Best known as the “Yellowboy,” an affectionate moniker frontier Indians gave the repeater due to its shiny brass receiver, the Model 1866 was produced by Winchester until 1898. In its 32 years of production, more than 170,000 of these .44 rimfire, lever-action rifles left the factory, with many shipped to the West to play their part in settling that untamed region. A number of these went south of the border to be used by both sides during Mexico’s 1860s fight against the French.
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