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1873 Winchester range day.
« on: May 01, 2014, 12:42:39 PM »
1873 Winchester at the range today. Three shot group @50yd. off sand bags.38-40 wcf. 180gr. win. bullet case full 2ffg Swiss ,std. win. primer.The three shots in top of black.,,,,,,Dusty

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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2014, 01:02:35 PM »
Shot the little 1873 SRC 44-40 @ 50YD. 7 SHOT'S off hand, at the green head. Load 200 gr. rnfp, case full 2ffg Swiss bp. std. win. primer. The little carbine is very easy to shoot off hand . New wood fits good. ,,,,,Dusty

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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2014, 09:24:56 PM »
Dusty
Looks like they are doing good . Keep up the good work , and keep having fun .  ;D ;D ;D

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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2014, 08:29:10 AM »
Dusty - I'd say that little carbine is a winner!  Nice work. 
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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2015, 09:23:16 AM »
Dusty, nice group with the .38-40!

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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2015, 10:42:23 AM »
  It's so refreshing to see folks actually shoot their rifles and then post the results. Love seeing photos firearms laying on the targets they just ventilated.

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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2015, 12:11:21 PM »
  It's so refreshing to see folks actually shoot their rifles and then post the results. Love seeing photos firearms laying on the targets they just ventilated.

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Me, too.  I just need a wide angle lense to cover my groups!
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Re: 1873 Winchester range day.
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2015, 02:35:55 PM »
Looks like it shoots just fine.

 

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