Was in a local gunstore here in St. Louis yesterday and he had a 1886 in 45-70 that if it wasn't new it had never been handled, I loved this gun, the look and weight of it, He was asking $1100 for it, is that a good price, high what, no ideal what these go for. Thanks
Chris

I shoot a Japanese Browning 1886 it is a grand gun and shoots considerably better than my Marlin 1895 Guides. there are some references that say it is a stronger action than the Marlin. I have shot light and heavy loads in both. The Browning is easier with the heavy loads but only after a "Limbsaver" recoil pad is installed. You can shoot several of Randy Garrets's 45-70 +P ammo 420 grain bullets at 1800 fps before your shoulder gives out.

It is much more forgiving on loads and bullets, I can shoot 300 gr bullets with 14 of Unique or 26 of 5477, or maxed out with 4198, or 3031, Rx 7 they all shoot good, this gun is much less selective about velocity/bullet size than the Marlin. I have loaded and shot 55-8 grains of FF Swiss too it shoots that great too.

It is not my gun to hunt elk with. I use the Marlin for that. I shoot the Marlin often enough to stay tuned up for elk season, but Shoot the browning nearly every other weekend of the year.

Be prepared to reload a lost, any 45-70 is a great gun, but these brownings are very nice shooters.

That is a good price too/ if new or excellent condition

Okotoks

Was in a local gunstore here in St. Louis yesterday and he had a 1886 in 45-70 that if it wasn't new it had never been handled, I loved this gun, the look and weight of it, He was asking $1100 for it, is that a good price, high what, no ideal what these go for. Thanks
Chris


If that's an original Winchester SNAP IT UP, FAST !!

There are old ones and there are new ones. It would help if you could be more specific about the make and model and serial number.

its a new made Winchester 1886, I think it was used as he made a comment that they had a customer that collected levers it was one of his, but it looked like it was taken out of the box and set on the shelve, had a browning 1886 right beside it, they looked identical to me except I think the browning was higher in price, didn't look at it just handled the Winnie. If I had 1100 rat holed somewhere I would own it.

$1100....That sounds about right.
If it's new mfg. then it is made in Japan by Mikuro under licence of winchester/browning. Some "Winchester Purists" may turn their noses up at the Mikuro 1886's. However they are a very well made rifle. I own three Mikuro 1886's. An X-light, and Full length rifle and a Browning sadle ring carbine.
Around these parts they don't stay on the shelves very long...even at those prices...
Peter

I have one of the Winchester 1886 (Miroku) Ltd Ed takedown rifles and it is a fabulous piece of work. I paid $1100 for mine about 4 years ago - so in today's "post-Winchester" era, I'd say that is a good price as there were only about 500 of those re-produced..

I have one of the Winchester 1886 (Miroku) Ltd Ed takedown rifles and it is a fabulous piece of work. I paid $1100 for mine about 4 years ago - so in today's "post-Winchester" era, I'd say that is a good price as there were only about 500 of those re-produced..

Man, you guys are killing me. I have been on the hunt for a Winchester 1895 in .405. Now I want one of these 1886s too. Shhhhh, don't tell the wife. ;);)

Dan

Dude, if you haven't bought it yet, give me the gunshop's phone number and I'll buy it!

I have one of the Winchester 1886 (Miroku) Ltd Ed takedown rifles and it is a fabulous piece of work. I paid $1100 for mine about 4 years ago - so in today's "post-Winchester" era, I'd say that is a good price as there were only about 500 of those re-produced..

That is a pretty good price. I saw one listed elsewhere for over $1800.

Dan

I got my first Winchester (Miroku) 1886 for $750 new, in 1998. It's got a few dings and scratches now (hey, I bought it to use it!), so I don't know what it would go for now. I got an Extra Light around 2001, for $1000. They are the best guns I own as far as quality goes.

hello there i am new to here i have a question i have a orginal 1886 take down in 38-56 i was told by a man it was built in 1915, excellent cond. looks like not been fired much it was my great great uncle's
someone tried to refinsh the butt stock but it is all there ohh and its a rifle with oct. bbl. thank for your help

I had one of the Browning 1886s that I sold for $700.00 I think. It was new in the box when I bought it for $750.00 and I shot maybe 20 rounds through it. It was accurate and very finely made. I only have Marlins now.

I have a High Grade Browning 1886 SRC made in the 80's. I love it. The Brownings from the 80's had slicker actions, and no stupid lawyer safetys or rebounding hammers. If you find of them, you better snap it up fast.

they had a Browning 1886 for sale at a nearby pawnshop that i frequent. It was pretty darn new and straight. they wanted something like 1050 for it.... it stayed on the shelf for better than a year, until someone finally bought it.

What i would like to do is get a Browning and convert in to 50-110 express... That would be cool!
Get Doug Turnbull to do it...... that would be expensive.

What would be reaallly cool would be to get one of those Norinco replicas of the 1887 winchester shotgun and convert it to the 70-150 express, that would be totally awesome!