fortyshooter wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:41 am
You must have some great vision to shoot that well with open sights at that distance...job well done!
How is it cleaning that Winchester after shooting black powder? I hear that .44-40 is the best caliber for black powder shooting due to the thin case
expanding and sealing the chamber.
I must admit that I struggle with the open sights, can just barely use them. The problem with the Winchester 73 is the short sight radius and that the rear sight is quite close to the shooter. On this rifle I have exchanged the original rear buckhorn sight with a Marble Arms Flat Top rear sight, which gives a slightly better sight picture. Also not visible in the movie, the steel gong is painted light fluorescent red. But I can just barely see it in this light.
Yes the 44-40 is great for black powder, although Pyrodex is not considered 'real' black, but I am empty at the moment. The case is very thin in the neck area, and seals well. No sooty cases. I thought on ordering the Win 73 in 45 Colt, but I'm glad I didn't. The 45 Colt was originally not used in rifles, with good reason. I does not feed well and it spits back the corrosive black powder gases into the mechanism and in the shooters face. But the 44-40 is more for the reloading enthusiast; do not count on that there will be a plethora of factory rolled ammo in the shelves
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