What is the Difference?

[Barman54]

What is the Difference between a Uberti .45 Colt 1873 Made in the 90's, and a Uberti Winchester currently .45 Colt made currently?

Is one better than the other?

Thx,
Barman54
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[BLAHUT]

If they are both chambered in .45 colt, Price ??

[missionary5155]

I would still Plan On checking the chamber size if you get one.

[Larry Gibson]

Yes, chamber size along with groove diameter and twist.

[Griff]

One made in Italy and one made in Japan. Parts do not interchange. AFAIK, both are made with maximum SAAMI chamber specs. Twist rates will vary, Miroku runs 1:26 (https://www.winchesterguns.com/products/rifles/model-1873/current/model-1873-competition-carbine-high-grade.html), my 1986 & 2008 Ubertis are 1:20, while my 2014 Uberti is 1:18. (all 3 are 45 Colt).

[Barman54]

I'm Looking at a Uberti .45 Colt 24" 1873 made for Cabela's made in the 90's, so the chamber could be oversized?

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Barman54
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[Griff]

I'm Looking at a Uberti .45 Colt 24" 1873 made for Cabela's made in the 90's, so the chamber could be oversized?
Thx,
Barman54
OutI wouldn't call it oversized, but... the SAAMI spec is a range, from x dimension to y dimension... with one being larger than the other. I would expect that in line with all leverguns being chambered in 45 Colt the trend has been toward the max dimension. As it makes for easier chambering of cartridges. If you're only feeding one 45 Colt levergun, it may serve to just neck size. I've been shooting 45 Colt out of a Uberti 1873 since 1987 and have not seen any real problem with case life, etc... although I know that my chamber is on the large size of the spec. I also have two other Uberti rifles chambered in 45 Colt, a 1873 Short Rifle, an 1860 Henry; along with a Marlin 1894, Rossi 1892 and a Miroku 1885. All of them run to the 45 Colt maximum SAAMI spec. I have sized every piece of brass fired thru them all with the same set of carbide dies from RCBS. No problems. I size my bullet to .452 in weights from 230 down to 160, both round flat nose and truncated cone. I shoot both smokeless and BP. I also keep some "social" rounds around JHPs in 240 grains. Don't overthink the size thing. While I might have a few thousand cases at any given time, with several hundred to a thousand loaded rounds, I compete in cowboy action matches, and prefer to load at specific times of the year as my reloading setup is out in my barn's workshop, the heat is not very efficient, and A/C is non-existent. So I'll just crank out several thousand rounds over the course of a couple of days.