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I have a Uberti '73 from Cabela's and a Chiappa '92 from Taylor's (both in 44/40); the Chiappa is the same rifle sold by Cimarron. Both are very nice rifles, but I've had the Uberti for fourteen years now, while the '92 is a recent addition to my safe. Either one is bound to be enjoyable, but from t...

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I agree; the fact that they're using Chiappa is not a bad thing at all. I have a Chiappa '92 that is flat out gorgeous, and the action is smooth as silk to boot. Also have one of their '86s on order, but was toying with the idea of going with the Turnbull instead. It's a noticable jump in price, but...

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Just got off the phone with one of the folks at Turnbull, and they confirm that they are using Chiappa for their 1886 rifles.

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Very nice looking rifles, Redrider03.

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Just to clarify, Cimarron's 1892 copy is made by Chiappa, not Uberti. I recently picked up a Chiappa '92 from Taylor's and, like RedRider's, it is slick as snot, and beautifully finished. Mine is a 44-40, and the bore slugs out to a true .427.

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30-30 Winchester 94
44/40 Uberti 73
45/75 Uberti 76
45/70 Chiappa 86
44/40 Chiappa 92

Wow, we eat a lot of spagetti at my house!

Almost forgot the single shot levers:

577/450 1882 Martini-Henry Mark III
45-120 Pedersoli Sharps

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Can't say whether these are the same guns, but I know I've heard that Turnbull was going to be doing some Chiappa '86s with their upgraded finish. Certainly not a bad rifle to start with; I'm hoping to add a Taylor & Company/Chiappa 86 to my safe soon.

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How absolutely awful. The officer and his wife and baby will be in my family's prayers tonight.

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Mine's a 28" 45-75, and I love it. Ubertin makes a fine rifle, so I don't think you'll go wrong either way.

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Beautiful rifle and fine shooting. Whoever owned that '76 over the years took very good care of the old girl. Thanks for sharing.

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I always try to make it to the Yorktown battlefield. The Victory Centre is there, and it's worth checking out too. They have a good museum, as well as a small mock up of a Revolutionary War encampment, complete with an artillery demonstration. I think it's worthwhile to buy the week pass for the tow...

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My wife and I also have a time share based out of Williamsburg, and try to get down once a year. If you like history, you'll love it. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you want.

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Haven't seen the film in a lot of years, but I thought he said ".57 calibre Enfield rifled musket", and then something like "bet you could hit somethin' with that!". Now you have me wanting to watch it again-great movie!

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Thanks guys. As a matter of fact, I had a great birthday, courtesy of a wonderful wife! We took a nice Spring afternoon drive out to Winchester (Virginia), and dropped by Taylor and Company, as I like to do every so often. Well, she decided it was time for me to add a '92 44-40 to the cabinet! The r...

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It's already been mentioned, but since it's worth repeating, my two cents are to take your time. For me, reloading is just as much of a rewarding pastime as shooting. You picked a fun round to load with the 44-40; it'll reward you with good accuracy pretty easily. Have fun.

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I'm brand new to casting as well; as a matter of fact, so far I've only collected wheel weights and melted them down for ingots. Like you, I was initially very concerned about zinc weights, so I started out checking a batch of about fifty pounds with the "pinch them with side cutters" test...

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No worries, I didn't perceive anyones suggestion to check out the other site as rude; on the contrary, it just looked like one of many pieces of helpful advice in this thread, which I very much appreciate. The various responses I've gotten to this post have augmented the books I've been reading enou...

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With regards to the zinc, aluminum, etc. weights that will inevitably be mixed in with my lead WW supply, I intend to sort them as best as possible. For those that I miss, do I understand correctly that all of them will have a melting point higher than lead, so as long as a close eye is kept on the ...

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Thanks to everyone for being so generous in sharing your knowledge. Sounds to me like I need to dig up some tin to add to my wheel weights. The only calibres I foresee casting that would go beyond the 1,500 FPS for the 45-120 would be 30-30 and 30-40 Krag, so hopefully the wheel weights will serve w...

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Howdy All, Well, I have a confession to make. With eighteen years of handloading under my belt, I am only now getting ready to make the plunge into the fascinating and economically sensible world of bullet casting. A lot of the basics I have already gleaned from reading and conversation over the yea...

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Definitely makes sense from a budgetary perspective, and it's also a great hobby in and of itself, but a third compelling reason to reload is to enable a person to shoot oddball calibres. I load for the 45-75 Winchester, 45-120 Sharps, and 577/450 Martini Henry rounds. The only realistic way to do a...

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Welcom to the forum! If it's anything like mine, you'll love both the rifle and the calibre. I bought mine from Cabelas back in '97; it's a 44-40 with the 30" barrel and straight grip stock, and it's without a doubt one of my favorite guns. The fit and finish are outstanding, and with my handlo...

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Stunning. That's the prettiest thing I've seen all day. Congratulations, and Merry Christmas!

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Enjoy your white Christmas. We were hoping for one here in Virginia, but it's looking less and less likely.

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Just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone on the forum a Merry Christmas, and God's blessings on you and yours.

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I have a Uberti in 45-75 with a 28" barrel from Taylor's, and it's a beautiful rifle. So far I've only had a chance to put about a hundred and fifty rounds through it, mostly black powder handloads, but it is showing promise of being an accurate rifle. The factory trigger was horrendous, but th...

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As Joe pointed out, the 1876 action was perfectly capable of handling the power and pressure of the army's black powder 45-70 load, but couldn't digest the length of the government cartridge. It's worth pointing out that the 45-75 was loaded with a 350 grain bullet, as compared to the 45-70's 405 gr...

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I handled one at Taylor's booth recently at a gun show here in northern Virginia, and it seemed to be a very well made rifle all the way around. Fit and finish were outstanding. The action felt like a brand new rifle, which is to say a little stiff, but you could tell by cycling it that just a littl...

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Correction for my last post on this subject: Case lengths have varied between 1.865 and 1.881.

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I have a Taylor/Uberti 1876 in 45/75 WCF, which had to have the barrel switched out because of incorrect chamber dimensions; this was an issue with the first run of 45/75s from Uberti. Taylor stood behind the product and made everything right. So far, I have put about 150 black powder hand loads thr...

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I've wanted to see one of these for the last two years, and finally got a chance on Saturday at the Chantilly, VA gunshow. Taylor and Company had one at their booth, hot off the presses. Beautiful rifle, and lock up was tight as a bank vault. Fit and finish were excellent. Price is stiff at just und...

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For me, Winchester 73 and 76 (reverse the order, depending on the day), Winchester 92, Winchester 86, Winchester 94, in that order.

Of course, one should have at least one of each, just to be sure.

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My interests range too much to claim a favorite, but when I want to enjoy shooting for the sake of shooting, I always end up reaching for my Uberti '73 in 44-40. Spent this afternoon at the range with three rifles, and while I enjoyed all of them, the most fun was picking off clay pigeons at a hundr...

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Welcome to the forum, I'm pretty new here myself. I've got the following 1873 model descriptions in front of me now, from R.L. Wilson's book "Winchester: an American Legend": Early First Model-Serial range 1 to approx. 28,000, dust cover having guide grooves at front of frame, separately a...

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Yep, I agree, the movie and book are both great. It is interesting that others agree with my opinion that it is one of the few movies based on a novel that is as good or better than the book. I have to give to give credit to Rangerider and other Old West historians on this forum for piquing my inte...

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Great movie and book; I've read it a couple of times, and usually watch it about every two to three years (great movie for January/February). Personally, I think it's one of the few instances where a film actually lives up to the book. For me, the book gets the edge for detail and additional story ...

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Great movie and book; I've read it a couple of times, and usually watch it about every two to three years (great movie for January/February). Personally, I think it's one of the few instances where a film actually lives up to the book. For me, the book gets the edge for detail and additional story l...

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My 76 Chappy in .50-95 is a good one and a fine shooter. I understand the early Uberti 76`s have chamber dimensions non standard to what Winchester did. The Chappy has screws and chamber to Winchester spec. When I mounted a Marbles tang sight on mine I ordered a screw set for an original Win.76 and...

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Very pretty piece Mike, congratulations and happy birthday!

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Good to hear from you Cimarron. Just got back a few days ago from my trip to Texas, so I've been off line for a little while, and away from the range and loading bench. Hopefully I'll have another range report with the improved trigger in the next couple of weeks. Think I'll be ordering some of thos...

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Thanks for the vote of confidence Kirk. Hopefully I will be able to get closer to the rifle's potential now; my trip to Cody's today was a success, and the rifle now has about a three and a half pound trigger. Between traveling and my two boys, it will be a few weeks before the gun gets back to the ...

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I can only speak for my one '73, which as I mentioned is in 44-40, but I've fed it a steady diet of store bought Meister 200 grain .428 bullets over a modest charge of Unique, and it does extremely well. According to all the books, .428 is right on the money for this calibre, so I assume it's spot o...

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I have a Uberti '73 in 44-40 from Cabela's with the 30" barrel, and it's one of my favorite rifles. Wood to metal fit is as good as anything in my cabinet, and the wood is pretty too. With my handloads (smokeless), it will put five shots into around an inch at 75 yards, with all the holes touch...

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That is one pretty New Frontier Casastahle. Makes me think I should hold on to the one I have, and try to find a Peacemaker to go with it. Hadn't heard of that twelve shot U.S. Firearms model. Looks interesting, although it looks to be a full size revolver so it may be a little big for adolescent ha...

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They're nice little revolvers. I've had mine for over twenty years, and the only reason for wanting to switch out is I'm a traditionalist. If you can pick one up for a couple hundred bucks, I'd grab it.

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Thanks for the replies. Both good points, and I have a Ruger Mark II that addresses both. I just remember being a kid and thinking the Colt 22 Peacemaker was one of the neatest things I'd seen, so maybe there's a little vicarious living going on here. I figure if I've got the adjustable site semi-au...

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As you all may remember from some of my previous posts, I am the proud dad of one and a half year old twin boys. While it may be eight or ten years before they begin shooting, my mind is already thinking ahead to what to put in their hands when the time comes. I've a Colt New Frontier 22 with a 6&qu...

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So I should be heading up to Cody Conhager's shop tomorrow to have the trigger done on my '76. I spoke with him on the phone a couple of days ago, and he said he'd do it right there while I wait. Hopefully he'll have a trigger pull gauge; I'd really like to know just how heavy the thing is before th...

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Welcome aboard, I'm pretty new here myself. If it makes you feel any better, I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to post pictures myself, and my only excuses are an old computer with outdated Adobe software, and my own technical stupidity!

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Yes, but not all the ones I want!

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