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Winchester 1885 trapper? #1053478410/07/15 | |
J Joe Campfire Tracker | |
OP Joe Campfire Tracker J Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 3,630 Likes: 1 | What are the pros and cons on these 16.5" barrel carbines? Weight is good at 6# but, they would probably be more muzzle light than the No.1 RSI and I don't think they're D&T for scope. I wonder if they have the same trigger as Browning's 1885? Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. |
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Re: Winchester 1885 trapper? Joe#1053525810/07/15 | |
R Reloder28 Campfire Ranger | |
Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,996 Likes: 3 | Browning is long gone in the 1885 market. Just take a look at the "new" A5 to see where they are headed. By the way, in case you missed it, Jeremiah was a bullfrog. |
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 Pappy348 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 29,193 Likes: 39 | I want a High Wall .30/30 or .38/55, but those are too short for my use. Not sure just what they were thinking when they dreamed those up. A 22 inch barrel would have been plenty handy and still had a decent sight radius. These are going for a grand on GB, raising the possibility of picking one up and re-barreling it to a useful length. Hmmm... .38/55 could go .25/35. Last edited by Pappy348; 10/07/15. What fresh Hell is this? |
Re: Winchester 1885 trapper? Joe#1054209610/08/15 | |
F fourbore Campfire Regular | |
fourbore Campfire Regular F Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 971 | Originally Posted by Joe What are the pros and cons on these 16.5" barrel carbines? Weight is good at 6# but, they would probably be more muzzle light than the No.1 RSI and I don't think they're D&T for scope. I wonder if they have the same trigger as Browning's 1885? The problem is a "real" trapper would be a very low end round like pistol size ctg for shooting animal in the trap. hence the name trapper. Like some one already stated these are way too much power for too little barrel. And too much for a trapper. They just sit like turds in every gun shop foolish enough to take one in. Anyone wanting one, for a wall hanger or project, should be able to negotiate hard on these. The problem is not to short a barrel. Winchester made this gun back in the day. The problem is choice of calibers. Some ideas, 44/40, 22mag, 357? I got a friend who is not so polite in person as some posting here. He wanted a trapper 85 for some time. I asked him about this gun and why he did not have one already. I guess, not! |
Re: Winchester 1885 trapper? Joe#1054705210/10/15 | |
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Mesa Campfire Tracker M Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 3,154 | The heavier calibers have to be impractical because of recoil. .30-40? .45-70? Come ON! I've fired an original Win '85 "Standard Carbine" with a 15" barrel in .44-40--they were NEVER called "Trappers" by Winchester. Enough recoil for most of us if you use equivalent loads to the old "HV" factory rifle loads. The originals used Low Wall actions for light weight, but the added weight of the current ones' High Wall action doesn't compensate for the recoil of those inappropriate calibers. Was Mike Armstrong. Got logged off; couldn't log back on. RE-registered my old call sign, Mesa. |
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Re: Winchester 1885 trapper? Joe#1055185410/11/15 | |
S saddlering Campfire Ranger | |
saddlering Campfire Ranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,786 Likes: 4 | Id think one chambered in 45 long Colt would be a Hoot! Deer Camp! about as good as it gets! |
Re: Winchester 1885 trapper? Mesa#1055207210/11/15 | |
T toad Campfire Tracker | |
toad Campfire Tracker T Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 6,767 Likes: 1 | Originally Posted by Mesa The heavier calibers have to be impractical because of recoil. .30-40? .45-70? Come ON! I've fired an original Win '85 "Standard Carbine" with a 15" barrel in .44-40--they were NEVER called "Trappers" by Winchester. Enough recoil for most of us if you use equivalent loads to the old "HV" factory rifle loads. The originals used Low Wall actions for light weight, but the added weight of the current ones' High Wall action doesn't compensate for the recoil of those inappropriate calibers. 'inappropriate'? I'd love one in .45-70. Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people. |
Re: Winchester 1885 trapper? Joe#1055784010/12/15 | |
F fourbore Campfire Regular | |
fourbore Campfire Regular F Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 971 | Quote I'd love one in 45-70 Here you go. Cabelas has then at 999.88, close out price. http:/ Maybe in the future thy can do a trapper in 50/110! You know, the big fifty, would be a pretty cool gun in an 1886, pistol grip, 1/2 magazine, any reasonable barrel length such as 24 to 26 inches or what ever as long as it cam with shotgun butt & pistol grip- a must for us non-trapping sissies. |
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