Navy arms 66 yellow boy 38 special

[smkummer]

Is this a good gun for cowboy action? The one I am looking at has a low serial number and may have been made in the 1970's. Will it hold 10 rounds? thanks

[Freebore]

Is this a good gun for cowboy action? The one I am looking at has a low serial number and may have been made in the 1970's. Will it hold 10 rounds? thanks
I have an older Italian 1866 Winchester replica rifle in 44/40 chambering, and I think that it would do really fine in CAS. I'm pretty sure that you would not be disappointed in the .38 Special version either, and it should be a really good plinker too. I'm pretty sure that the rifle version holds more than ten rounds in the magazine tube.

[Pistolero]

Good choice. i have a Uberti 1866 in .38 spl. great rifle, accurate and smooth action right out of the box. I would pick .38 over .44-40 any day.

[smkummer]

Thanks guys, its a carbine so I believe most 19 or 20 IN. guns will hold 10 in the tube especially 38 special since its shorter than 44-40.

[Dragoon 45]

Is this a good gun for cowboy action? The one I am looking at has a low serial number and may have been made in the 1970's. Will it hold 10 rounds? thanks

I do not own an 1866, but shoot CAS on a regular basis. Just from my observations of other shooters, I have seen a lot of problems with the 1866 from any manufacturer. They seem to be prone to misfeeds and jams on a regular basis. This seems to be very common out of the box and even with short stroke kits or gunsmiths working over the actions the problems seem to continue. Most of these rifles I have seen have been manufactured in the last 5 years or so. Maybe the older ones are more reliable; but I would advise using some caution. If possible I would shot the rifle a couple of times first before I bought it.

Most of the shooters in my club have settled on either a Marlin 1894 or a Win 1892 for their long gun.

[iron mule]

on the 66 yellow boy
most of the problems that people have is not the gun but the ammo // by that i mean that the ammo does not fit the gun the action of the 66 and the 73 is length sensitive both ammo that is too short and ammo that is too long will cause problems cycling thru the action and this can be cured by simply fitting the ammo to the gun// i have worked on several and have several friends in the cowboy world that use them with no problems once the correct ammo length is used// and my opinion of the older yellow boys imported by navy arms is that they generally are the better ones
mule

[Sixgun Symphony]

I would opt for .38 WCF over .38 Special.

[Deacon Stone]

If you don't want it. I'll take it. Great guns and with the right length loads and very little work can run with the best of them. Great gun. Easy to clean. I shoot black and can field strip and clean really fast. But look at what the real good shooters are shooting and they are 66's 73's and 94's all can be made to run if you take the time.

[smkummer]

If you go to this site, you will find under rifles and page 3 the yellow boy I was looking at. It has just sold and auction ($500) and that is what I was considering. I have my 1894 marlin that needs its carrier "lifted" so it doesn't try to double feed. If I get the marlin back in working condition, then with 200 grain light loads, it will be my cowboy gun. So I really didn't need another cowboy only gun with 3 gun safes full.

[Throckmorton]

my brother has one about that vintage,and it runs great.Works just fine for CAS,have never seen it jam..
You'll be happy with it.

[Grapeshot]

I've got a M1866 carbine, a 1873 Short Rifle and Carbine, and used to own a 1860 Henry. All of them use the same toggle link anction with a cartridge lifter/elevator. As long as you keep the loaded rounds to the Standard OAL for the cartridge they are chambered for they feed just fine. I,ve been shooting mine since 1982, and have had very few problems with any of them.