My First Purchase

[Lever357]

Just gained my FAC early December and was lucky enough to get a lead on this beautiful used Uberti last Friday. It's an 1873 with a 19 inch barrel so is classed as a carbine I think and has the stainless steel action. .357 Magnum calibre, lovely smooth action and a nice trigger pull too. Boyhood dream to own a lever action - so I ended up buying two!! The other is a .22 so will post seperately. The Uberti is fantastic quality and I could easily have a rack full of these on the wall!!!

[bnz41]

looks mint...

[ovenpaa]

Lovely looking rifle, enjoy

[pbrazendale]

Lovely rifle, a .357 under lever will also be my first purchase when the FAC lands :-)


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[David Nimrod]

Absolutely lovely... when the time comes, I'll be getting one too

[saddler]

My first gun was a carbine too....an Ivor Johnson M1, from Atkinson's in Stanley.

[Sim G]

Uberti are fantastic rifles of great quality. It's not stainless steel, but carbon steel "left in the white". Basically polished with a lacquer added.

[GeeRam]

^Yes, as above, Uberti don't make any 1873's in stainless steel.

Actually, I didn't know that they sold them 'in white' either, as they've only ever listed blued or case-hardened finish on their website for the '73, and I've never seen a photo of a 'in-white' version either before!!

You need to get a short stroke kit for it now

A slicked and stroked '73 is a thing of joy to use, I adore shooting my .45LC '73 Uberti.

[Sim G]

Actually, I didn't know that they sold them 'in white' either, as they've only ever listed blued or case-hardened finish on their website for the '73, and I've never seen a photo of a 'in-white' version either before!!

The "white" finish comes and goes as a catalog item. The last version I think was only on the 30" Special Sporting.

[RDC]

That does look lovely!