Winchester Model 1873

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Winchester Model 1873 carbine - 1st generation rifle - 44-40 Cal.

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The 1873 "Short Rifle" model with octagon barrel

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Deluxe Winchester Model 1873 with engraving

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A Mare's Leg cut down from a Winchester Model 1873 rifle with octagonal barrel. This has the tear drop shaped lever loop and case hardened receiver. This original Winchester rifle was cut down for the film Wild Wild West (1999) and was the screen used gun by Will Smith in the movie.

Referred to as the "Gun that Won the West", the Winchester model 1873 was manufactured in the following calibers: .44-40, .38-40 and .32-20. Modern replicas are offered in those calibers and also the .45 long colt, though it wasn't originally offered in that caliber.

Something many don't know, John M. Browning, the inventor of the rifle, used an 1873 to make his first prototype automatic firing gun. After seeing what a muzzle blast could do to a patch of grass, he tested it and found he was correct. The muzzle blast from the gun was heavy enough to be harnessed, so he took a flapper and attached it to the muzzle and the lever and invented his first automatic rifle.

Seen in the following:

Specifications

• Weight: 9.5lb (4.3kg)
• Length: 49.3in (125.2cm)
• Barrel length: 30in (76.2cm)
• Caliber: .44-40 Winchester, .38-40 Winchester, .32-20 Winchester, .22 rimfire
• Action: Lever-action
• Feed system: 15 round tube magazine
• Sights: Graduated rear sights, Fixed-post front sights

Film

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
.	Prison Guard	San Quentin	.	1937
.	Native Americans	She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	.	1949
Charles Drake	Steve Miller	Winchester '73	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
James Stewart	Lin McAdam	Winchester '73	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Millard Mitchell	Frankie Wilson	Winchester '73	.	1950
Rock Hudson	Young Bull	Winchester '73	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Stephen McNally	Dutch Henry Brown	Winchester '73	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Tony Curtis	Pvt. Doan	Winchester '73	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Will Geer	Wyatt Earp	Winchester '73	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
George Peppard	Zeb	How the West Was Won	.	1962
Lee J. Cobb	Marshal Lou Ramsey	How the West Was Won	.	1962
Charlton Heston	Will Penny	Will Penny	.	1968
Lee Majors	Blue	Will Penny	.	1968
Sean Connery	Shalako	Shalako	.	1968
Jack Hawkins	Sir Charles Daggett	Shalako	.	1968
Stephen Boyd	Bosky Fulton	Shalako	.	1968
Brigitte Bardot	Irina Lazaar	Shalako	.	1968
Ursula Andress	Cristina	Red Sun (Soleil rouge)	.	1971
Charles Bronson	Link Stuart	Red Sun (Soleil rouge)	.	1971
Paul Newman	Roy Bean	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	.	1972
Dana Elcar	Allen	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	.	1972
Yul Brynner	Gunslinger	Westworld	.	1973
.	Rival gang member	A Boy and His Dog	.	1975
.	Armed Citizen	The Deadly Tower	.	1975
David Carradine	Cole Younger	The Long Riders	.	1980
James Keach	Jesse James	The Long Riders	.	1980
Randy Quaid	Clell Miller	The Long Riders	.	1980
Stacy Keach	Frank James	The Long Riders	.	1980
Andrew Stevens	RCMP Constable Adams	Death Hunt	.	1981
William Sanderson	Ned Warren	Death Hunt	.	1981
Jeff Fahey	Tyree	Silverado	.	1985
Kevin Kline	Paden	Silverado	.	1985
Rusty Meyers	Roscoe	Silverado	.	1985
Scott Glenn	Emmet Hollis	Silverado	.	1985
Todd Allen	Deputy Kern	Silverado	.	1985
Stephen Lang	Ike Clanton	Tombstone	.	1993
Aidan Quinn	Alfred Ludlow	Legends of the Fall	.	1994
Brad Pitt	Tristan Ludlow	Legends of the Fall	.	1994
Julia Ormond	Susannah Fincannon Ludlow	Legends of the Fall	.	1994
.	.	Mulholland Falls	Seen On Gen. Timms' rifle rack	1996
Vincent Berry	Deke Barr	Breakdown	.	1997
Will Smith	Capt. James "Jim" West	Wild Wild West	Cut-down to resemble "Mare's Leg"	1999
Christian Kane	J.T. Langston	Crossfire Trail	.	2001
Wilford Brimley	Joe Gill	Crossfire Trail	.	2001
	carried by various cowboys throughout	Monte Walsh	.	2002
Kevin Costner	Charlie Waite	Open Range	.	2003
Michael Gambon	Denton Baxter	Open Range	.	2003
Robert Duvall	Boss Spearman	Open Range	.	2003
Billy Connolly	Zebulon Gant	The Last Samurai	.	2003
Tom Cruise	Nathan Algren	The Last Samurai	Trapper model	2003
Sean Connery	Allen Quatermain	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	.	2003
Shane West	Agent Tom Sawyer	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	.	2003
John Dixon	Big Horse Johnson	Tremors 4: The Legend Begins	.	2004
Buck Taylor	Buckskin Charlie	Miracle at Sage Creek	.	2005
.	Vigilantes	Desperation	.	2006
.	Gang members	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	.	2007
Ed Harris	Virgil Cole	Appaloosa	"Short Rifles" with 20" Octagonal barrels	2008
Jeremy Irons	Randall Bragg	Appaloosa	"Short Rifles" with 20" Octagonal barrels	2008
Kenneth Welsh	Patrick O'Flynn	Survival of the Dead	.	2010
Jeff Bridges	Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	True Grit	"Short" rifle with octagonal barrel	2010

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Marina Sirtis	Deanna Troi	Star Trek: The Next Generation		1987-1994
Pablo Espinosa	Major Fredrick Funston	Rough Riders		1997
Gina Torres	Zoe Alleyne Washburne	Firefly		2002-2003
Dayton Callie	Charlie Utter	Deadwood		2004-2006
Jim Beaver	Whitney Ellsworth	Deadwood		2004-2006
Robin Weigert	Calamity Jane	Deadwood		2004-2006
Sean Bridgers	Johnny Burns	Deadwood		2004-2006
W. Earl Brown	Dan Dority	Deadwood		2004-2006
		Top Shot - Season 3		2011

Video Games

Title	Referred as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West				2010

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Seen in the spaghetti western Jet watches		2001
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Seen in Manami's virtual armory		2010