Quiet Burp Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just wondering if referring to a Uberti 1873 rifle as a 'Winchester' is common? I've noticed a few folks at matches refer to there's like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I usually call my Uberti 66 a replica Winchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I usually say Uberti-Win 73. Almost always write it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Slim SASS #24733 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I just say my '73 or my yellowboy, or maybe my Henry, depending on which one I am shooting. I have a real Winchester '94 in 38-55, just refer to it as my 38-55. Unless I am selling it or having it worked on it is my business who actually made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Stump the stars! When Winchester commissions a 1873 from Miroku in Japan, is it a Winchester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: Stump the stars! When Winchester commissions a 1873 from Miroku in Japan, is it a Winchester? I certainly think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I usually say "This is my rifle and this is my...." Oh, wait, scratch that. I just call it a '73. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 And, my personal favorite…”I load bullets in my Uberti/Winchester/Miroku.” No you don’t. You load cartridges. Or ammunition. Not bullets. Oh, and 45 Colt. I’ve let that go… and when talking about my ‘73 it’s a ‘73 Uberti… my SKB is my coach Gun and my NMV are revolvers though we call them pistols ALL the time… Winter Range/End of Trail is the ONLY match that I’ve been to that says, “revolvers loaded with 5 rounds each…” some things like this used to REALLY bug me…but not so much anymore. Big fat I survived Covid for a second time and might be a little grumpy HUGS, Scarlett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I call mine a copy of a '73 Winchester or a 73 Winchester clone. If I want to be pedantic, I call it a 20" straight stock 1873 Uberti Cody-Matic. But I am rarely, if ever, pedantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I just say “My 73 or my 66” They’re both Ubertis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Better'n just callin' it a '73... heck you could be talkin' about your pistol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, Griff said: Better'n just callin' it a '73... heck you could be talkin' about your pistol! NO! My revolvers are ‘75s!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beartrap SASS#57175 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 It's kinda like having SASS # 495346231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Creek Jack Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 52 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I just say “My 73 or my 66” They’re both Ubertis Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Don't care about the brand, just want it to be well made ant usable right out of the box. Had a Winchester / Miroku 1886 for a while and it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Henry , 66 , 73 , 92 or Marlin Rifle ! Nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 In big scheme of things, unless you are selling it or ordering parts, and thus need to be precise on the manufacturer name, it's a waste of time trying to correct the uninformed. Sorta like teaching pigs to dance ballet. good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 All of my Ubertis I call "original clones". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Big Boston" Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Fake cowboys shooting fake guns, seems appropriate. It is interesting, the 1897 Winchester shotgun is probably the most used "original" firearm used, for now. I'm seeing more Chinese copies being used every year. i borrowed a term from the car guys, and call them "tributes". IOW a '73 Winchester Tribute. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 15 hours ago, Rip Snorter said: Stump the stars! When Winchester commissions a 1873 from Miroku in Japan, is it a Winchester? If not the there’s been very few Browning firearms ever produced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Semantics... Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
July Smith Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Depends on who I am talking to. On the wire and at SASS clubs I pretty much assume any 1860, 1866 or 1873 rifle/carbine is a Uberti. Miroku Winchesters are easy to spot and anyone shooting an original Winchester is quick to point that fact out. In my opinion the phrase "Winchester 1873" designates the model with a few possible makers and importers. If I am talking to a non-sass person who is expressing mild interest in cowboy guns I will take the time to explain that my rifle is a modern reproduction of the Winchester 1873 produced by Uberti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 A pard called my original 1873 Winchester a "Uberti replica"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I shoot a Spencer, occasionally. But I don't shoot a Taylor Spencer, or a Chiappa Spencer, or whoever the hell made it. I shoot a Spencer. I shoot a Sharps. Not a Pedersoli Sharps, or a C Sharps Sharps. Just a Sharps. I've got a 95 Winchester. It was made by Browning, and since Browning now owns Winchester I guess it is actually a Winchester 95 Winchester. But I don't care. It's a 95 Winchester. My Browning made 86 is an 86 Winchester. I refer to my Uberti 73 as a 73, and I refer to my Winchester 73 as a 73. I've got nine Colts - none of them were made by Colt. And I thought I came up with strange things to wonder about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Stu Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I just refer to mine as my '73 or 1873. If anyone asks further I say it's a Uberti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Slade Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 15 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: NO! My revolvers are ‘75s!! Remingtons or Schofields? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Slade Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, Alpo said: I shoot a Spencer, occasionally. But I don't shoot a Taylor Spencer, or a Chiappa Spencer, or whoever the hell made it. I shoot a Spencer. This nails it right here - as in "how far are you going to go"? I refer to most of my guns as "Cimarron (whatevers)". But Cimarron didn't make em, they just imported 'em. I've also got a Henry 1960 made by Henry USA. If some nit-pickers had their way I'd be calling it "A Henry original Henry replica of an 1860 Henry". The Triple-H for short! I call it a Henry rifle. If folks ask, I elaborate. My Uberti/Cimarron/Remington New Model Army conversions - I call them Remingtons. My Uberti/Cimarron/1866 Winchester - I call it a '66 Winchester ETC. If people are in the know, they know these guns are not originals, and have a pretty good idea what they are specifically. If they aren't in the know, they probably don't even know what a Henry Rifle is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Remingtons! I had a pair of .44 #3 Russian replicas, but someone wanted them and was willing to more than double what I paid for them. I was reducing the number of different calipers that I was keeping ammo for, so I took the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Mine all identify as Winchesters, so to keep the bad press at bay, I just go along with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El CupAJoe Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: this is my wench, Esther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, El CupAJoe said: this is my wench, Esther Somebody out here put up a UTV for sale, complete with a Wench. My Wife wouldn't let me buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe LaFives #5481 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 My Beretta 73 is a Winchester wanabe so I let it decide. Don't want to make it angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: My only firearm with a name, strangely enough is Sister Sue - a little 3" J Frame, exact duplicate of one owned by a late friend and mentor and named after his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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