bit the bullet for original '73

[longarm4146]

I went and done it. Sold and traded some other pieces to get this: 1903 vintage musket (44-40) in 70% condition with pristine bore. Came with bayonet and cleaning rods. I know muskets aren't the most popular 73 but to get a shootable 73 in this shape was too good of a deal to turn down. Was shooting it at 12" plate at 150 yds and ringing it regularly. I wish I knew how to post pics, but I believe I'll rack up some style points at next cowboy shoot with that and vintage 1887 lever shotgun, making lots of smoke. Gotta start loading for the old Winny now.

[Old Savage]

Get a photobucket account - upload pictures from your computer. Then copy what is listed as the IMG code under the picture there and paste it into your post and voila! A picture! I think this model is a 66 though.

[longarm4146]

gotta be able to load on computer first........

[Rube Burrows]

Ummmm.....pretty nice looking 66

[Old Savage]

Well, you can scan them in or take them from a digital camera.

[kimwcook]

Longarm4146, good on you. I had to settle for an Uberti '73 in 38 WCF.

OS, how much did that one cost you.

[longarm4146]

I actually traded one of my 3 uberti 73s, a 30" deluxe, fire blue model and little less than a grand boot.......this is a good investment, although if the right deal comes around for a 24" 73 rifle or and original hi-wall in the right caliber comes along then it may have to go. The 30" was so nice that I rarely shot it in matches, usually when I shot my colts and never with the smokey stuff. that fire/charcoal blue is very thin and delicate.

[rjohns94]

congrats on the new 73. would love to see pictures if you get that worked out.

OS, may be my favorite picture yet of her!

[Old Savage]

I'll let her know.

[Sixgun]

OS,
You gotta stop posting those pics of Miss Lovely. I'm beginning to despise my wife.!

Oh, this post??? What was it about? Oh! The 73 musket. Longarm, (you must be a Jeep Wrangler guy) a 73 musket is desirable. Especially with a nice bore. Most I have seen had nice bores as they must have been in storage for eons of years. A buddy of mine had a 99% specimen which he sold for 27 c-notes 10 years ago.---------Sixgun

[oldguy]

os. just north of the pier in santa monica.
oldguy.

[Old Savage]

old guy you are all over it again. you know wherever the women are.

[Borregos]

Congratulations longarm 4146, you gotta sort the picture business out though
Like the model 66 OS

[longarm4146]

i see a real problem with this pic posting stuff. I've been working pretty hard the last couple of years and have accumulated two 94s in 38-55, a TD model and a SRC (which are pretty hard to come by) an 86 and first year marlin 95 in 40-65, a really nice 1887 winny shotgun, and a nice grade 3 Remington 1889 and i really don't want to take a chance of losing them to my wife over posting pics like the OS one.hehehe
Sixgun, yep got my first Wrangler back in the summer (closest thing to mid-life crisis) but at least I can drive it in 8 inches of snow, not like my other buddies who all bought Harleys. And i really got lucky on this as it's part of a friends collection and he decides to get rid of his 44-40s, and stick with 38-40s. a standard rifle in the condition of this gun would hve been unthinkable on a retired cops money......

[cshold]

I’m rather fond and sold on this model 65, but that model 66 is a hot little number.




And here’s a model 73 to hold us over till longarm 4146 gets picture posting figured out.

[Modoc ED]

Maybe this'll help. This is a JPEG so you can print it out and keep it next to you while you get going.



And just to show you it works, here's a matched set of model 999s to feast yer eyes on. No beach or pool for these gals -- they got work to do.

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!

[kimwcook]

[Old Savage]

Casa - very nice work there.

Ed - YOU'RE BACK

[Modoc ED]

With Gusto!!!!!

[Mike D.]

What's the temp up there this morning, Ed? 3?

[Old Savage]

Ed - when I reported that post it said something about pirated software - you a Pirate Ed, that certainly is a lot of "software". You're not running some sort of slave colony up there are you??? Now you let those gals have turkey day off.

[Modoc ED]

What's the temp up there this morning, Ed? 3?

Out at my place it was 2º Mike. In town it was a balmy 9º. Since last Friday, I've had a foot and a half of snow at my place too. Suppose to get some more snow Saturday.

[Modoc ED]

Ed - when I reported that post it said something about pirated software - you a Pirate Ed, that certainly is a lot of "software". You're not running some sort of slave colony up there are you??? Now you let those gals have turkey day off.

Ok Fred.

Actually, I thought "mescalaro" might be misssing the girls and would want to see them again.

[Malamute]

Very nice '66 Fred.

She's in excellent shape.

[Old Savage]

Modoc - I think you were cheating - I don't think you know those gals. I only use ones I actually know except for the obvious, now fess up ED - you don't actually know those beauties

And thanks Mal - I will relay the compliments.