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December 23, 2012
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Beautiful rifle!
December 21, 2006
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Poor gopher.
W.A.C.A. life member, Marlin Collectors Assn. charter and life member, C,S.S.A. member and general gun nut.
September 22, 2011
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Tell us more about that spectacular rifle. Do you have a letter you can post?
April 30, 2023
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…the spent casings up on the instrument panel 
July 8, 2012
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Beautiful.
May 23, 2009
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Well now with that middle picture I’m worried if you have a little Red Neck in you somewhere. Wondering if you were committing drive by gopher shootings.
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January 13, 2010
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mrcvs said
Tell us more about that spectacular rifle. Do you have a letter you can post?
I got it in Cody, several years ago. It is a very nice original deluxe and letters as it is, including single set trigger that works…
November 7, 2015
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Maverick said
Well now with that middle picture I’m worried if you have a little Red Neck in you somewhere. Wondering if you were committing drive by gopher shootings.
Always good to have an escape plan. I understand those critters will charge when wounded.
Mike
November 7, 2015
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Jeremy P said
…the spent casings up on the instrument panel
Sometimes a 300 yard shot presents itself. That would be pretty sporting with an 1873, even for a crack shot like Shrapnel.
Mike
May 2, 2009
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You have a nice deluxe there.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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July 14, 2016
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Nice! Great to see a nice rare 1873 out and about doing what it was made for 
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March 14, 2022
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Shrapnel said
mrcvs said
Tell us more about that spectacular rifle. Do you have a letter you can post?
I got it in Cody, several years ago. It is a very nice original deluxe and letters as it is, including single set trigger that works…
Very nice!! Wish it was mine.
Rick C
April 1, 2005
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I am not going to shoot it but I admire those that do – will just put a little snake oil on it and its back to the safe. Its a respectable example in 44 – I have had it about 40 years.
September 19, 2014
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Yes, Burt, it IS RESPECTABLE! Shrapnel seems to frequently find nice toys, (as do many of us in time) but then goes out and actually PLAYS with them! I can’t help but wonder how he gets away to do that so much……Tim
March 23, 2007
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Burt,
That is one spectacular rifle. Thanks for sharing it.
April 1, 2005
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dimrod said
Burt,That is one spectacular rifle. Thanks for sharing it.
Mark – maybe I should loan it to you this fall and you could take it out for some exercise!
March 23, 2007
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Burt,
You know I would, but very carefully. I once used a model 53 in 44WCF to shoot a bull moose. So I know your model 1873 is up to the task!
April 1, 2005
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dimrod said
Burt,You know I would, but very carefully. I once used a model 53 in 44WCF to shoot a bull moose. So I know your model 1873 is up to the task!
dimrod said
Burt,You know I would, but very carefully. I once used a model 53 in 44WCF to shoot a bull moose. So I know your model 1873 is up to the task!
The Model 53 may be the sweetest handling of all the lever action models. They have become scarce over the years, especially guns that are original, correct and with condition. The takedown version has become really hard to find – I bought this one in 44 WCF at an Anchorage gun show almost 50 years ago. The 53 is the only model for which I never owned a checkered variation – saw one once at a gun show in Bllings, Montana but passed because it was about 70% – big mistake!
March 23, 2007
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My model 53 is also a TD and in similar condition to yours. They’re like twins! I haven’t shot it in quite a few years. For the moose hunt, I loaded a “high velocity” offering with a 200 grain lead bullet. It did the trick. Kirk Durston wrote an article on model 53s for the WACA magazine and featured my hunt as part of it. I would tone down the loading for a model 1873 though.
