My thanks to all who posted here. Some pretty astute stuff, but so far, no answer to the basic question "was there choke in Winchester's 1873 barrels bored smooth for shot?"
NMLRA Guy
My thanks to all who posted here. Some pretty astute stuff, but so far, no answer to the basic question "was there choke in Winchester's 1873 barrels bored smooth for shot?"
NMLRA Guy
Well nobody's perfect. If these were really special order items (and my only old Winchester catalogue is 1899, when the 1873 was something of a relic in the Winchester line), my guess is that buyers could have it with or without choke, and both may exist.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |