Legacy Sports 1886 Winchester

[44caliberkid]

I see that Legacy is importing an 1886, made in Italy by Armi.   Retail is $1399.00   There are still a lot of Winchester 1886's (the made in Japan repros) that are NIB for sale on gunbroker for less money (or the same).   Plus you have more options, such as round barrel (lightweight) and two octagon lenghts, plus more caliber choices.   Why would anybody buy the Armi?

[Dirty Brass]

Dunno - I have two of the Browning (M) 86's, one carbine 45/70 and one rifle 5/90, and love them both. Price was considerably less than the Legacy retail you mentioned, but they may be available wholesale a little cheaper. No matter - I'll keep what I have...

[Pony Racer]

I have seen the Legacy 1886's and they are sweet.

They are color cased hardened and are styled after the turn of the century 1886's.

I agree that the Miroku guns are very well made and can be had for cheaper but doubt you can get the color case hardening done on top of that for less than a new legacy model.

That being said I have not felt the action or shot the legacy models - the Miroku's feel decent out of box and are accurate right out of the box too.

Anyone with actual shooting experience?

PR

[44caliberkid]

Case hardening the reciever my have been an option, but all the original 86's I've seen, including pre-1900, have been blued, although now they are mostly patina.

[Recon]

I have four originals and have owned five (I sold one), all of them made in 1892.  Three were color case hardened, now gone to a silver color, and two were blued (now dark patina).  All of them have strong actions, smooth as butter, and accurate.  I handled one of the newer Forest Service commemoratives and a Montana (?) and they were rough as a cob, relatively speaking (still smoother than a 66, 73 or 94, though).