My wife is my WORST enabler…

[Wambli Ska]

Went to BPS today to walk about and get some exercise with wife who wanted to shop for some workout yoga crap. I went to kill some time at the gun area and here she was, one of my bucket guns, marked used. Zero evidence this gun has ever been fired at all. No marked on wood or metal and zero fouling anywhere inside. Guy behind the counter said he thinks it was a display gun and they probably lost the box

Stoeger by Uberti 1873 rifle with the full length octagon barrel in .357 mag. The leather boot is brand new and made by Kirkpatrick leather but the wood is way too pretty so it’s not staying on this gun.

Wife said I could have it for Christmas but when we got to the Jeep she changed her mind. Said she already knew what she was giving me for Christmas sooooooo Happy Saturday!

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This side plate will be getting engraved to match the 1876 Centennial!

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[sakodude]

Nice!!

[Wambli Ska]

Nice!!

Thanks! Took the leather boot off and NOT ONE mark on the wood. Crappy flash pictures of the grain.

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[rberg]

Very nice find!

[Wambli Ska]

Thanks! Pretty happy with this one

[Zee]

Pretty rifle.

[Diver43]

Nice one

[Bigslug]

Did you leave BPS singing Boys Don't Cry's "I wanna be a cowboy, and you can be my cow girl"?

[Wambli Ska]

Pretty rifle.

Thank you!

[Wambli Ska]

Nice one

Thanks! Been looking for the right one for a while.

[Wambli Ska]

Did you leave BPS singing Boys Don't Cry's "I wanna be a cowboy, and you can be my cow girl"?

Don’t think I know that one…

[Chiro1989]

That is a nice looking gun, I would have fondled that for sure.

[Big Al1]

Nice! 1873's are my favorite Winnys!! Uberti makes nice stuff, but you already knew that!!

[Elk Creek]

That is a great rifle!!!! Nice lumber too!
Most importantly I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT ONE!

[sakodude]

Seeing that one does make me want a lever 357 a bit more

[Wambli Ska]

Seeing that one does make me want a lever 357 a bit more

I know where there’s a Browning 92 in .357 mag without the safety with great metal but some easily taken care of stock dings for under $1k…

[Wambli Ska]

That is a nice looking gun, I would have fondled that for sure.

Funny wife is not a “rifle person” and s soon as she handled it she said, “This one gets my vote”.

[Wambli Ska]

Nice! 1873's are my favorite Winnys!! Uberti makes nice stuff, but you already knew that!!

Mine too and yes

[Wambli Ska]

That is a great rifle!!!! Nice lumber too!
Most importantly I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT ONE!

Yes you did…. You just weren’t there for the execution of the many conversations on the subject.

[Elk Creek]

That is a great rifle!!!! Nice lumber too!
Most importantly I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT ONE!

Yes you did…. You just weren’t there for the execution of the many conversations on the subject.

Oh crap mea culpa! I guess we have had a few conversations about a 357 levergun…

[Wambli Ska]

There, don’t you feel better now?

[Elk Creek]

There, don’t you feel better now?

You bet!

[Japhy]

This one will of course require a new hand made custom tooled scabbard, engraving, and other accessories, maybe some kind of buckhorn medallion inlay?

[Wambli Ska]

This one will of course require a new hand made custom tooled scabbard, engraving, and other accessories, maybe some kind of buckhorn medallion inlay?

Yep, and a brace of same chambering single actions.

[Japhy]

Hope you take your beloved out for a fine evening for spotting that gem! Then count your blessings and repeatedly extol all her good qualities!

That wasnt quite the reception I got when I bought a gun recently and even after attempting to explain i spent less than a new purse on the entire outfit: Ruger slab side, holosun rds, mount, extra magazines. I was told “thats just not the same as a purse”