Original U.S. Winchester Model 1873 .38-40 Rifle with Octagonal Barrel made in 1892 - Serial 406400 Receiver and will be painted post

and will be painted post war green

When the release plate is withdrawn fully from the igniter body

There is still evidence of the gold breach bands that originally enhanced the barrel but the whole gun has been completely refinished and restored in Nepal and being in the old palace rather suggests it was used by the Nepalese Royal family in the 1850s

The troopers overwhelmingly preferred the French saber

The gun can be stripped using a live round of ammunition as a tool

Original U.S. Winchester Model 1873 .38-40 Rifle with Octagonal Barrel made in 1892 - Serial 406400 Receiver and will be painted postOriginal Item: "The Gun that Won the West!" This fine rifle is in . 38 40 caliber (marked . 38 WCF on chamber) with a 24" octagonal barrel and full length magazine tube. It also still has traces of the the 38 CAL. marking on the feed block. Features the classic front sight and "semi buckhorn" rear adjustable sight. The serial number is 406400B denoting the year of manufacture as 1892. The engraving on the top of the barrel is clear, with a bit of