Hello everyone

I am new to iKnife Collector.  Just joined recently.  I not only have a knife collection but am also into guns and hunting.

Here are some photos of my favorite gun.  It is a Model 1873 Winchester rifle.  It was manufactured in 1891.  It is .38-40 caliber.

I hope my father didn't put too much money into it.  He paid $5 for it.  His cousin had bought it for $8 and needed some money and sold it to Dad.  That doesn't sound like a lot now but when he bought it about 1930, he was making 15 cents an hour.   At the time it was almost a weeks pay for him.

It may not be in mint condition, but for being over 120 years old, it is not in bad condition.  Mechanically it is perfect.  It still shoots just fine.  For nearly the first century of its life it received no special treatment.  It just stood in the corner with the rest of the guns.  It was a using gun.

I wish I knew its history between 1891 and 1930.  Who knows what stories it could tell if it could talk.