WINCHESTER
MODEL 1873
First Serial Number of Each Year
These were manufactured from 1873 to 1923.
Model
YEAR
 
Serial number
Model
Year
Serial No
Model
Year
Serial No
1873
1873
1
1873
1874
127
1873
1875
2727
1873
1876
11326
1873
1877
12315
1873
1878
23629
1873
1879
27502
1873
1880
41522
1873
1881
63537
1873
1882
81621
1873
1883
109508
1873
1884
109508
1873
1885
175127
1873
1886
196222
1873
1887
222938
1873
1888
255923
1873
1889
284530
1873
1990
323957
1873
1891
363221
1873
1892
405027
1873
1893
441626
1873
1894
466642
1873
1895
481827
1873
1896
499309
1873
1897
507546
1873
1898
531422
1873
1899
525923
1873
1900
541329
1873
1901
554129
1873
1902
557237
1873
1903
564558
1873
1904
573957
1873
1905
588954
1873
1906
602558
1873
1907
NONE
1873
1908
NONE
1873
1909
613781
1873
1910
630386
1873
1911
656102
1873
1912
669325
1873
1913
678528
1873
1914
684420
1873
1915
686511
1873
1916
688432
1873
1917
694021
1873
1918
698618
1873
1919
700735
1873
1920
702043
1873
1921
702050
1873
1922
702076
1873
1923
702349
WINCHESTER
MODEL 1873
Number of Guns
produced each year.
These were manufactured
from 1873 to 1923.
Model
Year

Number
produced

Model
Year
Number
Produced
Model
Year
Numbered
produced
1873
1873
126
1873
1874
2599
1873
1875
8598
1873
1876
11825
1873
1877
476
1873
1878
3872
1873
1879
14019
1873
1880
22015
1873
1881
18083
1873
1882
27886
1873
1883
35995
1873
1884
29622
1873
1885
21094
1873
1886
26715
1873
1887
32984
1873
1888
28606
1873
1889
39426
1873
1990
39263
1873
1891
41805
1873
1892
36598
1873
1893
25015
1873
1894
15184
1873
1895
17481
1873
1896
8236
1873
1897
5875
1873
1898
12500
1873
1899
15045
1873
1900
12799
1873
1901
3107
1873
1902
7320
1873
1903
9399
1873
1904
149996
1873
1905
13603
1873
1906
11222
1873
1907
NONE
1873
1908
NONE
1873
1909
26604
1873
1910
25715
1873
1911
13222
1873
1912
9202
1873
1913
5891
1873
1914
2090
1873
1915
1920
1873
1916
5588
1873
1917
4596
1873
1918
2116
1873
1919
1307
1873
1920
6
1873
1921
25
1873
1922
273
1873
1923
18260

All model 1873’s manufactured after serial number 525923 are considered modern and are subject to all the BATF Federal guide lines including back ground checks.
There were over 720,000 Model 1873 Winchester ‘s manufactured .
The longest barrel length known on a Model 1873 is 37 inches .

The shortest known barrel length on a Model 1873 is 12 inches .
The standard length for a Model 1873 Rifle is 24 inches
Special order barrels were made from 26 — 28 –30–32– 34 –36 -37 inches.
Special order finishes were available from Winchester in Nickel , Silver, Gold , Silver and Gold ,Blue and Case color.
There were 136– 1 of 1000 Winchester 73 rifles manufactured .
There were 8—– 1 of 100 Winchester 73 rifles manufactured
Short rifles were made with 20 — 21– 22 –23–24 inch barrels .
The standard length barrel for a Model 73 Carbine is 20 inches
Winchester trappers were made with barrels from 12 to 20 inches with 15 inches being the most common.
Winchesters with engraving are quite rare with engraving priced from 50 cents to 5.00 dollars .
Engraving prices were 50 and 75 cents –1.00– 1.50–1.75— 2.00 –2.50–3.00 –3.50–4.00 –5.00 –6.00 –7.00–8.00 and 9.00 ..You get get amount of engraving at any price you wanted by quotes from Winchester .
Deluxe guns were made with 2 –3 — 4 X wood in either pistol grip or straight stock all are considered special order.
Musket were made in Model 73 Winchesters and most were shipped to South America.
Winchester Model 73’s with 7 leaf express sights were manufactured for the India and South Africa markets
 and are hard to find today in the United States today.
The first Winchester Model 73 Winchester’s had thumb print dust covers with 5 different ones made in the first and early second model 73’s .
Winchester 73’s were manufactured in the following caliber’s –22 short –22 long –32-20–38-40–44-40 .
For more information on this subject we recommend the following books:

WINCHESTER ENGRAVING by R.L.Wilson .
THE WINCHESTER BOOK by George Madis.
WINCHESTER HANDBOOK by Bill West.
WINCHESTER AN AMERICAN LEGEND by R.L. Wilson.
SURVEY OF WINCHESTER 1873’s by James Gordon.

Factory letters for you gun can be obtained from:
The Cody Firearms Museum
Buafflo Bill Historical Center
720 Sheridan Ave
Cody Wy . 82414
1 307 578 4032
www.bbhc.org/firearms/records.cfm