There's a story behind this. The gun that got me started in all this "cowboy stuff" was an original '73 I "discovered" in my parent's closet after my grandfather's passing. Family history is that it had been his dad's, my g-grandfather, but later, the serial number predated him by almost twenty years, so I don't know the original owner.
But, it was a standard, 24" OBFMCB rifle, .32 wcf, with the exception that it had a set trigger. My greatgrandfather used it for killing the hogs he kept in our woods and swamps. I know of two specific stories about it. One is that it fell out of a boat once and spent a week at the bottom of the river before his sons went "swimming" and got it back. The other was when a man had stolen some of his hogs and had them fenced. My greatgrandfather rode his horse to get the hogs with his son--my grandpa's brother--behind the saddle. He told the man to open the gate or he'd cut the fence. The man refused to open the gate. So, he handed cutters to my uncle, laid the '73 across the swell of his saddle, and eared the hammer back. He told my uncle to, "Go ahead and cut the gate. Ain't nobody gonna bother you."
Move ahead fifty years, and I find the gun in the closet. The acton was frozen, and the trigger didn't engage, but oil and work resolved both problems. When I had it working, the family decided they needed to draw for the gun, and it went to a cousin of mine, so, unfortunately, I have no pictures of it. But the fever was contagious.
Years later, when Uberti reintro'd the '73 in .32-20, I knew I had to have one. A few years later, feral hogs began showing up on our hunting lease--as they are everywhere else now, as well.
This pic's a couple years old, but, yes, Virginia, a .32 wcf is a hog load. It takes a head shot, and close range, but this guy didn't go anywhere else, just settled down in his tracks. About thirty steps. Glad we finally got this forum so I could brag.........LOL
Hugh