red rick
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I am going to get a cowboy rifle soon . I am leaning more to the Winchester 1892 short rifle , because of the weight , it handles so well , but I do not like the tang safety and it does not have a case harden receiver .
So that brings me to the 1873 Winchester short rifle with the case harden receiver . I like the looks better , but do not think it handles as well as the 1892 .
Now that brings me to my second decision , caliber . I reload and already have a .45 Smoke Wagon and load for it .
I am going to use this rifle for walking around my 120 acres and I might take a deer with it , but it will be used more for plinking . I am leaning more toward getting the .45 , because I already have the revolver and do not like the new Uberti revolvers with the retractable firing pin . My concern with the .45 is , I hear about the blowback with the .45 being a straight wall case . So I am thinking .357 , but will that suffer with the same blowback ? I have not heard of it being a problem in that caliber . Or would 44/40 be the ticket ? I hear it is a pain to reload though and I do not want another pain at my age .
Please give your opinions and advice to help me make my decision .
Which rifle ? Would you just get it in .45 since you already have a matching revolver ?
Which caliber for deer ? I am sure it is not going to make much difference at 100 yards .
Will .357 or 44/40 be better for 150 yards ?
So that brings me to the 1873 Winchester short rifle with the case harden receiver . I like the looks better , but do not think it handles as well as the 1892 .
Now that brings me to my second decision , caliber . I reload and already have a .45 Smoke Wagon and load for it .
I am going to use this rifle for walking around my 120 acres and I might take a deer with it , but it will be used more for plinking . I am leaning more toward getting the .45 , because I already have the revolver and do not like the new Uberti revolvers with the retractable firing pin . My concern with the .45 is , I hear about the blowback with the .45 being a straight wall case . So I am thinking .357 , but will that suffer with the same blowback ? I have not heard of it being a problem in that caliber . Or would 44/40 be the ticket ? I hear it is a pain to reload though and I do not want another pain at my age .
Please give your opinions and advice to help me make my decision .
Which rifle ? Would you just get it in .45 since you already have a matching revolver ?
Which caliber for deer ? I am sure it is not going to make much difference at 100 yards .
Will .357 or 44/40 be better for 150 yards ?