Ya'll's Hi-Walls,,,got pics ?

Marshal Deadwood · September 05, 2009, 06:19:25 AM

I've been a fan of single shot rifles forever. I don't know a great deal about Hi-Walls,,but one never knows....I find them quite attractive.

Do you gents have pictures of your Hi-Walls ? I'd appreciate taking a look,,,for inspiration !

Thank you

MD

J.D. Yellowhammer · September 05, 2009, 06:39:53 AM

I love 'em. The balance is great, the action is easy and fluid. My Win. LTD. (Miroku) 1885 is .38-55 and she'll drive tacks.

Delmonico · September 05, 2009, 09:17:07 AM

Don't have a High-Wall yet, got a Low-Wall, a little out of this period, but it was built in the late 1940's and will stay that way, because of what it is. Build by a smith from about 75 miles NW of me at Central-City. Action built in 1900 so it's the flat main spring type as I prefer.

Springfield Armoury 22 target barrel as sold by the NRA, chambered for 22 Hornet, rail mount, Pre-War style Weaver 1" rings and an old El Paso made Weaver K-12. Will do a hair over 1 moa and a good 200 yard rifle for chucks and prairie dogs.

drcook · September 05, 2009, 10:20:50 AM

Way WAY out of my league in affordability, but ranking up at the top of the 1885 chain, are the rifles
made by:

http://www.meachamrifles.com

there are pictures. make sure you are sitting down and your keyboard is covered, and you might
want to put a splatter screen on your monitor when you notice the prices

dc

Blackpowder Burn · September 05, 2009, 04:49:13 PM

Here's mine. It's a Browning High Wall in 40-65. I bought it in 2001 just after Browning discontinued production and prices dropped for dealers to clean them out. I paid $995 for the entire rig (including sights)- what a steal! And it, too, is a tack driver.

Marshal Deadwood · September 05, 2009, 10:40:02 PM

Guys, thanks. My fav guns are single shots. Learned to hunt with a Stevens single shot .22. And, a single barrel break-open Iver Johnston 20guage. Not the 'same' thing,,but kinda the same 'technology level'.....Have owned a heap of guns since,,but, nothing ever took be back like single shot rifles.

Hi-Walls are very , very kewl. Never knew anyone that had one,,that didn't like it.

A Low-Wall in .22 would,,to me,,,would be a wonderful rifle to hunt squirrels with yet.

MD

Blackpowder Burn · September 06, 2009, 06:20:10 AM

They may not be quite as nostalgic as the Sharps, but I think they are the pinnacle of BPCR design. But then again, they are a John Browning design - what else would you expect?

Delmonico · September 06, 2009, 10:07:22 AM

As for a squirrel rifle, I've been working on cast loads for that Hornet, I've got a 50 gr Lyn\man FNGC doing pretty good at about 2000 fps and that 12 power is exallant for the longer shots.

Best of both worlds in one rifle.

john boy · September 06, 2009, 11:33:39 AM

Wood on a Uberti DST Deluxe 38-55 ...

Marshal Deadwood · September 06, 2009, 10:05:20 PM

John B. , I have a '73win (uberti) with wood that good,,but the PolyPlant oil finish is killin' my eyes. I plan to redo the wood finish this week,,,and might 'lightly' age the metal some too. I am not critizing your rifle,,it's gorgeous and I'd love to have one,,but that poly finish is harsh,,

MD

john boy · September 07, 2009, 04:25:40 PM

Marshal, I hear you loud and clear about Italian finishes. But it's like this; I refinished some many of mine - I'm plain tired of doing them. So, these Uberti HiWalls (the 45-70 and 38-55) ... I'm just shooting them.

Grogan · September 24, 2009, 11:51:03 PM

I don't have a Hi-Wall, but I do have this here Low-Wall in .44 WCF.

It's in pretty nice condition.

Marshal Deadwood · September 26, 2009, 08:51:02 AM

Nice Lo-Wall. AInt there jest something about single shot rifles ? Guess in a way they take me back to my first two guns,,a single shot .22,,that only shot 'longs',,and a single shot break-down Iver Johnston shotgun. Used them regualry till I earned enough on the farm to buy me a '94 and a basic 870wingmaster 20ga. I think I'd been going downhill all my life (with the AR.s and hi tech super optic craps I bought) till I got into this 'CAS' kinda thing.

Better technology does not always make Jack a happy boy. Basics work better for me personally.

Thanks for the pics folks.

MD

Blackpowder Burn · September 27, 2009, 07:59:05 AM

Know whut ya mean, Marshall!

When I found CAS, I sold all my modern "crap" to buy all the neat "old" stuff I could afford. And I'm still buyin' - just don't have any more "modern" stuff to sell off!

Then it just didn't seem right shooting heathen smokeyless powder in "old" guns, so I changed to Holy Black. Now all is right with the world - or, at least, this small little piece of it!