Winchester 1873

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Does anyone have experience with the New Winchester 1873 ? I have looked at one in .357 and they look and feel pretty cool.
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I've drooled at the pictures of the Sporter Octagon Pistol Grip model here, but haven't even seen one in person.

http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/ ... -grip.html
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Hi Glenn,
There is one at a pawn shop here in Salina. I've looked pretty close at it and they are very nice. But I would buy a Cimarron every time over the Winchester and for a couple hundred bucks less. Fitting and finish is way better on the Cimarron and my 32-30 shoots better than I can. Just my $.02.

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I have one of the short rifles in 44-40. I like it a lot. The only real complaint is the tall front sight they put on it, took all the rear sight elevator to make 100 yds. I replaced that with an ivory blade.
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Thanks Kevin. They look cool, have a long octagon barrel and are heavy. May be better for the sass crowd.
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Glen, I bought one last year and really like it. They are a little heavy, but the balance is great and it's not muzzle heavy. It's also very accurate.
Also if you don't want to use a tang sight, you can remove the dust cover and mount a Williams grooved receiver sight on the dust cover rail.

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cslcAl wrote:Glen, I bought one last year and really like it. They are a little heavy, but the balance is great and it's not muzzle heavy. It's also very accurate.
Also if you don't want to use a tang sight, you can remove the dust cover and mount a Williams grooved receiver sight on the dust cover rail.

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Any chance you could come up with a photo of that sight setup? Sounds interesting.
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Moto Vita, Here you go.
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Al Foust let me shoot a couple shots out of his last year. As he said the balance is better than any lever gun I have ever put to my shoulder. I like a heavy gun and this fits the bill. I am thinking or retiring my Marlin for one of these just need to stock up the piggy bank a little more. Mike Haynes
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Was the trigger work much of a challenge ?
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Glen, I had my gunsmith do it and it came out great. Right at 2 pounds, no creep.

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