>watch old west kino
>they use the Jannetty 1892 instead of the clear michaels 1873
>mfw they are both probably technically wrong for the setting but the 1873 looks so much better

The reason for this, btw is because they stopped making winchester 1873s in 1923 because the winchester 1892 (ended production in 1945) and winchester 1894 were both just better designs mechanically and functionally, but the 73 looks cooler

>>212339662 (OP)
I'm surprised they're even in the ballpark considering how cheap (and overseas) these movies were

>>212339774
Why were they making all three at the same time for 30 years? Was mr Winchester retarded?

>>212339893
idk why they were making the 73 at the same time as the other two. I also don't know how many 73s they were selling or if they were just selling guns based on old parts. The 1873 and 1892 both fired the same rounds at that point in time. today you can get an 1892 in some chamberings that you can't get a 1873 in because the 1892 is a much, much stronger action but in 1892-1923 they both were in the same chamberings shooting the same bullets
the 1894 is a bigger version of the 1894 and shot bigger rounds like the .30-30. It was way more popular, which is why they dropped the 1892. I know the 1892s were popular in like brazil and mexico for plantations so they could shoot like woodchucks or whatever they had.
There were basically 2 sets of winchester lever action rifles
the 1860 henry which was improved and became the 1866 winchester which was improved and became the 1873 winchester which was then made bigger and became the 1876 winchester
then the second group started with the 1886 winchester, they shrunk it and made the 1892 winchester, then they made one in a medium size between the 1886 and 1892 and that's the 1894 winchester and then they made one that shot pointed bullets which is the 1895 winchester
They sold the 1866 winchester until 1899, by the way

>vintage gun autism thread
I have no fucking idea what you guys are talking about but I respect it.

>>212340080
pretty easy to guess, they had one factory tooled up and staff trained for the old model and didn't have an easy way to swap it to producing the new one much more cheaply than starting a new factory from scratch.

>>212339662 (OP)
Few Dollars More is still my favorite.

>>212341087
the whole thing is based off of marketing and kinos. when most of the "wild west" stuff would have actually taken place most people would have had shotguns. The 1873 winchester was being marketed as "the gun that won the west" back in 1873 when it came out and like tombstone takes place in 1880 and that was like the last significant cowboy thing to ever happen. The 1873 also "only" sold 720,000 rifles over 50 years, so it wasn't like super ubiquitous. For the 1866, even less with only 170,000 guns and only about 14,000 1860 henry rifles (the gun Clint Eastwood is supposed to have in the good, the bad and the ugly). That isn't to say they didn't exist. During the battle of little bighorn in 1876 based on archeological evidence the injun forces had at least 100 henry/winchester lever actions
>>212341215
that's probably. idk how much cheaper the 73 was to make. the 1866 was made of cheaper materials than the 1873 and that's why it lasted so long

>>212341241
for a few dollars more is high kino

>>212341241
nobody ever says once upon a time in the west was an attempt to recapture the musical gimmick of for a few dollars more when they talk about it even though it's the most obvious thing in the world

what the fuck was his problem?

>watch any media where characters are said to be using ak47
>it's actually akm
every time

>>212341660
the 1873 and 1892 are pretty visually different
a lot of films use A1 style AR-15s with shit to make them look like A2s. Like predator and HEAT do that

>>212341365
rip

Unforgiven is the best western.