dikman
07-12-2017, 07:22 PM
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My 1892's restrict me to only certain shooting categories in Single Action shooting, so for some time I figured I'd need an "earlier" rifle. Most here in Oz seem to use Uberti 1873's (presumably because they can be short-stroked - something I don't agree with, by the way). Two Uberti 1866 Yellowboys came up on the used market the other day, one in .44-40, with dies and spare cases, and one in .38 special. My other levers are all .44-40, so I don't need the dies but could use the spare cases (expensive down here). On the other hand, I have hundreds of .38 cases as that is my pistol calibre. Decisions decisions.
Next time I looked the .44-40 had gone (which surprised me, I didn't think they were that popular here), so I rang about the .38. The guy had bought it but never used it, just put it in the safe still in its factory wrapping. So I knocked him down a wee bit and it's on its way! It's the sporting rifle version, and while the carbine would have been nice I'm pretty stoked about it. They are one beautiful rifle! Now I just have to wait for the Permit to Acquire paperwork from the Police.
On a different note, one of my 1892's is an octagon barrelled rifle (long barrel) but only has a 5-shot mag, which makes it useless for S.A. shooting. The 1894 has a 10-shot mag but is also useless because it suffers from the well-known inability to fast-cycle pistol ammo. So, in a stroke of genius I ordered the necessary bits to swap the magazines over! Of course, this was arranged before I bought the 1866, so in reality I'm not likely to use the converted 1892 now.
Unfortunately I now have to buy yet another gun safe as there's no room for the new rifle in the existing safes!!
My 1892's restrict me to only certain shooting categories in Single Action shooting, so for some time I figured I'd need an "earlier" rifle. Most here in Oz seem to use Uberti 1873's (presumably because they can be short-stroked - something I don't agree with, by the way). Two Uberti 1866 Yellowboys came up on the used market the other day, one in .44-40, with dies and spare cases, and one in .38 special. My other levers are all .44-40, so I don't need the dies but could use the spare cases (expensive down here). On the other hand, I have hundreds of .38 cases as that is my pistol calibre. Decisions decisions.
Next time I looked the .44-40 had gone (which surprised me, I didn't think they were that popular here), so I rang about the .38. The guy had bought it but never used it, just put it in the safe still in its factory wrapping. So I knocked him down a wee bit and it's on its way! It's the sporting rifle version, and while the carbine would have been nice I'm pretty stoked about it. They are one beautiful rifle! Now I just have to wait for the Permit to Acquire paperwork from the Police.
On a different note, one of my 1892's is an octagon barrelled rifle (long barrel) but only has a 5-shot mag, which makes it useless for S.A. shooting. The 1894 has a 10-shot mag but is also useless because it suffers from the well-known inability to fast-cycle pistol ammo. So, in a stroke of genius I ordered the necessary bits to swap the magazines over! Of course, this was arranged before I bought the 1866, so in reality I'm not likely to use the converted 1892 now.
Unfortunately I now have to buy yet another gun safe as there's no room for the new rifle in the existing safes!!