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    We had an old Army sniper, Perry Wilson, who did sales and gunsmithing at Ewell Cross/Elk Castle guns here in Fort Worth and he was into Indian War cowboy shooting. He liked to say: "...the Uberti 1873 is made just the way Winchester WOULD have made them, if they COULD!"

    In other words he had a very high opinion of them.

    I have the Browning 1886 repro and 1895 repros, my 95 is '06 so it's out of the historic zone for black powder, but with the '86 I never had any desire to fool with any BP loads. Having to get into casting and sizing lead bullets, and the hassle of cleaning and potential for rust just never raced my motor, so I dodged the center fire BP experience, myself. Have missed the cowboy shooting myself but I imagine most participants just use modern ammo in their modern guns, and live without the fun but corrosive smoke.

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    Just read this old thread again.
    Barrels corrode if you don't clean 'em. It's really that simple.

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    I've had a Winchester Uberti 1873 for about a year now. .357 is comfortable and plenty accurate. Also have an 1873 Uberti Colt in .357. both are welll-made and beautifully finished in case hardening.
    Last edited by AZshooter; 11-07-2020 at 05:57.

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