Buffalo Bill's 1873 Winchester

cowart · Oct 20, 2016

I saw an interesting short video - about Buffalo Bill's 1873 Winchester that he used in his shows. It was smooth bored, presumably for aerial shooting.

http://enews.gunbroker.com/q/pSjJgI...r6ZcOCJam9obndlc2xleWNvd2FydEB5YWhvby5jb23DiA

You can click on the lower right hand corner of the picture to make it go full screen.

steveno · Oct 20, 2016

I used to have a few rounds of 44-40 shot cartridges from that era.

DWalt · Oct 20, 2016

I think a lot of the trick shots in the Wild West shows in days of yore used smoothbore rifles for use on thrown targets. Using solid bullets instead of fine shot would be far too hazardous to audiences, even back then, to say nothing of property damage.

revolver59 · Oct 20, 2016

I don't know if it is me or my eyes, but Bill is starting to look really good!!

BLACKHAWKNJ · Oct 22, 2016

Strictly speaking, if it's a smoothbore it's not a rifle, is it ?

RichCapeCod · Oct 23, 2016

BLACKHAWKNJ said:
Strictly speaking, if it's a smoothbore it's not a rifle, is it ?

Is a shotgun with a rifled barrel still a shotgun?

Some things just don't fit!

Rich

bushmaster1313 · Oct 23, 2016

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