Ok, after two days in the desert sun, I have re-found my “Rod Storage” reference. It was in another thread. Kind of like a mirage, or a mind meld.
To: SolidRedState
In the xray it shows a rear tube feed with a cartridge still in the tube in the stock.
That is not a feed into the tube. Some had cleaning rod storage in the stock. Some would use that space to store extra ammo.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/shooting-history-winchester-1873-old-gun-review/
34 posted on July 20, 2015 at 2:58:11 PM EDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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I’m totally ignorant about this stuff, so forgive me; but can they tell how old the cartridge is; and how can they tell?
One of my first questions was ‘is it loaded?’; and though the original article suggested that it was, I saw nothing in the article itself regarding that issue..
-JT