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CAS TOPICS => Shooter's Meeting => Topic started by: Doc Holloman on August 16, 2022, 12:41:41 PM
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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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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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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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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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Wholesale Hunter (Wetumpka,AL) 888-900-HUNT shows them backordered.
it's a big link but here we go:https://www.wholesalehunter.com/Search/Submit?CategoryID=111&MinPrice=0&MaxPrice=0&BrandID=9232&InStockOnly=False&NewOnly=False&Keywords=&SortBy=Popularity&StartRow=1&EndRow=100&Rating=0&filtersselected={%22Caliber%22:%2238-40%20Winchester%22} (https://www.wholesalehunter.com/Search/Submit?CategoryID=111&MinPrice=0&MaxPrice=0&BrandID=9232&InStockOnly=False&NewOnly=False&Keywords=&SortBy=Popularity&StartRow=1&EndRow=100&Rating=0&filtersselected={%22Caliber%22:%2238-40%20Winchester%22})
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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.