I start off by saying I will post pics soon.
I am currently working on a Winchester 1873 in .22 short. They only made 19,000 over a 20 year span in .22 (1882 to 1902) and I would guess very few in the short configuration.
It has the same size octagonal barrel as the larger calibers but with such a tiny bore it weighs as much as a truck axle. The mag tube is also as large but it has no loading gate and the inner mechanism has all the workings for the loading of the rifle. You pull the tube like most tube fed .22's but stuff it from the end and replace the loaded tube to fire. This one is missing a part that retains the shells in the tube. If Leadeye or someone has any knowledge of this missing part any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am currently working on a Winchester 1873 in .22 short. They only made 19,000 over a 20 year span in .22 (1882 to 1902) and I would guess very few in the short configuration.
It has the same size octagonal barrel as the larger calibers but with such a tiny bore it weighs as much as a truck axle. The mag tube is also as large but it has no loading gate and the inner mechanism has all the workings for the loading of the rifle. You pull the tube like most tube fed .22's but stuff it from the end and replace the loaded tube to fire. This one is missing a part that retains the shells in the tube. If Leadeye or someone has any knowledge of this missing part any help would be greatly appreciated.