What a rifle!!!

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What a rifle!!!

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The local Sportsmans Warehouse has a new Winchester 1873 in 357 mag. Case hardened with beautiful wood. The action was as nice as my tuned Win 94. Looks almost as nice as the deluxe models. I fondled it for a bit and told it how much i loved it.....the salesman seemed a bit uncomfortable. Sure wish i couldve brought it home.
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earlmck wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:35 pm"Say for what were credit cards meant?" (to near-quote a wise poet).
Yep, surely they were meant to satisfy that urgent need of a "insert your heart's desire here"!
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.....ya shoulda taken a PICTURE....!!!! :D
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I'm not an expert on '73s, but I thought the lock up was a bit weak for prolonged use with magnums? :?
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Your local credit union should be able to fix you up with a nice little loan. :D
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A few weeks ago I seen one in Cheyenne at Sportsmans, it was in 44-40 & very well put together with a lot of color
its been on my mind ALOT!! I may be in trouble


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Brad buddy,.coming to this group of enablers will NOT get you out of trouble, he77 you will probably end up in more trouble after telling us. Send pics of that new 44-40, when you get her home
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Merle wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 10:12 pm I'm not an expert on '73s, but I thought the lock up was a bit weak for prolonged use with magnums? :?
He's talking about a modern rifle,less than 2 years old construction, built for .357 magnum.
Not 44 magnum. Not .45 Colt +P+

I have one and it's great.
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vancelw wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:26 pm
He's talking about a modern rifle,less than 2 years old construction, built for .357 magnum.
Not 44 magnum. Not .45 Colt +P+

I have one and it's great.
Yeah, rub it in! :mrgreen:
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I have 2 of the Uberties, well one is Esperanza's. Both 44-40 but I had the hankerin' for a SRC so I bought a real Winchester which I am having trouble getting to shoot decent groups. Only thing I haven't tried is changing shooters. Yeah, I guess it could be me. It was made in 1896 and was rode hard and ---you know the rest.

I even changed the barrel to one that actually looks pretty good. Gotta try some gas checks in it.

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vancelw wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:26 pm
Merle wrote: Sun Feb 04, 2018 10:12 pm I'm not an expert on '73s, but I thought the lock up was a bit weak for prolonged use with magnums? :?
He's talking about a modern rifle,less than 2 years old construction, built for .357 magnum.
Not 44 magnum. Not .45 Colt +P+

I have one and it's great.
I know it is a new rifle, but I thought the locking toggles were a bit small for extensive use.
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I really doubt that a gun company would put a product on the market if it would not handle all factory ammo with out any warnings about it.
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I think that '73 in .357 could stand a lifetime of shooting. Uberti has sold their model '73 in .44 magnum for at least a year and it tells Me there is a lot more strength in a modern toggle-link action than We have previously thought..https://www.gunbroker.com/item/744989528
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