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sakodudesakodude Posts: 4,882 Senior Member
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Made a trip back to Illinois/Wisconsin last week and this beautiful creature followed me home. Taylor’s (Uberti) model 1866 Yellow Boy in 44WCF/44-40

Now, I’m not quite as lucky as Big Al since I didn’t find it in some obscure shop, but it did take an entire weekend of groveling to talk my brother out of it :p
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  • CHIRO1989CHIRO1989 Posts: 14,853 Senior Member
    #2
    That looks a nice .44, got the revolver to go with it?
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  • sakodudesakodude Posts: 4,882 Senior Member
    #3
    CHIRO1989 said:
    That looks a nice .44, got the revolver to go with it?
    Not yet, I will eventually find a Schofield revolver to go with it.
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  • ojrojr Posts: 1,344 Senior Member
    #4
    Looks great
    I really need a better paying job.
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  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Posts: 12,429 Senior Member
    #5
    sakodude said:
    Made a trip back to Illinois/Wisconsin last week and this beautiful creature followed me home. Taylor’s (Uberti) model 1866 Yellow Boy in 44WCF/44-40

    Now, I’m not quite as lucky as Big Al since I didn’t find it in some obscure shop, but it did take an entire weekend of groveling to talk my brother out of it :p
    That is a great looking rifle!  Congrats!!
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
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  • AntonioAntonio Posts: 2,986 Senior Member
    #6
    VERY NICE!!! (Saying this while rolling over my own envy juices).

    Will get one of those in .38 Special and octagonal barrel someday. I'd let the brass receiver age so it can get that cool "rode hard" worn, dull mustard color of the original ones.

    A Scofield would be the perfect partner. Also a 1860 cartridge conversion can do the "time frame-correct" job.

    Since these were originally rimfires I guess a proper handgun match back in the day would have been actually hard to make since I can't recall any .44 Henry revolvers being made (At least in significant numbers), something that wouldn't be possible until the actual .44WFC was available in the '73 rifle.....unless it was a '66 center-fire conversion.....

    Range test please!
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  • Big Al1Big Al1 Posts: 8,814 Senior Member
    #7
    SWEET! A .44-40 is on my list, but pickens are slim so far!! I guess I need to practice my groveling!!  B)
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Posts: 18,360 Senior Member
    #8
    Nice grab!
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  • BigslugBigslug Posts: 9,869 Senior Member
    #9
    Antonio said:
    I'd let the brass receiver age so it can get that cool "rode hard" worn, dull mustard color of the original ones.
    This also prevents you from getting that disturbing "buzzard-pecked/wolf-dismembered" look of the original owners whose gleaming receivers attracted the attention of someone with a Sharps. :D

    Those are nicely executed rifles.  Having poked around inside several of both original and replaice '73's and 76's, Uberti is definitely making a serious effort to do justice to the real thing.  Seeing honest mill marks on the inside of the side plates gives me a case of the warm fuzzies.

    I did a jug shoot several years back with  what was effectively the correct 180 grain load and alloy.  The original ammo ain't no joke either (stopped in 4):


    WWJMBD?

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  • AntonioAntonio Posts: 2,986 Senior Member
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    Good friend of mine was product manager of our local equivalent to a mini-Bass Pro Shops and among his plans to import stuff other than extrictly for private security/CCW/hunting for recreational shooting, among which those Taylor/Ubertis were top priority. Unfortunately he had to leave the job, then came the economic crisis and the pandemic, so plans were frustrated and now with the commies in power threatening to ban civilian gun ownership I sincerely doubt those will ever be brought.

    Have fondled with a few originals but not fired them since all were still in .44 Henry Rimfire; indeed the quality of these repros is excellent from what I was able to see at the Cabela's in Denver last time over there, and the .44WFC loaded to proper specs can be a pretty good hard hitter. Not a .44 Magnum but still nothing to dismiss. Shot a couple of times 92 rifles & SRCs with "spicy" loads and they have decent ballistics inside the 150 yards range and quite a decent punch. New factory loads from Winchester seem to be a bit tamed though, specially the "Cowboy loads".

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  • sakodudesakodude Posts: 4,882 Senior Member
    #11
    Thanks everyone, hope to get it to the range next week. This was originally my dad's and part of his S.A.S.S. kit and has been tuned quite slick. Can't wait to run some rounds through it.
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  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    #12
    That’s a great gun in a wonderful chambering, and the stock is gorgeous!  


    So in this order…

    You suck!!!

    I hate you!

    Also, fair warning, Al is only being nice to you because he’s planing to hunt you down and kill you for taking that out of HIS hunting ground… 

    😁

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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  • sakodudesakodude Posts: 4,882 Senior Member
    #13
    Wambli Ska said:
    That’s a great gun in a wonderful chambering, and the stock is gorgeous!  


    So in this order…

    You suck!!!

    I hate you!

    Also, fair warning, Al is only being nice to you because he’s planing to hunt you down and kill you for taking that out of HIS hunting ground… 

    😁
    Thank you. As to BigAl hunting me down, I suspect not since he will in all likelihood find an original. :p
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  • Wambli SkaWambli Ska Posts: 5,424 Senior Member
    #14
    sakodude said:
    Wambli Ska said:
    That’s a great gun in a wonderful chambering, and the stock is gorgeous!  


    So in this order…

    You suck!!!

    I hate you!

    Also, fair warning, Al is only being nice to you because he’s planing to hunt you down and kill you for taking that out of HIS hunting ground… 

    😁
    Thank you. As to BigAl hunting me down, I suspect not since he will in all likelihood find an original. :p
    Oh… yeah, there is that.  

    Well FWIW, I hate him too…

    It’s a °IIIII° thing 😎

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  • Elk creekElk creek Posts: 7,933 Senior Member
    #15
    Beautiful rifle!!! Can’t wait to get to the range with you! 
    Aim higher, or get a bigger gun.
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  • bellcatbellcat Posts: 2,040 Senior Member
    #16
    Good hustle! Let us know when you the revolver to match!
    "Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see." Mark Twain
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