Serial number 422651B on lower tang, 24 in. octagonal barrel marked WINCHESTER'S REPEATING ARMS, NEW HAVEN, CT. U.S.A. / KING'S IMPROVEMENT / 22 LONG with single front sight and adjustable rear sight, front end magazine tube, walnut stock and forend with original crescent buttplate.

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Serial number 42.75 in.

Private Collection, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

DOM: 1892, FFL Status: Antique.

The Model 1873 .22 rimfire rifle is easily identified by its .22 caliber markings and the absence of a loading gate on the right sideplate. It is chambered for both .22 short and long rimfire cartridges, which are loaded through the front end of the magazine tube. Standard barrel lengths include 24 inches or 26 inches. Manufactured from 1884 to 1904, a total of 19,552 units were produced, making it the first repeating rifle made in America chambered for .22 rimfire ammunition.

Overall very good estate condition.