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Sat, Oct 18, 2025 02:00PM EDT
Lot 243

Antique Nickel Winchester 1873 44 WCF Rifle Named to G.L. Hubbard

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Serial: 49556
Manufacturer: Winchester Repeating Arms Co. (c. 1880) 
Model: 1873 (Second Model)
Caliber: 44 WCF
Barrel length:  24.25 in.
OAL: 43.5 in.
Condition: Good-Antique; wood stock & forend have moderate wear & patina commensurate w/ age; some chipping at the toe & a crack coming off of the tang at the wrist of the stock; barrel has brown patina over the blue finish w/ light rust; magazine tube & receiver have approx. 80% nickel finish remaining w/ some flaking & rust underneath; bore is fogged w/ light pitting; worn, but remaining rifling; mechanically excellent
Includes: Cody Firearms Museum Records Office form listing it as shipped on April 16, 1880 in Order # 19913. The form does not list whether the nickel is original, but it does appear to be early.
-heavy round barrel
Marked: "G.L. HUBBARD" on the bottom of the brass carrier block. No solid history can be identified for the name on the rifle, although, Harold Wieser (former owner), operator of Collecting Texas, believed him to be a former Coos County, NH Sheriff.

Provenance: From the lifelong collection of Harold Wieser of Collecting Texas in Rosebud, Texas.

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