This is nice.....

https://www.turnbullrestoration.com/gun/turnbull-finished-winchester-1885-high-wall-made-to-order/?utm_source=ZohoCampaigns&utm_campaign=WO111119+Turnbull+Winchester+1885%2C+Big+Bore+Ruger+No+1&utm_medium=email

It certainly is.

1885's are always nice. I've had several. I now have two. I will never be without at least one.

I'm fond of my 1885 low wall 22 Hornet. Not as nice as that Turnbull, but still a fine rifle, very accurate and classy.

I love my "Winchester" Lowall .22 WRM made by Miroku. Have had many 1885 originals and two replicas: Uberti, and C. Sharps.

For my money the best single shot action ever made (although I never met a single shot I didn't want, including the humble .22 bolt actions, even a Stevens Model 15 with its black paint "ebony" forend tip!).

Very nice.

Thank you. One like it would be a great walk around chuck rifle in NY. These Browning low walls are very accurate and well made. Trigger a little heavy, but crisp at about 4 #.

They are indeed nice. I picked up one in 22 Hornet in September at the Syracuse gun show. Nice wood, but nothing like yours! Too bad over-the-counter guns don't come with wood like this anymore.

Probably a good thing they don't. Would be hard to walk away from any rifle with nice wood. I get a little stupid when I see one.

I got mine to 3lbs but still tempted to send it to Lee Shaver for his sear work and spring.

I am considering sending mine to Tyler Gun Works to have the reiever color case hardened and then engine turn the lower portion of the breech block. Mine doesn't have quite as nice a grade of wood as Hikerbums beauty but it is pretty good and I think it will really pop with an oil and alkanet finish. A poor mans Turnbull project. I will have a fair amount of time into it but the expense will be reasonable. I will see about Nitre bluing the small parts as well but hold off on the rust blue at least for now..

Both mine are very nice as well. I suspect it's Claro, but whatever it is, it's pretty. The Traditional Hunter .44 is oil-finished (I think), the Hornet something shiny.

Wonderful rifles. The High Walls are a bit heavy for me for field carry, but the little ones are just right.

A few of the ones that have followed me home.........






Winchester high wall, 270 wsm on top.

Browning high wall, 30-06 below.








Browning B-78, 300 H&H










Winchester Safari, 375 H&H







Browning High Wall, 45-70




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I've got a Browning coming that looks like your rifles brother. Same caliber. Very nice.

I came real close to buying one of those Safari .375s. Kickin' myself for not.

Just got my 1885 High Wall in 308 on Friday. Warne base and rings came yesterday, so got the scope mounted last night. To the range today. The 1885 is one of the rifles I've always wanted. Now, I'm looking at what I might want in another one. But, have to move some things out first. I've got a Ruger No 1 in 308, but it just doesn't give me the same feeling as the 1885. The wood on mine is nothing to brag on.

IMHO the ultimate ones are the RMEF 300 H&H and 1890-1990 WY commemoratives. The WY rifle is odd as it has a slow twist of about 1 in 13". Hopeless for big game until Barnes introduced the 80 gr bullet. With the 30" bbl and Superperformance almost 4000 fps with accuracy is possible.

Just back from the smith. Caliber is 38-55
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Oh my!

Owned one B78 and still own two 1885 LWs. Also have owned several Rugers, including a current .243 1V and a very early 4-digit 7mm RM AH. Aside from the old one, my Brownings all looked nicer and felt smoother. My late brother's 1976 .270 1B was also very nice and an excellent shooter to boot. Sadly, I didn't buy that one when he sold it.

Like to see them bring out more LWs for light Big Game rounds.

Hubba, Hubba, GSPfan that's a beautiful rifle. Great caliber too. Jealous here.

GSPfan, that is a beautiful rifle. Congrats and well done.

My high wall in 7 mag. I really like the gun, but it just doesn't get used much anymore.

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I just picked up a Low Wall in 22LR, made in 1895, high grade wood and checkering, Swiss buttplate, Globe front, 3 leaf midrange and tangent rear sights, and a 30" #3 octagon barrel, ultimate Ole Timey squirrel gun...going through some cleaning up now.

Beautiful peice of kit ss336 all the others are to drool over mine is an original low wall made in 1891. Left the original 44-40 half round half octagonal barrel on it and had it sleeved for 22K Hornet. It wears a piece of high grade walnut from luxus walnut. Absolutely beautiful as are all 85s. I will never part with mine it will be passed down to my son.

25epps, that rifle would indeed be a keeper. Would love to see pictures of that, much more classy than a later version of the 1885. In K-hornet it must be a hoot to shoot.

Speaking of classy, RecoilRob's original, WOW, that's nice. So many nice single shots out there, so little money.

Hey mornin. Ok Geedubya!! Knock it off man. Please tell me what you did that (to me) made you so successful. Just so I can get a running start if God gives me another chance in another life. Man o man you sure got your priorities right. Envious to say the least. I'm out, Bill. 🐾👣🇨🇦

Not only does he share the images of his beautiful and accurate rifles with us, but these images also display that he hunts with these rifles and is very successful at that. Geedubya, Thanks! for your contributions to these forums. RJ

Mighty purty rifles all around 😊

Where’d you find that? Dod not know they ever got chambered in 308.

I have a real itch for one in 38-55. The Winchester Traditional Hunter looks good. Would like to stick with the open sights for as long as possible. Just seems right on one of these beautiful rifles.

Bought one of those about 3 years ago and can agree that it really seems right on these. The factory supplied Marble's tang sight wobbles a bit front to back so I replaced it with a Lee Shaver "Economy Soule" which works very well on that.

.38-55 is a neat caliber to play with but bore diameter can be .377 to .379 or even larger on many models. The Winchester (Miroku) is .375 which is fortuitous since it will shoot jacketed .375 bullets into very small groups although I mostly use cast sized to .377". Loading die companies aren't real forthcoming about what diameter expander die they provide in their .38-55 sets but the RCBS Cowboy dies come with two different diameter expanders which is nice.

The old style curved buttplate isn't too bad at .38-55 levels but wouldn't want to shoot one much in .45-70. I took mine to a Schuetzen match where you fire 50 rounds plus sighters and that was as much fun as I cared to have even with the .38-55 shooting 250 grain bullets at 1700 fps. The red mark on my shoulder didn't go away for about 3-4 weeks.

Jim,

Thanks for the info. I doubt I'd do any formal shooting but they do look like a ton of fun. Not locked into a 38/55 but do like the idea of it being enough to kill a deer and still be entertaining to shoot targets or steel without getting beat up by a big boomer. Would like to shoot cast bullets with smokeless (Unique or similar) powder. BP seems like a little too much work for what I have in mind - although having that as an option is always nice.