Can we please not say 'period correct'?
It sounds so much like politically correct that it makes me cringe.
How about Historically Accurate?
Anyway the 1892 rifles marketed by Winchester and manufactured in Japan do have an inauthentic tang safety.
The ones marketed by Taylors and EMF do not.
And you can buy one in the inauthentic caliber of 45 Colt from EMF.
https://www.emf-company.com/store/pc...ifles-c123.htm
Anyway, I have harangued long enough about the virtues of the 1892 model over the 1873 model. All the modern replicas are made of modern steel and are proofed for modern SAAMI spec ammunition.
If you don't mind carrying a rifle that weighs a pound more in a similar configuration, by all means buy the 1873 Model.
38-40 Model 1873 rifle made in 1887.
Franken-1873 with carbine barrel configuration and rifle butttstock. 38-40, made in 1882.
Uberti replica 1873, 44-40 caliber.
A pair of 1892s, rifle at top from 1897, saddle ring carbine at the bottom from 1918. Both are chambered for 44-40. The rifle at the top was my CAS main match rifle for a few years until I got into Black Powder.
32-20 1892 with octagon barrel from 1911. This one is a real sweetheart to shoot.
