SunnySlopes
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I want to add a reproduction "1873" Winchester to my modest collection of lever action rifles. Winchester, not Uberti, etc.
I want color case hardened and an octagonal barrel and my market is Gunbroker offerings.
There are some Winchesters that meet the criteria and are in 45 Colt cartridge. I own no firearms in that caliber but have the dies, primers and powder necessary to make my own ammo. Except, I have no brass. Don't know where to get brass except paying gouger's prices on GB.
On the other hand, there are some 1873 Winchesters that are CCH in 357 caliber but with a round barrel. I don't want a round barrel but am leaning toward the notion that, since I have plenty of reloading components in that caliber, maybe round isn't so bad.
What would you do? Get what you want but have to wait indefinitely to shoot it? Or "settle" and head to the range?
(However, if I were to get the 45 Colt I'd likely bite the bullet and pay five times MSRP for brass off GB.)
I want color case hardened and an octagonal barrel and my market is Gunbroker offerings.
There are some Winchesters that meet the criteria and are in 45 Colt cartridge. I own no firearms in that caliber but have the dies, primers and powder necessary to make my own ammo. Except, I have no brass. Don't know where to get brass except paying gouger's prices on GB.
On the other hand, there are some 1873 Winchesters that are CCH in 357 caliber but with a round barrel. I don't want a round barrel but am leaning toward the notion that, since I have plenty of reloading components in that caliber, maybe round isn't so bad.
What would you do? Get what you want but have to wait indefinitely to shoot it? Or "settle" and head to the range?
(However, if I were to get the 45 Colt I'd likely bite the bullet and pay five times MSRP for brass off GB.)