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Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:19 pm
by RanchRoper
My local hardware store just got a new 1873 Uberti Winchester short rifle replica. I was able to handle it and look it over in the store. What a nice rifle. 20" octagon barrel, gorgeous case colored receiver, lever and crescent butt plate. The wood was actually quite nice too, plain but a very rich brown that complimented the rifle. It was a real beauty. .357/38 caliber.
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:57 pm
by tractortad
RanchRoper wrote:My local hardware store just got a new 1873 Uberti Winchester short rifle replica. I was able to handle it and look it over in the store. What a nice rifle. 20" octagon barrel, gorgeous case colored receiver, lever and crescent butt plate. The wood was actually quite nice too, plain but a very rich brown that complimented the rifle. It was a real beauty. .357/38 caliber.
I know what you mean, RR. I saw something similar at the LGS here in the Shenandoah Valley - an 1873 Winchester Sporting rifle in 45LC with 24" octagon barrel and color-case hardened receiver. It ended up following me home and posing on the old John Deere 40....
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Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:07 pm
by tx gunrunner
I love 73 .................Here mine 73 . This is my CAS / SASS gun and the ammo I shoot in it .
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:42 pm
by ditto1958
A guy who comes to the range has two or three of the Uberti Winchester copies. I shot his .44-40 once. What an exquisite rifle it was.
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:32 pm
by BigAl52
How much RR about 1100.00 ?. I see them all the time and could kick myself for selling the one I have in 44-40. Had the 30 inch Barrel. Al
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 7:48 pm
by North Country Gal
You guys are killing me with these 1873 beauties. Gorgeous.
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:59 pm
by RanchRoper
BigAl52 wrote:How much RR about 1100.00 ?. I see them all the time and could kick myself for selling the one I have in 44-40. Had the 30 inch Barrel. Al
$1500 Canadian.....ouch
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 12:39 am
by Henry88
BigAl52 wrote:Had the 30 inch Barrel. Al
Thought this must have been a typo Al, but I see they actually made a 30" octagon barrel.
doesn't sound like my cup of tea, but i really don't care for the Frontier or GB either due to the weight and it's distribution.
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:34 am
by Bugs
Are the Uberti's any good? Quality Control from rifle to rifle, how do they hold up compared to a Henry?
Re: Uberti 1873 Lever Action
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:06 am
by tractortad
Bugs wrote:Are the Uberti's any good? Quality Control from rifle to rifle, how do they hold up compared to a Henry?
Ubertis are a different animal than a Henry - they are quality replicas of actual old-time rifles - i.e. the Winchester 1873. They fire, feel, and function just like the real version made back in 1873. I don't own any Uberti's at present (the rifle pictured in my previous post in this thread is an actual new Winchester 1873), but the ones I have held/examined have all been excellent quality - on par or even better than Henry.