Got an original Winchester 1876 - share pics!

[wrm]

Hi all

Found this forum via a search for 45-75... figure I should introduce myself. Collector, in South Africa. Fields of Interest (yea, we need those, to be accredited collectors, to get licences, to be able to have guns... takes between a year and two years, on average, to get a licence) are leverguns and Spanish handguns, mostly.

I have a '76 almost identical to this one. Same sight at 1988RRC's gun. Not RCMP though, but that makes sense, being from this side of the world. Also not in quite as good a nick. #43349, dates it to 1884 (sez Madiz and Pirkle).

Just received brass from Jamison (should that be, gold from Jamison?) and dies from CH4D. Still need to find bullets, .452 handgun bullets are a very loose fit in the barrel.

I also have a matching '73, dates to 1883 I think, in 32-20. Needs a magazine and all the bits tho.

W

[Grizzly Adams]

Welcome to the fire, WRM!   It always surprises me to learn not only how many of the Model 1876 are still around, but how they are found all over the world.

The Jamison Brass should work well in your SRC.   Some books list the bore size as .452, but it's not so!  They just rattle down the bore!  Every original I have examined, or heard of, has a bore size of .457.  The correct bullet for your SRC would be a 350 grain sized .458.
 
GA

 

[shrapnel]

These guns are nothing if they aren't used for what they were designed. I take mine out to shoot and hunt. Last week hunting deer, shot with an original with 90% original blue and finish in 45-75.

Poor deer...



Antelope with a 45-60 original condition around 80-85%...



Praire Dogs...





Bear in Alaska, again with the 45-75...



A moose with a deluxe 40-60...

[Dirty Brass]

Now those pics are worthy of posting! Nice to see you getting full use of your 76's!  I like that deluxe model

[Buck Stinson]

Great set of photos.  I hunt with my 76's also and you can't have more fun than that. 

Adios,
Buck

[Grizzly Adams]

Great pics!  Love seeing these rifles doing what they were built to do.  Thanks for posting!

[wrm]

It always surprises me to learn not only how many of the Model 1876 are still around, but how they are found all over the world.

South Africa was never big on leverguns.

Found this pic the other day, dunno whether y'all have seen it already?



You sharp-eyed fellows can do an inventory :-)

[Buck Stinson]

WRM,
Was there a caption that went with this photo?  The first rifle I noticed was the '76 right in front with the button mag and sling swivels.  There appears to be an '86 in the stack on the far right.  It too, looks like a button mag with sling swivels.  Great photo.

Adios,
Buck

[wrm]

WRM,
Was there a caption that went with this photo?

Just the title, "Captured Boer rifles in Cape Town (After Pretoria, the Guerilla War, p422)". Guessing it comes from this book http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?AFFIL=TBA1&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GB1205

  The first rifle I noticed was the '76 right in front with the button mag and sling swivels.

Yes, that's why a friend forwarded the pic to me, knowing my predilection for all things lever.

As I said, levers were never that popular in SA but this shows that there were some around.

[triple w]

Sorry....wrong area for my post