Winchester 73, Airsoft version

Do, do, do, do, wha, haaaa,haaa

(That was supposed to be the good the bad and the ugly theme, you get the picture.)

 

 

Let me take you back to a simpler time, before the rat-a-tat-tat of the rapid fire sewing machine gun.

Back to a time when you had to cock your rifle for each shot

Back to

 

When I was but a young man, 

I grew up near one of the most famous western towns of them all

I guess that's what gave me a life long love of the "Cowboy Guns"

I shot Cowboy Action for years in Orlando Fl, sweating out summers at the range 

in high boots and wool vests.

When I got back into airsoft I thought I was doomed to the life of using an M-4 forever,

Then I saw the light!

Ebay (and  a small stack of greenbacks) got me back to my roots

 

KTW Winchester 1873 lever action

( I am updating this post off and on all week, new updates are in the color red)

This beauty is made in South Korea, but don't let that stop you.

Mine is second hand, but you can get one on Ebay now, wish he was around a while back.
Spring powered, no sissy gas or battery for this bad boy.

At four and a half pounds this is a hefty rifle.The stock and forend are plastic, but it is some of the best looking "plastic wood" I have seen.

The butt-stock has a noticeable, but not distracting ,seam, 

the forend none at all.

The top cover slides open when you cock the lever, just like the RS, you have to push it shut yourself when your done firing.

It even has a brass colored "lifter" just like the real deal.

The barrel is plastic, I think, side plate, lever hammer, trigger, all metal

The only bad casting is the trigger, lots of pits and flash, but overall, this is a A1 replica.

 

Sights are pretty rudimentary, post front with a semi buckhorn style rear that flips up to become a ladder site,

 not that you would ever use it.

 

Trades consist of a tang stamp only, 

and the letters DSM on the barrel, 

(also I found the DongSan name and trademark on the butt plate.)

 

 

You load thru the under barrel tube, at the front of the muzzle you give the tube a 1/4 twist 

and the mag pops out.

It is listed as holding 37 6mm bb's, I have been getting 35 in mine, but it feeds great.

 

 

The safety, as it were, consists of , basically, not cocking it.

Like the Flintlock pistol made by the same company, the hammer is not connected with the firing mechanism

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DO NOT COCK IT AND THEN TRY AND RIDE 

THE HAMMER DOWN WITH YOUR THUMB

 

It will fire, believe me, don't ask any questions and don't look at my office wall too close,

just take my word on this , ok, now drop it.

 

It has a lever lock that allows you tooooo,,,,, lock the lever. 

 

This is not a safety.

(You know what, I was wrong. the lever lock will function as a safety. I was setting around re-watching "The Magnificent Seven" , the TV show not the movie, 

and had to have a  cowboy gun ( or two) at my side.)  

How does it shoot?

Fps testing has it at a very consistent 265 fps with .20, with a deviation of only 3 fps in three 10 shot strings.

Accuracy was very good with a 10 shot group at 75 feet just outside of 10 inches

Range is right at 165 ft to keep it in a man size target, shooting .25

At 37 inches she is a long one, but like the real steel it balances well in the hand.

No sling swivels, (except for the saddle ring) so your out of luck mounting a single point sling,
but hey, if you did that, 

you should be horse whipped anyway.

I stole all these pictures from a Ebay auction, they are a lot better than I could have done. I am going to add some more pic's next week, when the sun is shining and I can pose this with my other airsoft cowboy guns.

Oh yes, I have more, many more and you are going to hear about them soon.

Just added the crappy Video here

If you need anymore info, feel free to ask, I am always glad to share.

It also has a saddle ring, just like the Dukes, but his was a 1892 if I remember right.

Now, go buy one and relive those days of yore, 

or just use it to be different at your skirmish site, I know I will.

Till tomorrow,

Stay Thirsty my Friends.