winchester highwall

[shortlegs]

Stopped by the LGS yesterday and adopted one of the orphans. 1885 Winchester Highwall in 38-55. Looked it up online and Winchester web sight says they only made 50 in 38-55 and 200 in 45-70 in 2016, also says they are no longer making them. If this is true,I need to buy lottery tickets!

[RedlegEd]

Good for you! Looking forward to pics and a range report. Ed

[skeettx]

Fantastic
My Ruger No. 1 and Marlin Cowboy likes 382 diameter cast boolits (.379 bore)
I wonder what the HighWall is??

[Eddie Southgate]

Congratulations Shortlegs . I got my Dads when he passed away in 2017 , also in 38-55 . Knew they were kinda rare but didn't know they only made 50 , thanks for the info . I am in Minor Hill Tennessee just over the Tenn/ Al line , how far apart are we ?

Eddie

[shortlegs]

I am just outside Birmingham. About 2 hrs south of you. Winchester site says .376 so I just ordered the lee 250 that cast .379.

[bigted]

How long is your barrel?

[shortlegs]

28 in. octagon tapered barrel. Came with standard open sights and Marbles adjustable peep tang sight, adjustable for windage also.

[uscra112]

2016? So Winchester is making High Walls again?

[Chill Wills]

2016? So Winchester is making High Walls again?

Winchester/Miroku Japan

The insides are nothing like a Winchester single shot so parts are very different.
But they are solid, working and well made.

MVA and C Sharps are American made options - custom and semi-custom. More costly.

I for one am glad Miroku fills the need at a price. It is good to have choice in the market place.

[Thundarstick]

I've got one of them in 375 H&H, wonder how many of those where made?

[Green Frog]

Over on the ASSRA.com forum there is a fellow who goes by the screen name ofTexasMac. He has written at least one good about the Japanese high walls and seems to know just about all there is to know about them. You might want to check with him to have your questions answered.

Froggie

[Bigslug]

I bird-dogged a Miroku/Winchester .32-40 for my dad a couple years back (go back enough pages & you'll find my write up). It may well be the most accurate cast bullet gun in either of our collections - it should do well for you.

[lotech]

I bought one not long after Winchester began marketing the Miroku high wall .38-55s, about twenty or so years ago. Running the bullets through a .379" size die has worked well. These guns shoot cast bullets very well and I ended up eventually buying a .32-40 and a .405 as well.

[Eddie Southgate]

I've got one of them in 375 H&H, wonder how many of those where made?

I can't even imagine that one !! Ya'll got much African game in West Tennessee ??

[Bigslug]

I can't even imagine that one !! Ya'll got much African game in West Tennessee ??

I suspect someone at the factory was told "Buffalo" by their boss and couldn't decide whether they meant plains or Cape, so we got the plains buffalo rifle with the Cape buffalo cartridge.

[Thundarstick]

I'm probably loading a cast boolit equivalent to the 38-55. It's a fine woods gun. Btw, that 375 ain't got nothing on the Encore in 500 S&W mag, that little booger is a brute!

[MOA]

I'm probably loading a cast boolit equivalent to the 38-55. It's a fine woods gun. Btw, that 375 ain't got nothing on the Encore in 500 S&W mag, that little booger is a brute!

Ya just gotta love J. Browning's iconic design.

[uscra112]

Except the Miroku ain't it.

[MOA]

Except the Miroku ain't it.

Gosh, I thought the Browning was based off of the basic design that he provided to Winchester. Guess I'll have to do some more reading up on the single shot designs and rifles that John Browning contributed to the Winchester company. In fact, I was under the impression that the Browning 1885 of modern manufacture was more in line with the original than the Winchester 1885 made by Miroku.

[uscra112]

John Browning's original design was bought by Winchester, and they modified it before putting it into production as the Model 1885. Principal change was to have the breechblock slide at a small angle, rather than at 90 degrees to the barrel axis. A couple of decades later Winchester substituted a coil mainspring for the flat spring attached to the barrel. The last of those were assembled in the 1920's, if memory serves. In recent years the Browning company name has been attached to a "profile" version which looks like an 1885, but the internal parts of which don't interchange with either Winchester version. It's not a bad gun; it's very well made, but it's also not really a Winchester.