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Moose_Holland
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questions about cowboy guns

Do you own any cowboy guns? Are they cheap replicas as those imported from Italy, modern reproductions made by original American gunmakers or are they originals made by original manufacturers? Has Remington ever made a modern reproduction of the 1875 Outlaw? It's kind of nice to own cowboy guns built by the original makers. When was the last genuine Sharps buffalo gun produced?
Colt makes modern reproductions of Peacemakers and Winchester makes reproductions of late 1880's rifles and carbines. Does any person here have any of those guns? Some American-made reproductions can be quite expensive. Modern-made Stoeger coach guns aren't too expensive, however.
The .45 Colt is an authentic caliber for pre-1900 S/A pistols. What are authentic pre-1900 calibers for Winchester lever rifles and carbines? If I were to own coboy gun reproductions, I would want authentic (historically correct) calibers of that period. Did cowboys of the Old West have Winchesters chambered in .45 Colt? I thought .30-30 Win. was the common lever rifle round then. I'm certain .375 Mag. was not around then.
Do you shoot them for fun or in competition? Do you twirl them for showmanship? Do any of them even make good defense weapons or hunting implements in modern times? Here are few examples of classic American cowboy guns-
https://imgur.com/SsEAxlx
Colt makes modern reproductions of Peacemakers and Winchester makes reproductions of late 1880's rifles and carbines. Does any person here have any of those guns? Some American-made reproductions can be quite expensive. Modern-made Stoeger coach guns aren't too expensive, however.
The .45 Colt is an authentic caliber for pre-1900 S/A pistols. What are authentic pre-1900 calibers for Winchester lever rifles and carbines? If I were to own coboy gun reproductions, I would want authentic (historically correct) calibers of that period. Did cowboys of the Old West have Winchesters chambered in .45 Colt? I thought .30-30 Win. was the common lever rifle round then. I'm certain .375 Mag. was not around then.
Do you shoot them for fun or in competition? Do you twirl them for showmanship? Do any of them even make good defense weapons or hunting implements in modern times? Here are few examples of classic American cowboy guns-
https://imgur.com/SsEAxlx
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Sharps rifles can be had from "The Sharps Rifle Co" and "C.Sharps Arms" both out of Montana. Once more the Uberti's are fine copies at less money.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
.375 Mag?
All the time, In front of the mirror, buck nekked but for my cowboy hat on my head.
Coboy guns are like unicorn horn.
The 1881 was the first large frame lever gun to chamber the .45-70, five years ahead of the 1886 Winc.
1889 was the first side eject, and the 1893 morphed into the 336.
1873 Winchesters are fun guns, well made and in fun calibers .32-20, 38-40 and 44-40.
The Italian made clones are well made and shoot and look great.
The Ruger Vaqueros are equal to any SAA turned out by Colt....ever
An Italian Pietta SAA clone in .357 Magnum that is an absolute hoot to shoot. I pair that up with the Marlin lever action or the Rossi Mares leg, and go on a woods walk.
Now- for TRUE cowboy guns, the most cowboy person I ever dealt with kept just a single shot .410 in his truck. He was 96 years old when I was working for him on his ranch north of Harper, TX, and was truly someone who had "been there" for cowboy stuff.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
I'm also saddened that the Savage Model 99 lever job with exclusive rotary magazine is extinct from the production line. My grandfather had one in .300 Savage but the gunsmith inspected it and said it was a wall-hanger: too badly rusted for economically-feasible restoration.
but you can find reproductions of guns. IF they are are the historically correct caliber, i will let you figure that out or someone can tell you.
there are also Black Poweder (BP) revolvers and riles too. You may want to do some reserach on WHEN or WHAT PERIOD you want to do your toy buying.
with the Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS) going on there are more choices now for toys.
and fwiw, you dont say what your endgame is on the all of the questions..
a hint and assumption. If you want to play CAS then you may want to attend an event if you can. You dont have any location in your profile, but from what ive read CAS is sort of a world wide sport. Dont know about places that are anti gun, but i would look for any CAS competitions in your area and attend if you can. Go with all of your questions on a note pad. Introduce yourself if you want to do the sport and ask some questions.
If this is your endgame, you may find out that they are receptive of new blood. If not, sports die off.
good luck
- Don Burt
Mike
N454casull
Sadly that gun and several others of mine were lost to me in 1999 from a home burglary and were never recovered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKXn-x1GEHE
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named may have returned.
Dagnabbit just call me Dawg.
Deputy Dawg.
I have (had) a friend who loved the saddle ring carbines, and hunted deer with them. For him, it would be safe to say it made a great deer gun.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
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