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does anyone have any experience with any of the new 1886 replicas? I would love a Winchester or a Browning, but might not be able to afford them for a while. So i'm lookin at the others. Any thoughts?

Horse
I have a Winchester 1886 take down in 45-70, it's one of the Japanese made ones.
Think it's great could not ask for more.

Jim

The Brownings are a better made gun. Although they were all made in Japan, when the Brownings were made, the fit and finish is superior. I have owned both and still have a Browning Montana Centennial. It is an extremely well made gun...

I agree with shrapnel. I have a Winchester 1886 in 45-70 and the Browning version seem to be a notch above, regarding fit and finish.

Those 1886's are some super strong actions, stronger than Marlins, and I have both. It's easier to work on a Marlin trigger and the Marlin is easier and simpler to take apart. You can scope a Marlin.

But, the 1886 is king, IMHO.

DF

My recent model winchester is geeat as well cant complain about fit n finish

I have 2 Brownings(but 1 may trade soon)I have only put a few rounds thru 1 , a full lgth rifle, more pleasant to shoot than my 95 Marlin was, fit and finish much better, but should be at rhe price!, my other 1s a 1 of 3000 hi grade that someone put a few dings in the stock, never shot, but previous owner handled and showed it too much, the fit and fin on it is better still, and as said before, should be. I had an original 1895 Marlin, it is a shame they never tooled up to repro those!

Had a mint Browning 1886 but it was too pretty to hunt with so I sold it.

I had one, but fully loaded it was 13 pounds. To heavy to hunt with. Killed two elk with it though.

I could not keep the saddle level with it in the scabbard because it kept dragging the saddle over to one side.

saddlesore
The problem could have been solved with having two 1886s one on each side.

Jim

I have one and had a friend lighten the rebound spring on the hammer. It wouldn't fire reliably before that. The model I have is a 1 of 500, though I don't give a **** about having a collector. I shoot it and it is accurate. It is very heavy and has octagon barrel. I bought Lyman aperture sights and stashed those damn buck horn sights in the same drawer as all the other worthless sights.

I also bought a replacement stock as I hate the steel butt plate they had on it.

I have been pleased with my Miroku/Winchester 1886 TD in .45-90. It weighs 9.5 pounds empty and shoots well. I added a Marbles tang peep and folding barrel sight.



Once I learned where to place the steel butt plate and roll with the recoil, even 450 grain Kodiak FMJ at 2150 fps is no problem.