Comments on: Winchester 1885 single shot rifle http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/10/winchester-1885-single-shot-rifle/ Firearms not Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:38:33 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/10/winchester-1885-single-shot-rifle/#comment-8604 Matt Groom Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:32:48 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=5952#comment-8604 p.s. anyone who's interested in the Trapper models should check out CDNN Investments, which has the 30-40 and the 38-55 for $980. p.s.

anyone who’s interested in the Trapper models should check out CDNN Investments, which has the 30-40 and the 38-55 for $980.

]]> By: Matt Groom http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/10/winchester-1885-single-shot-rifle/#comment-8603 Matt Groom Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:29:50 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=5952#comment-8603 I'd love a short-hunter in .30-40 Krag, but what the hell is the Herstal Group thinking? There's no way a single shot ANYTHING is worth that kind of scratch, and the damn things aren't even made in the US! Most of the nice Winchesters are made by Miroku in Japan, which was a good move when that made them cheaper, but there isn't enough machining, material, or technology here to justify that kind of expense, no matter how well executed. When a South American company begins to produce "inferior" copies of this same design, I'll be inclined to buy one, even if the wood isn't as nice and the metal isn't as pretty. This is why the New Haven plant closed: quality-built, formulaic, obsolete designs that cost too much. I’d love a short-hunter in .30-40 Krag, but what the hell is the Herstal Group thinking? There’s no way a single shot ANYTHING is worth that kind of scratch, and the damn things aren’t even made in the US! Most of the nice Winchesters are made by Miroku in Japan, which was a good move when that made them cheaper, but there isn’t enough machining, material, or technology here to justify that kind of expense, no matter how well executed. When a South American company begins to produce “inferior” copies of this same design, I’ll be inclined to buy one, even if the wood isn’t as nice and the metal isn’t as pretty. This is why the New Haven plant closed: quality-built, formulaic, obsolete designs that cost too much.

]]> By: Wynboniface http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/04/10/winchester-1885-single-shot-rifle/#comment-8570 Wynboniface Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=5952#comment-8570 I like the High Wall Sporter. I am starting to drool over the old style stuff, uh oh. LOL My poor wallet. I like the High Wall Sporter. I am starting to drool over the old style stuff, uh oh. LOL My poor wallet.

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