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CAS TOPICS => Shooter's Meeting => Topic started by: Doc Holloman on August 16, 2022, 12:41:41 PM

Title: .38-40
Post by: Doc Holloman 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.)

Title: Re: .38-40
Post by: Abilene 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.

Title: Re: .38-40
Post by: Doc Holloman 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.

Title: Re: .38-40
Post by: Abilene 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.

Title: Re: .38-40
Post by: paperchaser on January 13, 2023, 06:13:32 PM

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})

Title: Re: .38-40
Post by: Black River Smith 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.