A Winchester is a Winchester or a Winchester , or a Winchester

[mnrivrat]

This has likely been old news as I watched a video regarding a Winchester rifle that was found leaning up against a post out west. They started out showing a picture of the gun - the picture was of a brass framed Model 1866 rifle.

As the video continued, once again they showed the gun, but this time it was a 1903 autoloader. Continuing into the commentary and video the picture changed back to the M1866.

Then as they talked about condition the scan was of a Model 1894 ? How intertaining. As they were wrapping up the video they said the gun was engraved with 1873 and showed a short glimps of a well weathered Model 1873 Winchester leaning on the post. The gun was to be hung in a local museum. (probably going to hang a Marlin 1893)

Just found it a little entertaining - nothing like finding a mars space ship, but amusing anyway.

 

[Coyote3855]

Not sure where you are getting your information or what video you saw, but the consensus of opinion is that it is an 1873 Winchester which is now on display at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. The rifle in question was found in Nevada in the Great Basin National Park.

 

[mnrivrat]

The video I watched was from a side story as I was doing a search for somethiing else. I have since done a specific search on the finding of this rifle and your info is correct. I posted the information from the video I had first seen as a chuckle on just how bad some data gets published on the internet from people and organizations that know nothing about firearms. In this case the auther didn't know one Winchester from another and apparently thought a Winchester is a Winchester so any model picture would do. Honestly 4 pictures in the video of 4 different Winchesters and had one where it was proped up against a fence post rather the tree it was found by.

Not earth shattering news like I said, but sort of shows how much garbage hits the internet in some stories..