The Winchester 1873: Winning The West For 150 Years An iconic lever-action marks a century-and-a-half milestone—having long since won the hearts of shooters and collectors everywhere.

The original Winchester Repeating Arms catalog entry for the Model 1873 offered the rifle with a number of factory upgrades available to the discerning customer.

If this rifle could talk, it may recite a yarn of weary settlers on horseback, scouring for water. The Winchester Model 1873 was found in the Nevada desert.

It was a moment frozen in time – an 1873 Winchester repeating rifle propped up against the trunk of a juniper tree exactly where its owner had left it over a hundred years ago.

The Winchester Model 1873 is a firearms legend as the "gun that won the West" and the "1 of 1,000" is a true treasure to collectors, carrying a pre-auction estimate of $150,000 - $325,000.