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None other available nationwide that I can find, Brand New, in the Box. Browning B78 Single Shot Rifle, Caliber .45-70 Government. 24" Octagon Barrel (by McGowen as supplied to Browning at time of manufacture). 3-digit serial number, first year of manufacture. Straight Grip (checkered, as is the Schnabel forearm). Curved steel buttplate (representative of the Winchester High Wall that it commemorates). Buckhorn rear sight, Blade front, drilled and tapped for scope.
Wood in the buttstock is strikingly striped fiddle-back burl, simply to die for. Forearm wood is a precise match, but straight-grained as it should be for accuracy. Bluing is none other than the deep luster that is the Browning signature.
Gun comes with factory box (showing storage wear only for 30 plus years), factory trigger-adjustment allen wrench and Owner's Manual, Pachmayr low-profile sling swivels. This was Browning's first venture into replicating the old Winchesters, and they knew they had to have it right. Their success with this gun led to replications of nearly all the old Winchester models, all of unparalelled quality and finish.
Extras: I will include a set of Browning base mounts and rings (slightly used, but servicable), for the shooter that might choose optics for this gun. (This was the one caliber that was not factory supplied with them.)
I will also include bullets of appropriate assignment in lead (Laser-Cast), and jacketed (Remington), in an amount that the buyer may find difficulty carrying to his car with the gun.
I bought this gun in 1985 from a Browning Collector, intending it to be my blackpowder long-range single-shot rifle. Since that time, I have a couple Shiloh guns, so this gun never got shot.
Your chance to own a gun over 30 years old, but brand new, representative of perhaps the finest Winchester over 130 years old. No finer quality in any gun offered on the American market. This action is considered "very strong" in the load books for .45-70, and so a handloader with this rifle can take the .45-70 cartridge to its limits; ably challenging just beneath a .458 Winchester Magnum.
Standard Catalog of Firearms flags this model as a "Sleeper", designating rapidly rising values and increased collector interest. Used B78's in decent condition in the conventional calibers regularly sell for $1200 or more.
$1500 or Best Offer.
None other available nationwide that I can find, Brand New, in the Box. Browning B78 Single Shot Rifle, Caliber .45-70 Government. 24" Octagon Barrel (by McGowen as supplied to Browning at time of manufacture). 3-digit serial number, first year of manufacture. Straight Grip (checkered, as is the Schnabel forearm). Curved steel buttplate (representative of the Winchester High Wall that it commemorates). Buckhorn rear sight, Blade front, drilled and tapped for scope.
Wood in the buttstock is strikingly striped fiddle-back burl, simply to die for. Forearm wood is a precise match, but straight-grained as it should be for accuracy. Bluing is none other than the deep luster that is the Browning signature.
Gun comes with factory box (showing storage wear only for 30 plus years), factory trigger-adjustment allen wrench and Owner's Manual, Pachmayr low-profile sling swivels. This was Browning's first venture into replicating the old Winchesters, and they knew they had to have it right. Their success with this gun led to replications of nearly all the old Winchester models, all of unparalelled quality and finish.
Extras: I will include a set of Browning base mounts and rings (slightly used, but servicable), for the shooter that might choose optics for this gun. (This was the one caliber that was not factory supplied with them.)
I will also include bullets of appropriate assignment in lead (Laser-Cast), and jacketed (Remington), in an amount that the buyer may find difficulty carrying to his car with the gun.
I bought this gun in 1985 from a Browning Collector, intending it to be my blackpowder long-range single-shot rifle. Since that time, I have a couple Shiloh guns, so this gun never got shot.
Your chance to own a gun over 30 years old, but brand new, representative of perhaps the finest Winchester over 130 years old. No finer quality in any gun offered on the American market. This action is considered "very strong" in the load books for .45-70, and so a handloader with this rifle can take the .45-70 cartridge to its limits; ably challenging just beneath a .458 Winchester Magnum.
Standard Catalog of Firearms flags this model as a "Sleeper", designating rapidly rising values and increased collector interest. Used B78's in decent condition in the conventional calibers regularly sell for $1200 or more.
$1500 or Best Offer.
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