1873 short (pic's)

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1873 short (pic's)

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Rained today so Chad was home with his new toy when I stopped in for a snort.
Made in 1890.
Range report soon. :D

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Post by Hagler »

Byron,

That is a very nice looking rifle. Is it all original, or has it been refinished? Either way, I like it.

Who is Chad?

Shawn
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Post by arjunky »

Hagler wrote:Byron,

That is a very nice looking rifle. Is it all original, or has it been refinished? Either way, I like it.

Who is Chad?

Shawn
Sorry about that, Rafter-7, or Putz to me. :twisted:

It's original, unmessed with.

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Post by rjohns94 »

simply beautiful. :D
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Post by J Miller »

Wow! An 1873 in .22 Short. I haven't seen one of those in almost 40 years.
And the one I saw then wasn't near as nice as that one.

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Post by Ysabel Kid »

This post needs a "drool alert" posted right up top. Dang that's a pretty rifle!!! :D
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Post by mescalero1 »

So that is what my 1873 could look like!
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Mine has an octagon barrel
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Sweet & priceless :mrgreen:
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Post by Hagler »

Byron,

How is Rafter-7?

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Post by gamekeeper »

That's a really nice rifle. :D
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Post by rafter-7 »

Hello Hagler,

Iam here and doing just fine, Thanks for asking

We got about 5 hundredths of rain yesterday first rain of the season, since april 15th I have been putting in 16 to 18 hour days 7 days a week so yesterday I came home and took a nap till byron showed up.

I asked Byron to post this thread and follow it for I am not around much anymore till freeze up.

Byron and I talked about this gun for a long time befor having the guy ship it. But you know in 25 years of gun showing We have never seen a 73 rimfire with that much condition so he bought some guns from me, I cleaned out the piggy bank, and sold my camper.... good trade right?

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Post by KirkD »

Very nice! You don't see too many original '73's in that kind of condition.
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Post by C. Cash »

Congratulations to your son...that is a quite a rifle to have looking like after 118 years.
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Post by Hagler »

rafter-7,

You are busting your hump! :shock: I am glad you are alright. :D

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Post by RIHMFIRE »

WHAT A BEAUTY
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Post by Ben_Rumson »

WOW...Can hardly wait for the range report!!
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