How a Winchester 1873 works

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The Model 1873 was one of the most successful Winchester rifles of its day, with Winchester marketing it as "The Gun that Won the West". Still an icon in the modern day, it was manufactured between 1873 and 1923. It was originally chambered for the .44-40 cartridge, which was the first centrefire cartridge and which became immensely popular. The 1873 was later produced in .38-40 and .32-20, all of which later became popular handgun cartridges of the day, allowing users to carry just one type of ammunition. The Model 1873 was produced in four variations: a 24-inch barrel rifle, a 20-inch barrel carbine, and a "musket"-which was aimed at military contracts and only made up less than 5% of production.(Musket was a term that, at the time, denoted a full length military-style stock, not to be confused with a true smoothbore musket). The standard rifle-length version was most popular in the 19th century, although Winchester would make rifles to order in any configuration the customer wished, including longer barrels or baby carbines with barrels as short as 12 inches, octagonal-shaped barrels, colour case hardened receivers and fancy engraving.
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Winchester 1873: full disassembly & assembly
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@willo7734 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant channel. No stupid music. No annoying narration, just zooming in more and more on the fascinating mechanism of these guns.

@AA-lr6qm 5 жыл бұрын

it's so interesting to see how engineers at that time were capable to design such a masterpiece.

@willyrivero470 4 жыл бұрын

It looks simple now, yet it takes a geniuos mind to figure out a design like that. Impressive work of art.

@drakesavage1979 6 жыл бұрын

I guess this was the "assault weapon" of the cowboys

@GreatWestern175 4 жыл бұрын

This is why I love the guns of the Old West with a passion. The revolutionary technology that made these guns famous and legendary. The Colt Peacemaker and Winchester 1873 Model are my favourites. Thanks for showing how these guns work.

@mikeoxmaul45 5 жыл бұрын

lever actions are so satisfying

@HillVillageDragon 2 жыл бұрын

There’s something about this weapon … I just can’t the words to really describe it. It has this old world, rugged, rustic charm about it.

@howardbridges1273

Mechanical masterpiece. Easy to see how it works after someone else does the work. Starting this from scratch was a daunting task.

@MrJackfriday 6 жыл бұрын

Winchester, a work of art

@nishanthanbalusamy8709 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone After Vikram

@BigCarmine 4 жыл бұрын

Simplicity in form and function, beauty in design and appearance.

@chieveley 5 жыл бұрын

Left hand right hand friendly. A brilliant and very intellectual design. So effective for the populace of that era.

@stevefowler2112 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video...I own a .30-30 model 1894 (manufactured in 1957 so it's one of the "old" good ones)...great rifle, I still deer hunt and hog hunt with it and taught my two boys marksmanship and firearm safety with it (Funny story, my youngest boy and me were at a rifle range and I was teaching him how to zero a rifle so we start at 75 yards. I tell him to put a round in the middle of the target with the front sight in the middle of the rear sight, he does and I check it with the binoculars and I say ok now put another round in the exact same place, he fires and I look and don't see a 2nd hit and tell him I think you missed the target. When the range clears we walk out and get the target and he had split the paper inside his 1st shot with his 2nd. I started calling him Dead Eye after that).