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Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West
      31/07/22 07:54 AM

From your "crappy phone picture", (that would be a GOOD picture for me, taken with anything!!), that is a nice looking '73. My first '73, an original in the same cartridge, did not shoot like that but, the barrel looked like a sewer pipe. Good shooting! I parted with it not long after I bought it.

I've had two Italian 73's, both in 44-40 and both were/are good shooters. My first one back in the 90's was accompanied by an Uberti 44-40 SAA clone. My second, purchased a few years ago, is graced with an Uberti Schofield in 44-40. It's a good and pretty accurate revolver but I believe the Colt clone would shade it.

Mike is correct about the rim of the original 45 Colt being too narrow. Uberti's modern Schofield will chamber the 45 Colt as they dispensed with the fouling shield and lengthened the cylinder. That's all good and well except it makes shooting BP loads a pain because they foul out so quickly....so I'm told. I love to shoot BP but I took their word for it.

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* Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West CptCurlAdministrator 26/12/21 10:06 PM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West NitroXAdministrator   30/07/22 10:34 PM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West Ripp   27/12/21 04:42 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West DarylS   27/12/21 05:17 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West 93x64mm   27/12/21 08:29 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West Igorrock   28/12/21 02:06 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West DarylS   28/12/21 04:29 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West lancaster   31/12/21 08:55 PM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West rigbymauser   13/01/22 07:10 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West DarylS   13/01/22 12:37 PM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West Ripp   28/12/21 02:19 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West NitroXAdministrator   30/07/22 10:29 PM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West 3DogMike   31/07/22 12:20 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West NitroXAdministrator   31/07/22 01:25 AM
. * * Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West sharps4590   31/07/22 07:54 AM

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