Going Old School With Uberti

[OldTex]

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.

 

[stubbicatt]

Black powder cartridge loading and shooting is a whole new ballgame. Hope you enjoy.

 

[Crunchy Frog]

Very nice, especially the High-Wall. Have fun!

 

[BullRunBear]

Congrats on the new toys. Although I have an old Navy Arms Rolling Block in 45-70, I've handled the Hi-Wall (Browning) and it was a sweet shooter. Despite the cost of those good sights, you'll be glad you have them when shooting at 200 yards or more.

Do you plan to load black powder rounds for the 45-70? I enjoy it almost as much as muzzle loading. It's strictly a single stage process for me but it's fun (saves money as well) and it's not like I'm loading 1,000 rounds at a time.

Let us know how your first range session goes.

Jeff

 

[RPRNY]

Very jealous. I am in lust with a similar rifle to your 45-70 in 38-55. Beautiful rifle you have there and a helluva sight set.

 

[OldTex]

Thanks, guys. I don't plan on using black powder, at least not now. That's one thing I've never had to urge to mess with.

And RPRNY, a friend has a Browning 38-55 that is really sweet. I might have enjoyed that more than this when we start talking about recoil and that steel buttplate.

What's going on in the world when the best lever guns are made in Italy and Japan rather than America.?

 

[RPRNY]

This is the one I have my sights set on, the Lyman Ideal (made I would imagine by Pedersoli or another one of the Italians):

.38-55 and fitted with Lyman sights. I do however much prefer the case coloring on your rifle and I have a feeling that the semi-pistol grip on your stock will have better ergonomics.

 

[mdauben]

Beautiful! I'd love to add a Sharps or High Wall single shot in .45-70 to my collections. I lked them ever before I saw Quigly Down Under!