uberti 1873 in 44 mag

[DaveM]

I have 3 Uberti leverguns: an 1860 Henry Military model, an 1866 Sporting Rifle, and an 1873 Sporting Rifle. The Henry and 1873 are Cimarrons in .44 WCF while the 1866 is in .38 WCF and came from Dixie Gun Works.

All are very high quality with one exception, the screws. Uberti has a bad habit of over tightening them at the factory which becomes a real PITA when trying to remove the, because they are also made from cheese, apparently.

I had to drill out screws and remove them with screw extractors on the 1866 and 1873 (I have a tabletop mill/drill, so I can do so without slipping and gouging surrounding metal). Soaking in Kroil for weeks didn't loosen them. VTI Gun Parts sells properly hardened replacement screw sets. I recommend factoring that into the acquisition cost of the rifle.

[DAVIDMAGNUM]

Thanks DG! Did you ever slug the barrel? Though I assume Uberti might run a different barrel for its 44mag/special and 44-40...

My Uberti 1873 Winchester in 44WCF has a .429 groove diameter.