Who has one of the new Winchester Trapper Takedown .357's?

A friend has one in .44mag, with a pistol grip stock and crescent butt. He's brought it over so I had a chance to play with it, casual plinking at 50 yards. Very accurate, considering its sights and my eyes. Functionally perfect, pretty smooth, takedown feature is nice and tight so far. Nicely figured wood, although I found the crescent butt uncomfortable against my shoulder...I wish the curve was a bit more open. Shooting position in general is a little cramped. We did find that any of my .44 loads with longish COAL didn't feed well, but this seems to be true of all 92's...I had the same problem with my B92 when I had it.

Worst thing about it? That tang safety. I can't (or don't want to) get accustomed to lever guns with modern safeties and that is the only feature that prevents me from wanting this gun...but I must admit, it is a thing of beauty.
 
Don't have the trapper but have a 357 carbine, 44short rifle and a takedown deluxe in 44-40, very happy with quality on all of them and they all shoot very well with both cast and jacketed bullets.
 
Ardent,

I have the takedown 92 rifle in 44-40. It is a real fun rifle to shoot. I think one of them in .357 would be a good choice too. And the ammo would be easier to get.
 
I can vouch that the 357 will save a ton of ammo and component supply issues here. My 32-20 is nice but choices are few and expensive for ammo and components.

I don't wish to start a storm but I think the 357 properly loaded makes a decent deer brush rifle if needed and a cheap gun to reload for. A pretty good combo.

I carry my TD in my luggage when carrying for plinking on sales trips. The TD function is why I bought it.
 
Canuck Bob said:
I can vouch that the 357 will save a ton of ammo and component supply issues here. My 32-20 is nice but choices are few and expensive for ammo and components.

I don't wish to start a storm but I think the 357 properly loaded makes a decent deer brush rifle if needed and a cheap gun to reload for. A pretty good combo.

I carry my TD in my luggage when carrying for plinking on sales trips. The TD function is why I bought it.
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The .357 with proper loads and bullet placement will do the job on any
critter that walks. Should'nt worry about storms, except from the
unknowing.

The .22LR has killed elephants with one shot, and the critters died within 60 paces of being hit. It's documented fact on at least 2 occasions.
;)
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
The .357 with proper loads and bullet placement will do the job on any
critter that walks. Should'nt worry about storms, except from the
unknowing.

The .22LR has killed elephants with one shot, and the critters died within 60 paces of being hit. It's documented fact on at least 2 occasions.
;)
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Doesn't mean it's a good idea. That argument irritates me, people have played good rounds of tennis with frying pans too. Not fair to the game, choose the right tool, not a stunting piece. .357 from a rifle (and I experimented with it in depth in my Marlin) is marginal for deer, and you do not want to go above that level.
 
Ardent said:
Doesn't mean it's a good idea. That argument irritates me, people have played good rounds of tennis with frying pans too. Not fair to the game, choose the right tool, not a stunting piece. .357 from a rifle (and I experimented with it in depth in my Marlin) is marginal for deer, and you do not want to go above that level.
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:agree: Absolutely! The world is full of bad judgement and stupid people. If you look hard enough and long enough, you can find documentation proving that almost anything has been done once or twice. So what?

Records show people who have fallen out of planes from thousands of feet in the air, and survived the impact with the ground. So what's with all thoses wusses using parachutes?
 
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