Uberti Introduces 150th Anniversary 1866 Lever Gun
By Tyler Kee
I’m a sucker for an elegant lever gun, and while cruising through the Benelli booth today, a very lovely, very golden lever gun with a big “NEW” tag hanging on it nearly jumped off the rack at me. Turns out Uberti is dead set on draining money from my pockets by producing a finely engraved 1866 pattern rifle to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Winchester’s first rifle . . .
Uberti’s fancy new lever gun is chambered in .45 Colt and features a 20 inch barrel with a tube long enough to hold ten rounds plus the one in the chamber. Advertised weight is a hair over seven and a half pounds. I’ll let Uberti take it from here:
Given the historic breakthroughs achieved with the Henry rifle, Winchester improved on its design to make it even more useful on both the range and the battlefield. In 1866, they introduced Nelson King’s patented spring-steel loading gate, as well as a wood fore-end for added comfort. These changes led to the creation of the …Read the Rest
Source:: Truth About Guns
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