help me identify this rifle

**agme06** · March 10th, 2019, 01:51 AM

i just got this rifle but i cant find any reference, brand, number,

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**2DogsBarking** · March 10th, 2019, 05:57 AM

What caliber (stamped on barrel?)

**Gunsnwater** · March 10th, 2019, 07:18 AM

Winchester 1873 government
https://www.nps.gov/fosm/learn/histo...nd-carbine.htm

**Gunsnwater** · March 10th, 2019, 07:29 AM

Actually looks like a Henry with a Winchester tube and wood forend. Transition?

**Noah_Zark** · March 10th, 2019, 08:32 AM

Henry rifles didnt have a loading gate on the right side. Brass-framed 1866 "Yellow Boy" rifles were first in the Winchester line to have the loading gate. The very similar steel framed 1873 also had a loading gate, and had a sliding action cover to keep the breech clean. I don't see the action cover in the OP's photos with the breech open, but whomever plated it may have removed it. The forend is custom; no 1866 or 1873 left the factory with a forend covering the front of the receiver. The forend is likely covering the serial number at the bottom front of the receiver.

Noah

**rellisonii** · March 10th, 2019, 09:14 AM

Some imported replicas had the Maker's Mark under the forearm or buttstock

**NathanB** · March 10th, 2019, 10:12 AM

I love these threads because it never fails someone on here knows what the most obscure firearm is. It’s pretty impressive

**Brick** · March 10th, 2019, 04:41 PM

Customized Winchester Model 1873.

**Ecclectic Collector** · March 10th, 2019, 08:43 PM

It certainly is styled after the 1873 Winchester. The serial number of a real M1873 will be on the tang. It would also say "Winchester" and should have caliber on the elevator. This could be a Latin American or Belgian copy of same if it lacks these.