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First Look: Taylor & Company TC 73 Lever Action Carbine
A modern take on a classic firearm.
by Shooting Illustrated Staff posted on January 28, 2025
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Taylor 9mm lever action carbine
Taylor & Company has just launched its first fully American-made firearm, the new Taylor & Company TC 73 9mm lever-action carbine. While this new 9mm lever action carbine is technically a PCC (pistol-caliber carbine) and has every right to be called as such, most shooters never associate that term with firearms that take after the original Winchester 1873 pattern lever action carbines. But, that’s what Taylor & Company’s new lever gun offering is—a modern homage to one of the most significant Winchester lever-action firearms in that company’s storied history. Amongst all of Winchester’s famous lever gun models like the 1866, 1886 or 1894, the 1873 was the specific “gun that won the West.”

Chambered for 9mm, Taylor & Company’s reproduction provides the shooter with an inexpensive and commonly available option for plinking, target shooting or small-game hunting. And not to mention, with the popularity of 9mm as a pistol round, the Taylor & Company TC73 lever action carbine affords the shooter to share ammunition with the end user’s defensive pistol, not unlike the western frontiersmen of old who carried their sets of Winchester 1873 leverguns and Colt Single-Action Army revolvers chambered in .44-40 Win.

“With superior qualities such as improved carrier block design, lightened trigger pull, hardened screws and fully machined internal parts, the Taylor & Company TC73 is a superior representation of the 1873 lever gun made with modern day technology and quality standards. A rubber butt pad, and white bead front sight with a semi-buckhorn rear sight complete the finishing touches for a first-rate yet practical rifle. And for the modern sportsman there is even a 5/8x24 threaded barrel. The versatility of 9 mm meets Taylor’s standard of Where Legend Meets Performance today.”

To learn more about the new TC 73 9mm lever action carbine or other products from Taylor & Company, visit taylorsfirearms.com.

I'm not exactly sure what my hangup is, but I just can't wrap my head around the whole lever-gun/9mm thing. I guess it's just because my entire familiarity with that round involves compact, polymer-framed pistols. I own one of those and carry it occasionally, but never shoot it for fun.

That's a pretty good-looking rifle, though!

It is nice looking. I like the color case hardened look. But ouch way above my pay grade $2,000.
https://www.taylorsfirearms.com/tc73-ri ... tuned.html

I do like the idea, but I agree with Mags. 100%.

RP

The price is terrible, and while 9mm is interesting, i feel going with other auto-loader calibers would have been smarter.

Do a historic railroad run and used 45acp. Or if you want a regular power and mag level gun do 40sw and 10mm.

The 40sw, and the 10mm use truncated cone bullets. 9mm and 45 do in certain instances.

Its all about the cheap 9mm ammo. Way outa my check book range. But its a Taylors and that explains the price.

Nice looking gun, and glad to see it's American Made, but also do not like the 9mm thing as well as that steep price.

Fully made in America? By whom? Taylors doesn't have a factory. Taylors is an importer and having Taylor gunsmiths finish and assemble parts made in Italy or other countries outside the US does not meet the requirements of the FTC for claiming made in America.

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:13 pm

Fully made in America? By whom? Taylors doesn't have a factory. Taylors is an importer and having Taylor gunsmiths finish and assemble parts made in Italy or other countries outside the US does not meet the requirements of the FTC for claiming made in America.

I think maybe Talor's may just assemble them like you said.
All I know them is they are an importer and some some tuning on those.
I like the concept and the use of non conventional rounds, but
my concern is that 9mm really isn't crimped ammo.
So how well will it work in a tube magazine??

RP

Looking at the gun a little closer I see an 1873 Winchester with a tacticool threaded barrel. Taylors trying to satisfy the cowboys and the tacticool lovers

Vaquero wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:42 pm

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:13 pm

Fully made in America? By whom? Taylors doesn't have a factory. Taylors is an importer and having Taylor gunsmiths finish and assemble parts made in Italy or other countries outside the US does not meet the requirements of the FTC for claiming made in America.

I think maybe Talor's may just assemble them like you said.
All I know them is they are an importer and some some tuning on those.
I like the concept and the use of non conventional rounds, but
my concern is that 9mm really isn't crimped ammo.
So how well will it work in a tube magazine??

RP

With the weight of the rifle, i'm not sure there would be much recoil. But yeah, that's a problem I'd not thought of.

Cans/suppressors are big buisness. Honestly, they are helpful. They save a lot of hearing damage. With what they've done, I don't know if it would be what I would call Tactictool

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2025 12:13 pm

Fully made in America? By whom? Taylors doesn't have a factory. Taylors is an importer and having Taylor gunsmiths finish and assemble parts made in Italy or other countries outside the US does not meet the requirements of the FTC for claiming made in America.

Some clarification on this. "Made in USA" and "Made in America" aren't the same thing. With "Made in America" parts and raw materials and final assembly can be sourced from anywhere in the American western hemisphere. North America, South America, Central America for example. "Made in USA" means parts and raw materials are sourced and final assembly are literally completed within the boundaries of the U.S.A. Materials and parts can be sourced from different USA companies with final assembly done by another USA company.

Taylor's website for this rifle claims "Made in USA". It also says "Taylor Tuned". It can be both.

So I wonder who is actually producing the gun? I know Taylors has gunsmiths, but maybe they've expanded? Interesting.

A beautiful rifle in a slingshot/ball bearing caliber.......Why would anyone want a pretty rifle like that in a wienie caliber?

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2025 6:10 pm

So I wonder who is actually producing the gun? I know Taylors has gunsmiths, but maybe they've expanded? Interesting.

I'd venture they expanded. Writeup here says it's their first all USA made.
“the first Taylor’s firearm manufactured by the company completely in the USA with 100% USA made parts.”
https://www.ssusa.org/content/taylor-s- ... ion-rifle/

Possibly one of the stupidest ideas Ive seen this year but hey, Im sure something to top it will be along shortly.

Bill.68 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 31, 2025 8:58 pm

Possibly one of the stupidest ideas Ive seen this year but hey, Im sure something to top it will be along shortly.

Cheer up the year is still young and a lot more stupid things will come.

Like i said earlier. 10mm 40sw....


I wish a company would put one together...

I just cant get there from here. Not even in 10mm, which I love, or 40s&w, which I dont.

Mags wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:40 pm

I'd venture they expanded. Writeup here says it's their first all USA made.

The odd choice of the caliber is a part of their approach to the transition from a tuner of Ubertis to a full house domestic manufacturer for Taylor. They want to continue the old business, but if they introduced an 1873 in a traditional caliber, they would be competing with Uberti.