Found a nice Uberti Courtney English Style Stalking Rifle today in 303 British!

Hello fellow shooters! As the title says, I Found a Uberti made 1885 Courtney English style Stalking rifle in 303 British! I have been looking around for a nice classic single shot rifle in a classic caliber for awhile now.

I love tinkering with the single shots, especially the falling block actions! I tried a few Ruger number 1’s over the years, and really wanted the stainless 30-30 version they made a couple years ago. I never had any luck getting the number one design to shoot to my expectations. I always hear of fellow shooters giving reports of. MOA performance from them, but I have never seen this yet.��.

I have now tried 5-6 different Browning/Miruko B-78’s and 1885 BPCR’s and they shoot amazing! So when I saw this Uberti single shot with the 1885 falling block style action, I felt more confident to grab one and try it out!

I will give a bit of a range report when the rifle arrives and I get it set up and shooting.

Does anyone here have any experience with these Uberti single shots? What is you thoughts on the quality of the overall build?

I plan to do some load development with the 200 Grain, #314299 Accurate mould bullet. The rifle is listed with a 1:10” twist, so I may only get my velocities up around 1800-1900fps before potential accuracy issues show up. I will give it a try and see what I can get out of it and still shoot decent groups.

Would love to see some pics of it. I've only seen them in catalog images - not anyone's real-life gun. Being a bit of an Anglo-phile, the idea of a classic British stalking rifle in .303 is really appealing.

I looked at one at a LGS near me a couple months ago. It was really nice looking and handled even better !
Only thing was the price, I have to remind myself all the time about inflation. Actually the price they had on it $ 1299 is lower than most any I see online and it was sold quickly afterwards.
Uberti doesn’t give you a lot of information on the action is it the same as their 1885 hi wall action they have used for years or is it different ? Is the case coloring real ? Or is it some type of chemical treatment?
It sure is light and trim and would be a great hunting rifle.

Jedman

Like you , I've tried the Ruger actions and was not real impressed . I recently got a Browning low wall and am falling in love with it .

Jack

Jedman:

I only wish the price for this rifle was like you seen! Lol! I paid a significant amount more here in Canuckistan! Lol! After all this covid BS, I made a decision that I was going to get what I wanted when the restrictions lifted, and I did. Now I have to eat porridge for a year…..JK!

I can hardly wait till it gets here!

Dthunter; "I tried a few Ruger number 1’s over the years, and really wanted the stainless 30-30 version they made a couple years ago. I never had any luck getting the number one design to shoot to my expectations. I always hear of fellow shooters giving reports of. MOA performance from them, but I have never seen this yet.��."

The accuracy of Ruger #1's can be problematic. Some shoot well, some don't. Years ago I bought one in 243 Winchester as a long range coyote gun. It never did shoot MOA but, would reliably shoot minute-of-coffee-cup at 100 yards. A friend had one in 6 MM Remington and it shot great. You could hit a ground squirrel as far away as you could see it in a 9 power scope. I still have the 243 and I'm considering rebarreling it to 220 Swift. My other #1 is in 470 NE and is fitted with open sights. It will shoot a five shot group at 50 yards that you can cover with a quarter if you do your part.

Wow elk....."your part" is significant with a 470!!! My 450/400 is all I want!!

Attachment 297108Attachment 297109 ruger #3 in 45-70 and ruger #1 in 45-70, shot-shoot like this at 100 yards with the same load hornady 300 gr bullets with H-4198. nothing ever done to them but put the scope on them and shoot from day one.

There was one of those Uberti High Walls in .303 at a LGS here recently for either $1499 or $1599. It is probably worth it and I defintely would like to bring it home, but I’m having a time swallowing that number. Maybe I should check back in a couple of weeks and see if it is still there and if they are feeling negotiable. I wish the stock wasn’t finished in that red stain I’ve sanded off a number of their revolvers.
Let us know how that thing shoots. I’ve got a NOE 316299 looking for a rifle to get used in.

I too clamor for pics, having only seen the catalog glossys.

When it lands, I'm also curious if the hammer auto cocks on opening like an original High Wall, or if the lawyers required it to run in manual mode. If it plays like the originals, I may have a hard time fighting one off.

I've had decent luck staying in the 2-MOA range with the 299 bullet in the P14 and Lee Enfields with 5744 in the 27-ish grain range, and I believe those are all 1-10" twist.