Browning Brothers Model 1878 40-70 Sharps Straight

[shrapnel]

I’ve been set up here at the Cody Gun Show for a couple days and happened to notice a lot of cool guns here. There’s one that’s just the most incredible, one of the rarest guns you could ever find. It is a Browning Brothers high wall that the Browning Brothers made in Utah before they sold the patent rights to Winchester to make the model 1885 Winchester.

It is a heavy barrel, with double set triggers, and with a cleaning rod under the barrel. Chambered in 40-70 Sharps Straight, I have already ordered brass and dies to get this gun shooting very soon…

 

[kansasdad]

Amazing old rifle @shrapnel but it won’t trip @TomTerrific’s trigger with the uncrisp lettering!

Zooming in to the description I see that it is a single shot. How is the cartridge inserted? And I’m curious how the triggers feel and operate.

 

[shrapnel]

Amazing old rifle @shrapnel but it won’t trip @TomTerrific’s trigger with the uncrisp lettering!

Zooming in to the description I see that it is a single shot. How is the cartridge inserted? And I’m curious how the triggers feel and operate.

It is a falling block that loads from the rear once you drop the lever to lower the block.

This is the design that Browning made to bring Winchester west to talk to him about manufacturing the rifle commercially as a Winchester 1885 Highwall.

This is the gun that started a long and commercially profitable business between Winchester and John Browning…

 

[Straight Arrow]

Congrats on acquiring another priceless rare firearm. Hope I'm still around when the Shrapnel Bozeman Trail Wild West Gun Museum opens in the Gallatin Valley!

 

[mdhunter]

That’s incredible. Congrats on another fine find!