The Winchester Model 1873 is an American lever-action repeating rifle produced from 1873 to 1923 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
The Model 1873 was first made available to the market in 1873, and was intended to be an improvement of the previous 1866 "Yellowboy" Winchester.

Although often refered to as "the Gun that Won the West" by several enthusiasts, the truth is that this was nothing but a marketing scheme by Winchester in the early 1900's to promote the rifle, nonetheless, the rifle was an instant success in the market due to it's ability to chamber a wide variety of immensly popular pistol cartridges, which meant a common bag of ammo could be shared between a rifle and a sidearm, reducing space in a Trapper's kit.

Though the weapon was discontinued in 1923 due to the more modern Model 1892, 1894, and 1895 Rifles having outclassed them in the civilian and hunting market, a fairly substantial amount of Model 1873s were also used by a number of militaries around the world, with over 720,000 rifles produced over its lifespan.



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