Winchester Model 1873

Winchester Model 1873 carbine - 1st generation rifle - 44-40 Cal.

The 1873 "Short Rifle" model with octagon barrel

Deluxe Winchester Model 1873 with engraving

A Mare's Leg cut down from a Winchester Model 1873 rifle with octagonal barrel. This has the tear drop shaped lever loop and case hardened receiver. This original Winchester rifle was cut down for the film Wild Wild West (1999) and was the screen used gun by Will Smith in the movie.

Referred to as the "Gun that Won the West", the Winchester model 1873 was manufactured in the following calibers: .44-40, .38-40 and .32-20. Modern replicas are offered in those calibers and also the .45 long colt, though it wasn't originally offered in that caliber.

Something many don't know, John M. Browning used an 1873 to make his first prototype automatic firing gun. After seeing what a muzzle blast could do to a patch of grass, he tested it and found he was correct. The muzzle blast from the gun was heavy enough to be harnessed, so he took a flapper and attached it to the muzzle and the lever and invented his first automatic rifle.

Seen in the following:

Specifications

• Weight: 9.5lb (4.3kg)
• Length: 49.3in (125.2cm)
• Barrel length: 30in (76.2cm)
• Caliber: .44-40 Winchester, .38-40 Winchester, .32-20 Winchester, .22 rimfire
• Action: Lever-action
• Feed system: 15 round tube magazine
• Sights: Graduated rear sights, Fixed-post front sights

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
San Quentin		Prison Guard		1937
Fort Apache		Native Americans		1948
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon		Native Americans		1949
Rio Grande		Apaches	some reused footage from Fort Apache	1950
Winchester '73	Charles Drake	Steve Miller	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Winchester '73	James Stewart	Lin McAdam	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Winchester '73	Millard Mitchell	Frankie Wilson		1950
Winchester '73	Rock Hudson	Young Bull	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Winchester '73	Stephen McNally	Dutch Henry Brown	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Winchester '73	Tony Curtis	Pvt. Doan	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
Winchester '73	Will Geer	Wyatt Earp	Custom "One of a Thousand"	1950
How the West Was Won	George Peppard	Zeb		1962
How the West Was Won	Lee J. Cobb	Marshal Lou Ramsey		1962
The Sons of Great Bear	Jirí Vrstala	Red Fox		1966
The Sons of Great Bear	Hannjo Hasse	Pitt		1966
The Sons of Great Bear	Gojko Mitic	Tokei-Ihto		1966
The Sons of Great Bear	Kati Szekely	Vinonah		1966
The Sons of Great Bear		Soldiers, indians and gold-diggers		1966
Hour of the Gun	Jason Robards	Doc Holliday		1967
Hour of the Gun	James Garner	Wyatt Earp		1967
Hour of the Gun	Monte Markham	Sherman McMasters		1967
Trail of the Falcon	Gojko Mitic	Farsighted Falcon		1968
Trail of the Falcon		The soldiers, gold-diggers and indians		1968
Will Penny	Charlton Heston	Will Penny		1968
Will Penny	Lee Majors	Blue		1968
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	Paul Newman	Roy Bean		1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Dana Elcar	Allen		1972
Westworld	Yul Brynner	Gunslinger		1973
A Boy and His Dog		Rival gang member		1975
The Deadly Tower		Armed Citizen		1975
Posse	Bo Hopkins	Wesley	.	1975
The Long Riders	David Carradine	Cole Younger		1980
The Long Riders	James Keach	Jesse James		1980
The Long Riders	Randy Quaid	Clell Miller		1980
The Long Riders	Stacy Keach	Frank James		1980
Death Hunt	Andrew Stevens	RCMP Constable Adams		1981
Death Hunt	William Sanderson	Ned Warren		1981
Silverado	Jeff Fahey	Tyree		1985
Silverado	Kevin Kline	Paden		1985
Silverado	Rusty Meyers	Roscoe		1985
Silverado	Scott Glenn	Emmet Hollis		1985
Silverado	Todd Allen	Deputy Kern		1985
Tombstone	Stephen Lang	Ike Clanton		1993
Legends of the Fall	Aidan Quinn	Alfred Ludlow		1994
Legends of the Fall	Brad Pitt	Tristan Ludlow		1994
Legends of the Fall	Julia Ormond	Susannah Fincannon Ludlow		1994
Mulholland Falls			Seen On Gen. Timms' rifle rack	1996
Breakdown	Vincent Berry	Deke Barr		1997
Wild Wild West	Will Smith	Capt. James "Jim" West	Cut-down to resemble "Mare's Leg"	1999
Crossfire Trail	Christian Kane	J.T. Langston		2001
Crossfire Trail	Wilford Brimley	Joe Gill		2001
Monte Walsh		Various cowboys		2002
Open Range	Kevin Costner	Charlie Waite		2003
Open Range	Michael Gambon	Denton Baxter		2003
Open Range	Robert Duvall	Boss Spearman		2003
The Last Samurai	Billy Connolly	Zebulon Gant		2003
The Last Samurai	Tom Cruise	Nathan Algren	Trapper model	2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Sean Connery	Allen Quatermain		2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Shane West	Agent Tom Sawyer		2003
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins	John Dixon	Big Horse Johnson		2004
Miracle at Sage Creek	Buck Taylor	Buckskin Charlie		2005
Desperation		Vigilantes		2006
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford		Gang members		2007
Appaloosa	Ed Harris	Virgil Cole	"Short Rifles" with 20" Octagonal barrels	2008
Appaloosa	Jeremy Irons	Randall Bragg	"Short Rifles" with 20" Octagonal barrels	2008
Survival of the Dead	Kenneth Welsh	Patrick O'Flynn		2010
True Grit	Jeff Bridges	Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn	"Short" rifle with octagonal barrel	2010
Kajínek	Ken Duken	Bukovský		2010
Kajínek	Michal Dlouhý	Lejčko		2010

Television

Actor	Character	Title	Note	Date
Marina Sirtis	Deanna Troi	Star Trek: The Next Generation		1987-1994
Pablo Espinosa	Major Fredrick Funston	Rough Riders		1997
Gina Torres	Zoe Alleyne Washburne	Firefly		2002-2003
Dayton Callie	Charlie Utter	Deadwood		2004-2006
Jim Beaver	Whitney Ellsworth	Deadwood		2004-2006
Robin Weigert	Calamity Jane	Deadwood		2004-2006
Sean Bridgers	Johnny Burns	Deadwood		2004-2006
W. Earl Brown	Dan Dority	Deadwood		2004-2006
		Top Shot - Season 3		2011

Video Games

Title	Referred as	Mods	Note	Release Date
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West				2010

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Seen in the spaghetti western Jet watches		2001
Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky	Seen in Manami's virtual armory		2010