This is really out of character for me, but I twisted off a while back and ordered some old gun reproductions by Uberti. I got some made for Cimarron Arms in Texas. They finally came in last week after a wait of several months. The big one is a Winchester 1885 High Wall design in 45-70 and the smaller one is an 1866 Yellow Boy in .38 Special. These are the first Uberti guns I've ever handled personally and I can say they show excellent craftsmanship. I understand that they make versions to suit the specs from their various distributors, so what you get from one outfit may not be exactly like those from another.
Since my local club has a long range silhouette league using old black powder cartridge guns, I replaced the factory sights on the 45-70 with some designed for that kind of shooting. By the time the smoke cleared, I could've bought a Vari-X II for what those sights cost.
Here's some pics. The front tunnel sight will accept interchangeable sight profiles through the little slit on top, and it has it's own windage adjustment in addition to the one on the rear tang sight. The receiver and lever are case hardened. I really like the set triggers.
And the Yellow Boy - probably destined to be the wife's gun.
Since my local club has a long range silhouette league using old black powder cartridge guns, I replaced the factory sights on the 45-70 with some designed for that kind of shooting. By the time the smoke cleared, I could've bought a Vari-X II for what those sights cost.
Here's some pics. The front tunnel sight will accept interchangeable sight profiles through the little slit on top, and it has it's own windage adjustment in addition to the one on the rear tang sight. The receiver and lever are case hardened. I really like the set triggers.
And the Yellow Boy - probably destined to be the wife's gun.