Show off your Winchester Model of 1873.

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Okay, I'll toss in my Uberti/Cody Conagher Winchester '73 for show and tell ... I love the gun ... it is quick and awfully accurate. My only problen is that, with the short stroke and the aluminum carrier, It is NOWHERE near NCOWS legal ... so I am thinking a Marlin Model 94 ... I am told that just happens to fire the .45 Schofield round  (which is what I choose to shoot) with aplomb.

I had Cody Conagher set this Model '73 up for Schofields also, but it is very particular about round link ..... I have to be sure to fire short rounds in my Schofields ... I  guess this spring has me looking for an old Marlin or 1860  Henry for NCOWS ....

I am also toying with the idea of putting the tunnel site from a Pedersoli rolling block ( I Am replacing it with a tunneled front site with a bubble/tunnel front site from Montana Vintage Arms) ... and I would be interested in the opinions of those on this site about tunnel sites on the front of a Winchester...

[Grizzly Adams]

Well Griz, you did it again.  Very pleased to see this new forum about the '73.  Great job and thanks.

Buck

Hi, Buck.

We owe the Marshal a big thanks for adding this forum.  Long overdue!  We also owe our pard Major 2 a big thank you for moderating the board and keeping the lights on for us.

Looking forward to some pics of some of your 1873 collection.

GA

[w44wcf]

Here's a couple of  beautiful  '73's





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[w44wcf]

7 leaf Express....





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[wildman1]

NICE. WM

[WaddWatsonEllis]

On the last of the 'Lonesome Dove Series' Cap'n McCall (AKA James Gardner) Pulls out a later-than-'73 Winchester and proceeds to use a 'Rough and Ready' site to shoot down some bad guys ....

I have become very interested in replacing my open stock rear site with a 'Rough and Ready' set of sites, but I have been told that they were used on Remingtons and were not made for Winchesters at all ... any thoughts?

Will they fit on on my Taylor's/Uberti/Codymatic Trapper model?

Do you think it woueld be wise?

Or work well?

[w44wcf]

WaddWatsonEllis,

This is the type of ladder sight that was used on the Lonesome Dove shot (see link to the shot below).  The ad mentions Rossi '92 so I checked my Rossi and it has a 3/8" dovetail. I then checked my '73 Winchester and it also has a 3/8" dovetail. The dovetail is measured at the bottom of the slot.
http://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_20_26&products_id=47

Here's another...
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=18599/Product/M-95-LONG-RANGE-SIGHT

For rifles with octagon barrels...
http://store.stevesgunz.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=19_20_25&products_id=46

Lonesome Dove Shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23UhypY-pUg

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[Coal Creek Griff]

Isn't that a Henry?

CC Griff

[w44wcf]

CC Griff,
Yes, but that sight was an option that Winchester offered on many of its later models including the '73.

w44wcf

[Coal Creek Griff]

Thanks.  I didn't know that--I had always thought that was an older design or just for carbines.

CC Griff

[Short Knife Johnson]

I gots me two to show off.

A run of the mill full octagon rifle, and a half round rifle.  The half round sports a Kennedy barrel.  Both guns have a previous owner's initals carved into them.

Both .44's

Second Model 59,000'ish serial number fitted with a Whitney-Kennedy barrel (hereby dubbed "The Whitchester")


Third Model 360-some odd thousand serial number.


Brothers from different mothers

[Marshal Deadwood]

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !

[Short Knife Johnson]

They all are aren't they?

[w44wcf]

Short Knife Johnson,
NEAT rifles! Thank you for  the pics.  Now, if those guns could only talk.........

w44wcf

[Short Knife Johnson]

Short Knife Johnson,
NEAT rifles! Thank you for  the pics.  Now, if those guns could only talk.........

w44wcf

Thanks.  My problem is that I tell myself "well you know they're an investment" when the awful truth is that if push comes to shove, I don't know if I could let any of them go.  The theme among my collection is that they may not be the most pristine or sought after items, but they sure have to have character.

[hhughh]

Not an original.  A Uberti, purchased through EMF, abt 2001.  .32 wcf.  The tools and ammo box are original.  The cartridges are BP, loaded with the tool.

Hugh

[Short Knife Johnson]

Very cool.  Didn't realize Uberti made a .32-20 version.  There are also old Uberti .22 LR versions around.  I've seen 3 .22 LR originals.

[Grizzly Adams]

Nice old warriors Short Knife!  I too love rifles with a bit of character.  Guns with period initials are fun to speculate on!

[WaddWatsonEllis]

My father was a Maintenance Commander when they were were expected to tun wrenches and keep thir A&P License up ....

One of the few things that he said that I fully ingested was to get the best tools (and let' face it, our rifles and pistols
are our 'tools')  ... that the ability to grow into the tools as one 'matured' in the activity far outweighed a 'great deal' on an inadequate tool ... and he repeated it so many times that it gradually wore in and became like a mantra ... Thanks DAD! I WAS listening !!!

[Grizzly Adams]

Here's another original 1873.  This one is a 44WCF.  The old girl was pretty rough, so I had Turnbull refinish the reciever and rebarreled it with a Badger barrel.  I left the wood as was, including the old madallion placed there by a former proud owner.
 

[Josie Wales]

Howdy Griz.  That's a nice old 73.  I definitely like that you left the wood untouched with the medallion in the stock.  That gives the old girl a lot of character.

Josie

[Johnny McCrae]

As a result of injuring my left shoulder last fall I decided to cut my 24-1/4" Uberti 1873 down to 20". I really did not want to do this but the shorter barrel length does give me some relief. While it was being worked on, I stripped the reddish-orange factory varnish off of the wood. I applied two coats of Walnut stain followed by three coats of Tru-Oil. It gives the Rifle an entirely different look.

[Marshal Deadwood]

Th e'73 came out good, Johnny. Ya gave it a much more 'real Winchester' look.

Personally, I kinda like the short rifle.

Deadwood

[Red Cent]

My 22lr has a ladder sight .

[David Battersby]

.......... There are also old Uberti .22 LR versions around.  I've seen 3 .22 LR originals.

  Not that long ago my local Gander Mountain had a Winchester 1873 in a glass case without a price tag ( if you have to ask you can't afford it).  It was an original Delux Sporting model. Pistol grip, checkering and a thirty inch barrel, chambered for 22 short !! Talk about a barrel heavy rifle !!