{"id":5538,"date":"2017-06-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/winchester-lever-action-development-model-1873\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T21:18:13","slug":"winchester-lever-action-development-model-1873","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/winchester-lever-action-development-model-1873\/","title":{"rendered":"Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1873"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/52_IE0dcWsk?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sold for:<br \/>\nMusket: $2,588 (with a second rifle)<br \/>\nRifle: $1,265<br \/>\nTrapper Carbine: $5,463<\/p>\n<p>With the Model of 1873, Winchester was able to address the major remaining weakness of the Henry and 1866 rifles &#8211; the cartridge. The 1873 was introduced in tandem with the .44Winchester Center Fire cartridge (known more commonly today as the .44-40). This cartridge kept the 200 grain bullet from the .44Henry Rimfire round, but used a brass case (as opposed to copper) and was able to increase the powder charge from 28 grains to 40, for  a substantial increase in velocity.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Model 1873 used a lighter steel frame and introduced a sliding dust cover on the top of the action to help keep out dirt and debris. The centerfire nature of the cartridge made it possible to handled ammunition when a commercial source was not available (Winchester sold the reloading tools). The 1873 was available with a wide variety of options, including barrel and magazine lengths, buttstock and grips, sights, and fancy options like engraving. It would prove to be a massively popular weapon both in the United States and abroad, cementing Winchester\u2019s position as the premier manufacturer of American repeating rifles.<\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forgotten-weapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sold for: Musket: $2,588 (with a second rifle) Rifle: $1,265 Trapper Carbine: $5,463 With the Model of 1873, Winchester was able to address the major remaining weakness of the Henry and 1866 rifles &#8211; the cartridge. The 1873 was introduced in tandem with the .44Winchester Center Fire cartridge (known more commonly today as the .44-40).&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/winchester-lever-action-development-model-1873\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Winchester Lever Action Development: Model 1873<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14841,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions\/14841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}