{"id":22706,"date":"2013-05-16T09:52:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T14:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=22706"},"modified":"2013-05-20T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T14:35:01","slug":"the-new-model-1873-short-rifle-from-winchester-repeating-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/the-new-model-1873-short-rifle-from-winchester-repeating-arms\/22706\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Model 1873 Short Rifle from Winchester Repeating Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Model 73 Short Rifle from Winchester Repeating Arms.
Photo Credit: www.winchesterguns.com<\/p><\/div>\n

I just picked up my Winchester 73 reproduction of a Winchester 73! Basically, it’s part of Winchester’s long-term plan to offer some of their classic models back into the market. The 73 is made by Miroku in Japan, which has a reputation for building world-class firearms. I think the Browning 92s in .357 and .44 Magnum, clones of the Winchester 92s, are some of the finest lever guns ever made.<\/p>\n

Here is a YouTube video by Grizzly Dave filming Michael “Wolf” Bane shooting the ’73:<\/p>\n

httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uROYmNV47As<\/p>\n

Some quick first impressions….The wood-to-metal fit is every bit as good as the fit on my pre-’64 Model 94, which is pretty impressive. One thing to immediately notice is that in spite of the fact that I love the color case hardening finish on the Uberti receivers, the Winchester 73 carries the same, deep blue-black finish as my pre-’64 30-30, which I believe is indeed the standard all lever guns are compared against.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the 73 on top, my pre-’64 Winchester 94 on the bottom.<\/p><\/div>\n

The wood is very nice, and I like the matt finish better than the shiny finish of both my pre-’64 and my Ubertis. Definitely a step up from even my older Marlins. The trigger’s not bad… not as good as a tuned Uberti, but QUANTUMS better than an out-of-the-box Italian gun. Ditto on lever motion… it’s a little stiff, but not even in the same universe as the last Italian ’73 I purchased… I needed an Iron Man suit to run that lever!<\/p>\n

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Here’s the Winchester 73 on top, my match Uberti ’73 on the bottom.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here’s the wood comparison between the 73 (on top) and the pre-’64 94 30-30.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here’s the wood comparison between the 73 (on top) and my match Uberti.<\/p><\/div>\n

Finally, for all you cowboy action shooters out there, here’s the picture you really want to see, the comparison of the stroke on the Winchester 73 to my short-stroked Uberti 73:<\/p>\n

\"Winchester73-5\"<\/p>\n

Fore more information on the Winchester ’73 Short Rifle, visit www.winchesterguns.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This reproduction is part of Winchester’s long-term plan to offer some of their classic models back into the market. The 73 is made by Miroku in Japan, which has a reputation for building world-class firearms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[167,1,13],"tags":[3075,1562],"class_list":["post-22706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dropped-shot","category-featured","category-michael-bane","tag-winchester-model-1873-short-rifle","tag-winchester-repeating-arms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}