1873 Rifle Comparison

[Good Troy]

Is there not a old saying about leading a horse to water and the other one about a dead horse.

I have a saying " if you put a mule in a stable with a race horse, the horse gets stubborn, but the mule doesn't run faster. "

[Blair]

Good Tory,

That is funny!

Thanks!
My best,
Blair

[Mike]

Very good  Troy will use that one.

[Major 2]

an old saying from Navy training, "You can't push a rope."

but the mule & horse analogy is perfect 

[Will Lynchem]

The way I see it,  it depends on what you are going to do with it.  If you want to hang it on a wall and look at it, by all means,  spend the extra money and get the good wood.  As I found out (the expensive way), if you are actually use it for action shooting,  it is a tool! Look at it that way. You will be throwing it down on loading,  stage,  and unloading tables not to mention your gun cart in total frustration!  It will be dinged, dented and generally looking like crap after the first year.  It will shoot well for many years if you clean and pay attention to it as you should,  but it will not be a museum piece.  If it does, your not shooting hard enough. So save the money and buy more ammo!  Good luck, W. L.

[OD#3]

My experiences with Cimarron vs. the other importers has been that Cimarron will import some firearms with special features or cosmetic differences that may make them look more authentic.  And some desirable features really seem to be exclusive to Cimarron.  Mechanically, however, none of my Cimarrons have been any better than those of any importer.  Their leverguns have required just as much work to smooth up as others', and three of their single actions that went through my hands (two Ubertis and one Pietta) were absolute dogs that should have gone back but ended up being used to hone my gunsmithing skills instead.  As for quality of fit and finish, the two best leverguns that ever passed through my hands were imported by Stoeger, though I suspect that I just got lucky in the crapshoot that is Italian old west reproductions.