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Custom Rifles
Fine Rifles

Roger Ferrell --- Custom Winchester 1885 High Wall --- .22 Long Rifle

Description:
24" cut-rifled Brux barrel with match chamber, tapered and contoured by Roger Ferrell to octagon-to-round, and with Montana Vintage Arms (Beech-type) combination front sight. Highly figured California English walnut stocks with ebony-inlaid schnabel forend tip, classic point-pattern checkering, ebony-inlaid, S-curve pistol grip, classic comb with beaded cheekpiece and blued steel crescent buttplate. Casehardened, very early Winchester Low Wall panelled action when they were first made from high walls, with new high-wall breechblock, new improved extractor requiring far less steel be removed from barrel breech, and fire-blued single-set trigger. MVA Scheutzen-style vernier rear tang sight. Pull: 14". Weight: 6lbs, 13oz. Action made early 1887. Rifle never sold at retail and virtually new as custom built. Subject of an article in "Gunmaker" Winter 2024/Issue 185, and pictured on the back cover.

Curio/Relic: Yes
Antique: Yes
Rifle Caliber: .22 Long Rifle
Manufacturer: Roger Ferrell
Model: Custom Winchester 1885 High Wall
Serial Number: 7520
Barrel Length: 24 inch
Condition: New as custom built
Metal Condition: Excellent
Wood Condition: Excellent
Bore Condition: Excellent
Barrel Type: Cut-rifled Brux barrel with match chamber, tapered and contoured to octagon-to-round
Action: Winchester High Wall
Triggers: Single-Set
Stock: Highly figured California English walnut
Fore End: ebony-inlaid schnabel forend tip
Butt Pad: blued steel crescent buttplate
LOP: 14
Weight: 6lbs, 13oz.
Sights: Montana Vintage Arms (Beech-type) combination front sight and Scheutzen-style vernier rear tang sight.
Item Location: Livingston, Montana

Price: $7,995.00