came to be known as ...

Great Basin National Park workers found the Winchester Model 1873 propped against a tree in the desert in November. Who knows how many years the rifle stood there, after someone left behind the ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum added a rifle to its exhibit gallery known by many as “The Gun That Won The West,” a Model 1873 Winchester lever-action.