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 ...

Breach-loaded guns are dominant. 1871 - First cartridge revolver. 1873 - Winchester rifle introduced. Winchester rifles were affordable, and produced in such great numbers, that the Winchester ...

From the “Gun That Won the West” to the modern-day ... The Colt Single Action Army SAA “Peacemaker,” 1873, was officially adopted as the standard sidearm of the U.S. Army from 1873 to ...