Hello, I’m in the process of picking up a 45/70 lever gun after selling my marlin/ Remington sbl. I’ve was going to grab a Case hardened Henry, but after seeing pictures of the fancy case hardened Winchester 1886 I thought I would keep a eye out for one of those, and have a work of art that I can also shoot.
But after finding that Winchester added the tang safety along with the rebounding hammer to the original design, I started looking else where and found that browning had one made in the same factory in japan but with out all the lawyer parts added to it.
So my questions are what years did browning have those made and second question is how hard is it to find a fancy version these days and for what price? I found a normal one in like new condition 4 hours from me and am trying to decide if I should grab it or wait for a fancy one.
Thanks for any info you can give me on my question or any other items I should know.