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I have purchased a slightly used "new" winchester 1885 highwall sporter(405 win)with a 24" barrel, but it did not have the owners manuel. Can anyone tell me the ratio of the riflings in this gun?

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Probably 1 in 14 as it is set up for only a 300 gr bullet.
East DIY project as follows:

Measuring the rifling twist rate in a rifle barrel.

To measure the twist of a barrel, use a cleaning rod, magic marker and a tight patch.

1. Make a straight line with the magic marker the length of your cleaning rod.

2. Start the patch down the barrel, stop and mark the rod at the muzzle and a mark on the muzzle.

3. Push in the rod slowly until it has made one revolution, this is verified when the line on the rod lines up with the mark on the muzzle, then make a second mark on the rod at the muzzle.

4. The distance between marks on the rod is the rifling twist rate in your barrel.

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Thanks for the information.

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I contacted Browning on this about a month ago and they confirmed it is 1 in 14". I'm guessing (and hoping) it will handle a bullet heavier than 300 grains.

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Originally Posted by tupolevtu95
Probably 1 in 14 as it is set up for only a 300 gr bullet.
East DIY project as follows:

Measuring the rifling twist rate in a rifle barrel.

To measure the twist of a barrel, use a cleaning rod, magic marker and a tight patch.

1. Make a straight line with the magic marker the length of your cleaning rod.

2. Start the patch down the barrel, stop and mark the rod at the muzzle and a mark on the muzzle.

3. Push in the rod slowly until it has made one revolution, this is verified when the line on the rod lines up with the mark on the muzzle, then make a second mark on the rod at the muzzle.

4. The distance between marks on the rod is the rifling twist rate in your barrel.


Rather than marking a line on top of the rod, I use a piece of masking tape around the rod and put together in the shape of a pointer, I start at 12:00 and mark the rod. It is then easy to see it move EXACTLY one turn, and mark the rod a 2nd time...

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The 400gr Woodleigh .411 RNSP will hold 1.5" in mine. Plenty good enough for anything you might hunt with a 405.

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Call Winchester/Browning customer service to get an owners manual and check on the twist rate.


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