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Offline Doc Holloman

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« on: August 16, 2022, 12:41:41 PM »
Is anyone currently making a SASS-legal rifle in .38-40 (.38WCF) other than the Uberti 1873 short rifle?  I am looking for a second rifle in that caliber and I would like to get something different from the 73 that I already have (I'm funny that way.)

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Re: .38-40
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2022, 12:50:40 PM »
There is the Uberti 1866.  Not a whole lot different than the '73, but that's one.  20 and 24" rifles and 19" carbine.

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Re: .38-40
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2022, 03:41:35 PM »
Doesnt look like they are currently offering it in anything but .45 Colt or .38 special.  I know Chiappa used to make a 92 in .38-40 (and since I want it for Wild Bunch --a 92 would be just fine.) but that doesn't appear to be offered right now.  I see a few original 92s on GB, but the condition of those is a crap shoot.

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Re: .38-40
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2022, 05:56:57 PM »
You are looking at generic Uberti offerings.

Cimarron still carries the '66 in 32wcf, 38wcf, 44wcf, 44 Spcl, 38 Spcl, 45 Colt.  Here's one:
https://www.cimarron-firearms.com/1866-short-rifle-38-wcf-20-oct-barrel.html
Of course, finding one in stock or waiting on a list is another matter.

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Re: .38-40
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2023, 02:15:39 PM »
Doc Holloman,

I did this same 'hunt and search' thing two years ago.  The answers I received were what you are looking at now.

Back then, the only rifles 'available' in 38/40 were the 1866.  So, to satisfy my desire for an 1892 design -- it was find a Rossi '92 Octagon Rifle 'specifically in 44/40' and have it lined to 38/40 or buy an original Winchester.  In the end, I got luck and found an original in March of 2022, that I could afford.

But then in June of 2022, a shipment of 1873's in 38/40's came into the US.  Dixie offers these 1873's.

Good luck in your search.
Black River Smith

 

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