I'm looking at both the Taylors and company 1883 Burgess and Winchester models 1873 in 45 LC this afternoon. The Taylors is quite a bit more expensive, but is it better? The website shows it to be a really nice looking gun, and I like the octagon barrel but appearances aside, is the quality there? The Miroku short rifle always seemed to be the gold standard, but the wood always seemed to be unimpressive. Looking to play around with cowboy shooting (not competitively), just for fun. Not interested in either Henry or Rossi, and it has to be 45LC (that's what my handguns are)
Taylors and company vs Winchester Miroku 1873 in 45 Long colt
- Thread starter dogzilla
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I have one of the Winchester miroku 73 sporting rifles in 44/40 and it is a quality piece all the way.It is their high grade version with fancy wood,case colored reciever and the 24 inch octagonal barrel. I have to agree the short rifle version has plain wood unless you go to the case colored version and then you get better wood. The miroku Winchesters in my opinion are of better quality than the Taylor/Uberti rifles .
freddyfour
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- Brant County, Ontario
I don't know if I agree that the new wins 73's are better. Although I have only handled the new ones in store, I would take any of my Uberti's over what I saw in store.
OP, curious why the Burgess?
OP, curious why the Burgess?
freddyfour
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
Where abouts are you located or what stores are local to you? I have Uberti's Henry 1860, 1866 and 1873 and they are all top quality Italian made rifles.
