Colt lightning
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Windage-n-Elevation
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Yupper. Had one in .38 WCF, but sold it a bunch of years ago. Nice little pump action. Miss it.
Was it an original or a repo? 38wcf is cool. Its a 40 cal not like 38special that's 35... for people that don't know.
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Windage-n-Elevation
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No...it was an original. I didn't know that anybody made a reproduction. Maybe Uberti?
Pedersoli, Uberti, and Cimerron all make them. Cool an original is out of my price point.
Windage-n-Elevation
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Yep...pricey little wonders, they are. Even tho' I almost doubled my investment, I still kick myself for letting it go. I do that a lot.
I know the feeling. I'm in a more stable situation now so I'm looking to buy forever guns.Yep...pricey little wonders, they are. Even tho' I almost doubled my investment, I still kick myself for letting it go. I do that a lot.
I have a Taurus Thunderbolt in .45 Colt that I regularly use for CAS. I prefer it over my 1873 Winchester because I am faster with it. If you go repro, and can get one in 44-40, I would recommend that caliber because it is historically correct, and the slightly bottlenecked cases seem to feed better. I haven't had many issues with my rifle however I bought mine from a later batch that Taurus had re-worked and sent out to some distributors. Evidently they must have figured it out because mine works fine. It is somewhat sensitive to how one works the action (not too fast and not too slow) but once you find the rhythm, it is pretty reliable. The price is good too $500 or less.
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I saw a brand new one made by some Eyetalian outfit in Wagram not long ago. Looked slick!