>Winchester 1866 is "Yellow Boy">loads via a "King's Gate"So it's the King in Yellow?
>>65047011one of the weird things about the 1866 is that I'm pretty sure it's the only model where the carbines are more common than the rifles. Well other than the 94s I guess. there weren't that many henrys. most 1873s and 1892s are rifles, not sure about the 76s and 86s and most 1895s are military contract. a decent number of 66s are also military contracts.the 66 also has a way sharper drop in the stock angle than the 73 which has a way sharper drop in the stock angle of the JMB designed winchesters. not sure why they did that but you can find boomers online seething about not being able to get a good cheek weld with the 1866 and repros when they do their cowboy action shooting since CAS bans cheek risers for some reason
>>65047024Yeah, that drop is breddy absurd. Imagine being a Spanish tranarchist in '36 and getting a shot-out Yellow Boy dumped on your by Stalin.
>>65047047Did the 1866s end up in Russia? I know a significant number of 1866s were military contract guns, but I think the ottomans and french bought the 1866s and the russians bought the 1895s
>>65047128Ruskies bought Yellow Boys as well.
>>65047011What's the best italian repro to buy and shoot regularly in 357 mag today? I heard about Pedersoli but apparently they are hard to get in the US and expensive.
>>65047011I guess so!>>65047024I assume it's because it handled and balanced well, and you already got an absolute shitload of firepower by the standards of the day with that length of tube mag.That said, I am personally tickled by the idea of the 1866 "Musket" with its even longer barrel and magazine, complete with bayonet fittings.>>65047128They got around a lot.>>65047164In addition to that, they could have captured some from the Turks.
