Thread: Browning falling block rifle

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

It's a Winchester 1885 right? I dont like the monte carlo on the stock and would carve that off, but I approve on general principles.

The only things model 1885 about it are the exterior profiled, it's a falling block action and it has an exposed hammer

Internally it is a totally different action to a Winchester 1885
But they have the look and can take modern high pressure smokeless loads as good as any bolt action rifle
As @Tentman mentioned they do have some small known issues
But what modern factory rifle doesn't

As mentioned you save a lot of length with no bolt action
For hunting practicality i would personally rate this model above a Ruger no.1 because the Browning has an exposed hammer
Carried with a round in the chamber and hammer at half cock

If you wanted a decent quality single shot with the looks of the original and the safety of modern construction at a modest price this is hard to beat