It is said that the Winchester Model 1873 lever-action rifle is one of the guns that "Won the West." The same could also be said for its cartridge which still lives on to this day, the .44-40 ...

The .44-40 Win. is an old blackpowder cartridge introduced in 1873 along with the Winchester Model 1873 rifle.The cartridge grew immensely popular during the ensuing years and was chambered in a ...

When you think “cowboys” and the “Old West” the first rifle that comes to mind is this beauty. The Winchester 73 really was the right gun for the right time—being the first rifle chambered for the .44 ...

Shooters loved the .44/40, and Winchester saw little need to change anything else. The Men Who Owned the Winchester 1873 Buffalo Bill carried a Model 1873 and a pair of .44/40 Colts when he ...

Winchester rifle, made in 1882, ... The .44-40 calibre Winchester rifle was found frozen in time on a remote rocky outcrop in the heart of the Grand Basin National Park.

Nichole Andler, the park's chief of interpretation, said officials may never know when the .44-40 rifle was placed there, but it's possible it could have been left undisturbed since the 1800s.

4) Winchester Model 1873 Lever Action Rifle Winchester Model 1873 “1 of 1000.” .44-40 Winchester Centerfire Cartridge, date: ca 1875. Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY, USA; Gift of the Olin ...

The last five standing traditional lever gun cartridges are the (from left to right) 30-30 Winchester, 357 Magnum, 360 Buckhammer, 44 Magnum, and the 45-70 Government.

Researchers still don't know who left the 133-year-old Winchester rifle under a tree in the park 300 miles northeast ... The .44-40 caliber bullet was carefully removed and traced back to its ...

The Model 94 was produced continuously by Winchester from 1894 through 1980, when production of the gun was taken up by the U.S. Repeating Arms Company ,which made the Model 94 until 2006.

Archaeologists conducting surveys in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park came upon a gun frozen in time: a .44-40 Winchester rifle manufactured in 1882. It was propped up against a juniper tree ...