Good evening,
As the title states, do any of the owners of the new Miroku Winchester 1873 saddle ring carbine owners have any upgrades done to their rifles? How do you like them? I bought one a few months ago and shot it today for the first time. It's in 38/357 and it cycled literally everything like butter with no hesitation no matter the OAL. I just couldn't get over how heavy the lever safety leaf spring was.
I saw that there is a replacement coil made for the Uberti 73's. No mention if it works with the Miroku models or not, but I ordered one anyhow and will report when it arrives. I know there is a short stroke kit, but I'm not terribly excited about that. I don't shoot for speed, I just enjoy shooting at my own turtle pace.
Are there other upgrades/aftermarket parts I am missing?
Also, can somebody help me out here? I love absolutely everything about this rifle but two things. One I can live with, one I can't. The stock is just blah and too darned light. It doesn't look right. That said, I can get over it. What drives me crazy is the front barrel band. Rather than a screw, they just use a straight pin through the stock. You have to use a punch and no matter how lightly you try you WILL deform the pin somewhat when removing it to get the forearm off. If you are spending $1100+ on a rifle and everything else is right, you would think they would use a darn screw instead of a pin.
I took the barrel band screw out of my 1947 Model 94 and it is both too short and too small so replacing the factory unit won't be easy. Such is life. I'm going to have to buy a new barrel band from Winchester(scratched the original a bit), find a larger and longer barrel band screw, determine the thread pitch of that then buy a tap and thread one side of the band to make the rifle how it should have been to begin with. If anybody has a Marlin 336 or similar rifle along with the Miroku 73 carbine, would you mind seeing if that barrel band screw is larger and longer than the factory pin?
Thanks to all in advance.