Winchester Model 1873 Sporter Illustration courtesy of Winchester Repeating Arms. With gloss lacquer finish rifle-style forearm w/steel forend cap Stock - Checkered A-grade walnut, semi-pistol grip style.Sights - Adjustable semi-buckhorn rear, blade front.Barrel - 20" full octagonal w/polished blued.Magazine capacity - 10 rounds (.357 Mag.).Uberti 1873 Special Short Sporting Rifle (Otherwise identical rifle version with 24" barrel shown.) Illustration courtesy of Uberti. Here are the specifications of our two rifles. Manufactured on opposite sides of the world, a comparison seemed inevitable. That review can also be found on the Product Reviews page. This is not surprising, considering the many fineīrowning and Winchester brand firearms Miroku has manufactured since theġ960's. 357 Magnum late in 2013 and found it to be another very One of these new Winchester Model 1873 Sporters with a color case hardened Thus,Ĭuriously, a genuine Winchester Model 1873 is being made in Japan. Sporter is made by long time Browning/Winchester partner Miroku in Japan.
Since 1919, a carbine with a 20" round barrel. That full length review can be found on the Product Reviews page.įor 2013, Winchester Repeating Arms (now part of theįN/Browning group) introduced the first Model 1873 to bear the Winchester name 357 Magnum and found it toīe a very high quality product. Guns and Shooting Online reviewed one of these, the Model 1873 Special Short Sporting Rifle,Ī carbine with a 20" full octagon barrel in caliber. Model 1873 in both rifle (24" barrel) and "short rifle" (20" barrel) versions with either
Part of the Beretta/Benelli group) to introduce successful reproductions of the The sport of cowboy action shooting, compelled the Italian firm of Uberti (now Modern demand for shootable Model 1873's, driven in part by The Model 1873 was the mostĮnduring of the line, made until 1919, with a total production run of about
Reputation as America's premier rifle maker. These were the rifles that made Winchester's Toggle-link action first used in the Henry rifle and later in the Winchester The Model 1873 was based on Benjamin Tyler Henry's classic Their Single Action Army (Peacemaker) revolvers to allow for ammunition Were Winchester designed rifle cartridges that were also adapted by Colt to Top ejection, tubular magazine fed repeater chambered for short rifleĬartridges, which included the very popular. West," is one of the most famous rifles of all time. The Winchester Model 1873 rifle, "the gun that won the Uberti Model 1873 Special Short Sporting Rifles Winchester and Uberti Model 1873 Sporter carbines comparedĬompared: Winchester Model 1873 Sporter and
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