Abilene, SASS # 27489

I did that to an old holster but just tied a leather piece through that hole.

Personally I wouldn't waste Swiss powder on shotgun or pistol, but save it for the rifle.

Arti-Man has been trying to buy mine from me. He said he keeps checking What Price Glory's ebay page but they haven't had any more. I asked him if he contacted them to ask if they were getting any more but he said no.

Yeah, my protractor says 37.5 degrees. I don't think you understand the concept of "as worn". If your belt is at all lower in the front than in the rear, which is the case for most of us, the angle of the barrel from vertical will increase. But yes, a straight hang holster can certainly be used as a crossdraw.

I don't know how you are measuring it. By the picture it is in the neighborhood of 40 degrees. No bueno. Also, the "as worn" stipulation means you probably will need a holster with no more than 20 degrees cant before you put it on, maybe less since you are a big guy.

There have been a lot of old box images posted on CasCity.

I'm pretty sure Dahoney would have told us if it was a Coyote Cap action job! However, the s/n will be of interest to potential buyers.

So far so good! Bowlers are pretty popular.

Cimarron did have a run of '97's a few years back that came long after the Polytechs. I don't know anything else about those. As for the Polytechs, add this to Cimarron did bring in a run of '97's a few years back that were long after the Polytechs. I don't know anything else about those. As for the Polytechs, here is some more of the story. When Cimarron took over importing the TTN hammer guns, they got the '97's made for TTN as well. But those guns had all been disassembled, so the Chinese re-assembled them but randomly which defeated previous fitting. So there were some good ones and some not good ones with a variety of issues. I got a good one but I was able to cherry-pick it from the ones left in stock. There were a few guns that Coyote Cap had done an action job on as well, but only a few.

Hmm, another ancient post that did not get archived after 30 days.

With 200gr or 250gr (standard magma mold commercial bullets) the OAL is 1.4" for the ammo that I use in the '73. I don't recall the OAL of the Black Hills 180gr that were too short, but my pistol loads with 160gr are 1.303" and are too short for the '73.

I have a 16" '73 Trapper carbine in .45, a Cimarron. It holds ten full length (1.58") 45 Colts but is very tight and the last round loaded has to be straightened on the carrier before it can be levered. I ran it that way for a couple thousand rounds before switching to 45 Schofield. As mentioned 200gr and larger bullets feed fine. When I tried 180gr Black Hills Schofields they were too short. Bullets smaller than 200gr might feed if loaded long. Fill Yer Hand, if you were closer we might talk, but I absolutely hate shipping guns.

Well the OP hasn't been back in almost 2 months after his first and only posts, so... ?

I've heard from folks that have had them in the past. None had any problems. They are as good as any other '73. Whether you load light 44 mag or 44 Spcl for CAS it should be fine, and all the aftermarket go-fast parts fit if you are so inclined.

Hi Dred, yes some or all of the short stroke link makers have/had a set(s) with longer links for those with headspace issues. And yes, with the shorter action parts in your older gun, nobody makes anything to fit yours. To short stroke your gun would be a cut-and-weld operation, and you most likely don't want to make a race-gun out of an older gun with no parts available.

The 1871 and 1872 that Uberti puts on some guns doesn't mean anything. Originals did not have these marks and neither did the Ubertis until 10 or 15 years ago. As you know, yours is an 1860 R-M. Now, the '71/'72 Open top, also known as early and late model OT, were called that because the early ones had the Navy grip and the later had the Army grip, but most folks just call it the OT regardless of which grip frame.

Thank you for the correction GJ, I MEANT lever! Once when talking to Jim Bowie about longer links for a headspace issue with a 32-20 '73, he told me to bend the lever first, saying that many Uberti rifles have headspace issues out of the box and bending the lever usually corrects it. Didn't fix mine though so he sent me the longer links.

One other possibility, If the gun was ever fired out of battery it could have bent the lifter arm and that will affect headspace. With the side plate off, see if the toggles line up straight when the bolt is forward.

When you cock the hammer with your thumb, how does the tension feel compared to your other rifles?

With the hammer cocked, push on the end of the firing pin extension with your thumb. Does it move forward smoothly and spring back when released? One nice thing about working on light primer strikes is that you can test by using empty primed brass - no need to live fire at a range.

It was only the 1866 loading gates that changed with the "W" serial numbers (both style and screw size changed). None of this changed on the 1873.

I guess SP4WTS is the model number. But it would also be a ham radio callsign from Poland.

Or Classic Cowboy. Or any BP category

For SASS you aren't going to fill that magazine up anyway, so you should be able to use a 24" spring with a plug in the magazine.

Kevin, a lot of folks give you advice as if you were using this for SASS, which you aren't. If you already have and shoot .45's, go for it. I'm with H.K., that is nickled and not stainless. Cimarron's Pietta stainless guns are high polish but the Uberti stainless have always been more of a satin finish. And they didn't use charcoal blue screws on the stainless guns. Also, based on the trigger position and that it appears to have the two-position base pin (a little hard to tell from the angle), I believe that is an older gun with the regular 4-click hammer and no safety beyond the two-position base pin.