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Incredibly Rare and Well-Documented Special Order Winchester Model 1885 High Wall Schuetzen Rifle in ,22 Short with Factory Letter and Factory Mounted Winchester A5 Scope, Pictured in Clark Campbell’s Book On Winchester Single Shot Rifles - Serial
no. 108092, 22 short cal., 30 inch octagon bbl., blue/ casehardened finish, walnut stock. This is a beautiful example of a very rare special order Winchester Model 1885 Schuetzen target rifle manufactured in 1909 with the rare special order Laudensack pattern walnut forend, that features the cork palm/hand rest. This forend is
identical to the version used on the Winchester High Wall International Team rifles, that were chambered in .30-06, only this rifle is chambered in .22 Short. Although not listed by serial number, we believe it to be the same exact rifle discussed and shown on pages 140-141 of the book “The Winchester Single-Shot” by Clark Campbell. This Schuetzen rifle is in excellent condition with the original Winchester high polish blued finish, on the metal parts with a color casehardened breech block and spur lever. The factory letter lists the following special order features: takedown action (very rare for a high wall, as most early production were fixed barrel action), Schuetzen set triggers, a heavy No. 4 full octagon barrel with no sight slots, a special checkered forend, helm buttplate, and
the Winchester factory installed Winchester A5 scope. It also states it has the “Laudensack” model walnut stock and forend that are duplicates of the samples sent in. The straight grip lower tang on this example is very rarely seen on a Model 1885 Schuetzen rifle, as most were pistol grip models. Although the factory letter lists a Helm buttplate, the buttstock is fitted with the final type, Laudensack pattern buttplate.
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