Jigs are good practice measuring, cutting, drilling, tapping, dialing in tolerances, clamping,
etc. without screwing up a $30.00 - $3,000.00 piece.
A lot of these jigs have applications under the laser as well as the mill.
I got it as a barreled action without wood. The action was probably made about 1910, or later, as the mainspring is a coil type as opposed to the earlier flat spring. The upper and lower tangs were shortened in order to accept a pistol grip butt stock.
The original barrel had been replaced with a Douglas Premium chambered in .225 Winchester. Bluing was good⌠one less thing.
First thing was making stocks. Got some straight grain walnut, at a really fair price, and dove in. For the fore arm, I did a Schnabel,(again), and wasnât all that hard. The butt stock was a different story. Mating it to the tangs and reciever was difficult and time consuming for me. Alot of spotting and filing.
Finally got it close, though. Mounted a Unertl
10x.
Finally got it range ready. With factory ammo and reloads I got some decent groups but, vertical stringing was sometimes a problem
Did some research, came across a book by Frank De Hass aka Mr. Single Shot. Did some of his recommendations. I bedded the fore arm where it mates with the receiver and barrel block, clearanced the rest. The butt stock and rear tangs were modified for a through bolt, kinda shotgun style and then bedded with epoxy⌠Quite a bit of work but actually fixed my problem. Shoots pretty tight now and repeatable.
Nice high wall, one of Browningâs first Winchester designs. Iâm sure he would approve of your restoration. Nice scope, donât know much about it but looks period correct.
From Wikipedia:
Winchester produced nearly 140,000 Single Shot rifles from 1885 to 1920, and it was found that the falling-block Model 1885 had been built with one of the strongest actions known at that time. The falling block action was so strong that the Winchester Company used it to test fire newly created rifle cartridges. To satisfy the needs of the shooting and hunting public, the Model 1885 Single Shot was eventually produced in more calibers than any other Winchester rifleâŚ
From the Winchester site:
The Model 1885 has been chambered in more calibers than any other rifle in history, simply because the falling block design is the strongest, most time-tested and accurate action ever invented. This year the High Wall Hunter is chambered in both 223 Rem. and 22-250 Rem., along with the searing WSM family. The compact receiver features an authentic, long top-tang and free-floating 28" full octagon barrel without sights and is drilled and tapped for scope mounts. The premier PachmayrÂŽ DeceleratorÂŽ recoil pad is carefully fitted to a walnut stock sporting a classic Schnabel forearm. The crisp trigger is fully adjustable. Pick up a Model 1885 and understand why hunters and marksmen who demand one perfect shot have cherished this rifle for more than 125 years.
(Note: The items listed on this page are not in current production. The MSRP listed here is the MSRP for the last yea
For accuracy? I found that it liked Sierra 50 gr. Spitzers with IMR 4064 and using a bi-pod. 5 shot groups, @100 yards, were about 3/8".
About the same as my Remington 700 varmint in 22-250.
Finding original un-Bubbaâd Winchester Single
Shots is scarce. Around about the 1940s-1950s it became common to convert them into varmint and target rifles. Mine is one example.
58Marine, fine job on the Winchester Single Shot. The brief history Al gave sums up the Single Shot very well. I got a Single Shot in my shop about a month ago. It belongs to an 84 year old man here. He uses it daily sitting on his porch and shooting whistle pigs!
As you stated doing the rear butt stock is a huge pain in the ass.
I needed a holster for a flashlight. Couldnât find one that liked so I made one.
Found some brown Delrin, ( a kind of hard plastic), set-up a 3 jaw chuck on top of a rotary table. Chuck was off-set about 1/4" from center.
Well, one of the problems I had was the switch not being protected. Sometimes it would inadvertently turn on. Wouldnât realize that until my kidney area started getting warm. For me, the " belt clip" is most useful when I put it on the bill of my cap. Works pretty good.
