Second day of deer gun season here. Took the Uberti 1873 out for some exercise. Took a button buck that was hiding behind a tree. He was completely covered except for his head and about 6 inches of his neck. I pegged him at 40 yards. He was watching the barrel of my rifle trying to figure out why that dark branch was moving. My load of a 260 gr. rnfp ahead of 7.5 gr. of unique holds just under 1 inch at 50 yards. After a couple of minute he started acting like he was ready to bolt. My luck has been that IF I don't take the first shot nature offers me, I don't have another chance for the rest of the season. So naturally, I put the sights on its neck and squeezed the trigger. He came out from behind the tree doing a couple of back flips then lay still. 40 yard neck shot with a lever action. Good rifle with a good load. Sorry, but I didn't have a camera with me. That is the second deer that 1873 has taken and we've only been allowed to use straight walled cartridge rifle for 5 years.