Original U.S. Winchester Model 1873 .32-20 Repeating Rifle with Round Barrel Made in 1889 - Serial 321682B

Original Item: Only One Available. "The Gun that Won the West!" This lovely repeating rifle is in .32-20 Winchester caliber, correctly marked with 32 W.C.F. over the chamber and 32 CAL. on the brass carrier block. It features a very nice 24 inch round barrel and full-length magazine tube. As with all examples, it is marked MODEL. 1873. on the upper receiver tang. Features the classic front sight with a nickel blade and iconic "buckhorn" rear adjustable sight. The serial number is 321682B, denoting the year of manufacture as 1889. Also, as it is marked with a serial number over 90,000, this is considered a "Third Model", which featured improvements over the first two iterations of the design. The most noticeable change from the Second to Third models is that the dovetail that the dust cover slide on is machined directly into the receiver, and not attached by screws as it was previously. The Third model is what Winchester made until the end of the production run when the serial numbers e