“Guaranteed FEATURE WINCHESTER MODEL 73 “T he well-established reputation of the Winchester Rifle has induced certain parties to offer for sale other makes of guns as ‘Improved Winchester.’ We desire to caution buyers that all guns made by us are stamped on the barrel or on the lower tang … ‘Manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.’ … All Guns bearing these stamps are guaranteed by us, if used with Ammunition of our manufacture.” So read, in part, the “Caution to Purchasers” on page 2 of the March 1891 Winchester 64 N OVEMBER 2013 AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG Repeating Arms Co. catalog, right under a sectional drawing of the Model 1873’s action. The Winchester Model of 1873 has been called “The Gun that Won the West” for generations—and with good reason. Nearly a quarter-million of the iconic lever-actions were produced between 1873 and 1919. Today, for the first time since the signing of the Versailles Treaty, the Winchester 1873 is back on the market with the venerable Winchester name “stamped” (really roll-marked) on the barrel. Photos by Forrest MacCormack; accoutrements courtesy of Philip Schreierhttp://www.AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG