This seemed like the best forum to discuss the 1866.
I have three 1873 Miroku's and they're awesome in looks, fit&finish, smoothness and accuracy.
So I've been anxiously hoping that "Winchester" would come out with an 1866.
Now that they're becoming available I'm wondering if anyone here has one or has seen one up close.
Looking at pictures on Gunbroker it seems like the brass receiver is not highly polished (more 'brushed') like my Uberti so that's a turn off.
In addition it seems to me that a 20" round barrel carbine should have a steel barrel band rather than a brass nose cap. It doesn't look right to me, but I may be wrong.
What little I could find googling reviews there was some concern about the strength of the loading gate.
Thoughts/observations?