configuration and finding one of these late carbines in high orig condition is a great rarity. Those Model ’66 carbines that went south are rarely found in orig. With sales of the 1866 waning, Winchester turned to the South American market where the newer center fire arms had not become popular. By the time this carbine was produced in 1883, the Model 1873 had established itself as the gun that was helping win the West with its centerfire cartridges making the 1866 nearly obsolete. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock and color case hardened steel carbine buttplate with trap containing two pieces of an orig 3-pc brass & steel cleaning rod. Receiver has a staple & ring in left side. Standard carbine with 20″ bbl, full magazine, 1873-style barleycorn front sight and “1873” marked carbine ladder rear sight. LATE WINCHESTER MODEL 1866 SADDLE RING CARBINE.
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