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1873 Winchester 357 38 CARBINE Uberti

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  • Junkballer
    quote:Originally posted by ltcdoty
    I'm thinking of buying one of these...anyone have one? Will I be able to shoot .38 cal. wad cutters ?
    Never owned a Uberti but own a Marlin .357 lever.......I don't think you'll be able to feed a wad-cutter in any lever action, I could be wrong though, just my experience [;)]
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  • dcs shooters
    A lot of cowboy shooters use them with 38 round nose. I always shot 38 semi wad cutters in my Marlin. Polished the feed ramp to feed them [^]
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  • Junkballer
    quote:Originally posted by dcs shooters
    A lot of cowboy shooters use them with 38 round nose. I always shot 38 semi wad cutters in my Marlin. Polished the feed ramp to feed them [^]
    Agree, I shoot the semi's fine in my Marlin, for some reason I thought/assumed he was speaking of the full wad-cutters.......my bad. [;)]
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  • Spider7115
    If you had only asked about a Marlin, maybe you'd have gotten answers about a Winchester! [;)]
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  • Fatstrat
    Wad cutters won't feed in my Rossi M-92.
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  • machine gun moran
    [:D][:D]

    It's time for somebody to say that wadcutters feed ok in their K38.
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  • Fatstrat
    I think it's a rational conclusion that if wad cutters won't feed in virtually every other lever action rifle, they likely won't in the 1873 Uberti either.
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  • charliemeyer007
    Are we talking hollow base wad cutters seated backwards?
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  • Hawk Carse
    The 1873 does not have a cartridge stop. It depends on the OAL of the cartridge being the same as the length of the lifter. A short round like a wadcutter will let the next round out of the magazine start into the lifter, blocking its travel.

    I guess a gunsmith could put in a stop like the one made for the .45 Cowboy Special, but it would be a big project. And you would still have the problem of getting the flat ended wadcutter to feed into the chamber.
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  • fordsix
    why can;t something just work out of the box???[}:)]
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