While I cannot say what the original price was in the year 1873,I can say that the rifle version could be bought for 18.00 dollars in 1896,and the carbine version sold for 17.50 in 1896 also.
You will have to pay 3,000 dollars or more for a original Winchester model 1873 lever action Winchester rifle in the condition you described.
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With the serial number that you have supplied,your Winchester model 1873 rifle was made in the year 1894.i would have a appraisal done on your Winchester by a member of the Winchester collectors assoc.the value could be quite high.Your Winchester model 1873 third model rifle will bring between 800-3,250 dollars for a rifle with between 10%-50% of its original finish remaining.
Winchester produced 720,609 model 1873 rifles between the years 1873-1923.
Your Winchester model 1873,was made by Winchester in 1891.
Your Winchester model 1873 rifle was made by Winchester in 1904,with the serial number that you provided.
A Winchester Model 1873 with a serial number of 169xxx was manufactured in 1884.
With the serial number that you provided,your Winchester model 1873 was produced in the Year 1883.
Are you asking about a original Winchester model 1873,or one of the finely made copies being produced in Italy?I would need to know in order to answer your question correctly.
with the serial number that you have provided,your Winchester model 1873 lever action rifle was made by Winchester in the year 1886.
The Winchester Model 1873 was not invented by a single person, but instead was the culmination of Winchester's continual efforts to make improvements to older designs. The basic design was originally patented by Henry B. Tyler (the inventor of the original Henry Repeating Rifle), which was then taken over by Oliver Winchester, improved upon, and released as the Winchester Model 1866. The Model 1873 was the next evolution of the Model 1866, and the advent of the centerfire cartridge versus a rim fire cartridge. Bert H.
With the serial number that you provided,your Winchester model 1873 lever action rifle was made in the year 1889.