Taylor Tuned...

[Col Del Rio]

I am in the market for an 1873 in 357/38. I am looking at Taylor Rifles. What exactly is Taylor Tuned?

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

TAYLOR TUNING

[Sheriff Dill]

For what it’s worth I have two Taylor Tuned pistols and absolutely love them. They are very very smooth and shoot amazing. 

[Col Del Rio]

thanks

[Jet]

A friend of mine has an 1873 that was Taylor Tuned, it is super slick and smooth.  

[Sgt. Hochbauer, SASS #64409]

You will not at all regret spending the extra coin for the tuned rifle. 

[Tall John]

While Taylor tuned is much better than a std rifle, I would suggest stepping up to a Taylor Comanchero which is A Taylor tuned rifle that is factory short stroked and further tuned.  i had BOTH And The Comanchero is significantly better than just the Taylor tuned version.

 

 

[Deuce Stevens SASS#55996]

My recommendation for Uberti ‘73’s is to just order one straight from Cody Conagher. He backs his work 100% and has probably done more rifles than all the other smiths combined over the last 25 years. Not the shortest stroke on the market but there’s a couple of shoooters in the game that shoot his rifles that don’t give up anything to anyone in the game on rifle speed. 
https://www.codyscowboyshop.com/

[Tall John]

the OP specifically asked about Taylor Tuned which implies he wants to buy a new rifle with a full warranty.  My response was not to make that mistake and buy the Comanchero.

Your point is very pertinent though!  If were starting over, I would buy one already slicked up from a reputable COWBOY smith vs any factory gun.   

I learned the hard way how much $$/time one can waste shipping guns to/fro gun smiths. If one isn’t within reasonable driving distance.  

 

 

[Geronimo Jim SASS # 21775]

What Deuce said times two.

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

But they won't tune everything.

They won't tune their 86's for example.

[Rye Miles #13621]

22 hours ago, Tall John said:

the OP specifically asked about Taylor Tuned which implies he wants to buy a new rifle with a full warranty.  My response was not to make that mistake and buy the Comanchero.

Your point is very pertinent though!  If were starting over, I would buy one already slicked up from a reputable COWBOY smith vs any factory gun.   

I learned the hard way how much $$/time one can waste shipping guns to/fro gun smiths. If one isn’t within reasonable driving distance.  

 

 

I think the way to go is to buy one stock and then have a local cowboy gunsmith do the SS and slick it up. Just MHO 

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I think the way to go is to buy one stock and then have a local cowboy gunsmith do the SS and slick it up. Just MHO 

The OP is in Honolulu Hawaii, he may not have any local cowboy gunsmiths there

[Sgt. Hochbauer, SASS #64409]

I would also have to agree with Deuce on that, I have several rifles and handguns done by Cody.

 

 

Hochbauer

[Tall John]

On 6/11/2026 at 11:32 AM, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

The OP is in Honolulu Hawaii, he may not have any local cowboy gunsmiths there

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[Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator]

On 6/10/2026 at 9:15 AM, Deuce Stevens SASS#55996 said:

My recommendation for Uberti ‘73’s is to just order one straight from Cody Conagher. He backs his work 100% and has probably done more rifles than all the other smiths combined over the last 25 years. Not the shortest stroke on the market but there’s a couple of shoooters in the game that shoot his rifles that don’t give up anything to anyone in the game on rifle speed. 
https://www.codyscowboyshop.com/

Absolutely.  Cody does excellent work.  I have owned and sold a many Codymatic 73.

I suspect Cody still does a lot of the  "smithing" for Taylor.

[Lead Monger]

I purchased a Taylor’s Comanchero short rifle in 357 and found it to usable right out of the box. Short stroked and much smoother than a stock rifle. You can buy a smoother rifle with a shorter stroke, better sights and easier loading but you will pay for every feature.