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MAINE STATE PRISON MARKED WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 RIFLE CHAMBERED FOR 44 WCF
Guns International #: 103301211 Seller's Inventory #: W4428
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 1873 - Winchester Rifles - Antique Lever
Seller's Information
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Seller: LeRoy Merz Antique Guns
Company: Merz Antique Guns
Member Since: 10/27/09
First Name: LeRoy
Last Name: Merz
State: Minnesota
Zip: 56538-0494
Country: United States
Phone: (218) 739-3255
Fax: (218) 739-4599
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 877
Total Number of Listings: 61310
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: Money orders, cashier or personal checks
Description:
A basic standard configuration rifle with a 24 inch round barrel, standard sporting front and rear sights, a full length tube magazine, plain walnut forearm with matching straight grip buttstock fitted with a crescent rifle trapdoor buttplate. Condition is very good overall consistent with a gun carried daily for many years but rarely fired. Metal surfaces show only scant traces of original finish in protected areas now appearing mostly a dull gray. The bore is bright and fairly shiny showing just slight pitting at the edge of the grooves up next to the lands. The action is crisp and tight. The stocks show plenty of wear with handling marks consistent with daily use and are otherwise solid. An included signed certificate from Bruce Gamage Jr. states that he worked as a corrections officer at the Maine State Prison from February of 1970 to March 1980. On the certificate he states that during his time at the prison, the wall guards were issued Winchester Model 1894s, but that they were marked like this Model 1873, that he knew several "old time officers" who remembered the use of Model 1873s, and that this is likely one of them. The rifle has the standard Winchester markings with the addition of "LOADED 12RDS 44/40 CAL" stamped on the right of the stock and a small arsenal plaque marked "10" attached near the toe of the stock.
Leroy Merz Antique Firearms specializes in antique and vintage Winchesters and other fine American firearms. Since 1965 Mr. Merz has taken part in the world of firearms and has been a contributor to many well known reference books. We have hundreds of additional guns in every price range at our home online. Search for Merz Antiques in google.
Price: $7,500.00
Antique: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .44-40 Winchester