Project Description
!!!!!SOLD!!!!! This is a 1/2 scale Winchester Model 1873 saddle ring carbine made by master miniaturist Mike Barrett of Minnesota. 19″ long overall with a 10″ round rifled barrel. The piece is in the white, which is the way Mike typically sold them. The metal parts are mostly steel except for the brass cartridge lifter & cleaning rod trapdoor in the buttplate. The top of the barrel just ahead of the rear sight marked “WINCHESTER’S – REPEATING – ARMS. NEW HAVEN, CONN., KING’S – IMPROVEMENT – PATENTED – MARCH 29, 1866. OCTOBER 16, 1860.” The top of the barrel just in front of the receiver marked “.44 CAL”. The lower tang with Mike’s typical intertwined MB logo. Fully functional. Fixed front sight with typical dovetailed carbine flip rear sight. The hammer has both half & full cock, the hammer spur is checkered. There is a trapdoor in the buttplate for a cleaning rod, no cleaning rod included. Beautiful 4X American walnut stock & forearm. A great chassis to duplicate your original full size 1873 in miniature. Would be even greater to see it lettered, engraved, maybe even gold inlaid, then blued & case colored by Doug Turnbull. The price I’m asking is exactly the price Mike charged for these 25 years ago! Stock # PP-06. !!!!!SOLD!!!!!
