Custom Antique Winchester Hiwall 45-70 29" Octagon

Antique Winchester 1885 Hiwall 45-70 Govt'. Excellent 29" octagon Ron Snover Barrel with Metford rifling*. Blued octagon barrel with excellent bore, blued receiver, lever and block. Straight grip stock with musket butstock, single trigger. Barrel has scope blocks with 7 7/8" spacing and additional scope block drilled and tapped holes at 17". Forend has a custom horn insert. Actual weight 10.05 lbs.

*Metford rifling looks smooth and has gently undulating rather than sharp or angular rifling, featuring very shallow, rounded, segmental grooves instead of conventional square-shouldered lands and grooves. Without sharp lands and grooves the black powder has no place to accumulate.

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