From a large collection of High Grade Brownings, New and never fired ! Absolutely mint in box with all paper. In very desirable Win 348 cal. Browning (Winchester 71 reproduction) lever high grade ,in Winchester 348 cal. 20" Carbine bbl . Silver engraved receiver w/gold filled game, high grade checkered pistol grip stock. Only 3,000 Carbines produced 1986 & 1987. This gun is NEW in original box with paper.
A little history on the 71;
In 1986 Browning (now a sister company to Winchester) made a limited run of about 13,000 Model 71s in its Miroku, Japan, manufacturing facility. The carbine shown here is one of them. According to aficionados that own both original Winchesters and the Browning guns, the Brownings are every bit as well made, and they actually tend to shoot more accurately.
More recently, Winchester reintroduced the Model 71, this time labeled with the traditional Winchester name. Again, however, these recent firearms were made by Miroku.
Interestingly, the Model 71 is the only traditional Winchester lever gun not named for the year it was introduced. Instead, being the next rifle model introduced after the bolt-action Model 70, it was labeled the Model 71.
The cartridge was potent. Recoil proved to be more than the average deer hunter wanted to deal with, but Alaskan and Canadian hunters adopted the heavy-hitting, fast-cycling lever action and its .348 Win. cartridge wholeheartedly.
Mechanicals
The Model 71 features a robust but streamlined action. It’s very strong. According to firearms expert Doug Turnbull, the ’71 action handles high pressures better than the ’86 courtesy of a very small degree of angle engineered into the vertical locking lugs. Designers discovered that while entirely safe, the higher pressures generated by the .348 Win. cartridge could cause the standard 1886 action to stick slightly. Machining a trace of taper into the lugs solved the issue.
Please serious inquires only , no trades.
$2000 FIRM
Milford Waltham Transfer
All Laws followed
A little history on the 71;
In 1986 Browning (now a sister company to Winchester) made a limited run of about 13,000 Model 71s in its Miroku, Japan, manufacturing facility. The carbine shown here is one of them. According to aficionados that own both original Winchesters and the Browning guns, the Brownings are every bit as well made, and they actually tend to shoot more accurately.
More recently, Winchester reintroduced the Model 71, this time labeled with the traditional Winchester name. Again, however, these recent firearms were made by Miroku.
Interestingly, the Model 71 is the only traditional Winchester lever gun not named for the year it was introduced. Instead, being the next rifle model introduced after the bolt-action Model 70, it was labeled the Model 71.
The cartridge was potent. Recoil proved to be more than the average deer hunter wanted to deal with, but Alaskan and Canadian hunters adopted the heavy-hitting, fast-cycling lever action and its .348 Win. cartridge wholeheartedly.
Mechanicals
The Model 71 features a robust but streamlined action. It’s very strong. According to firearms expert Doug Turnbull, the ’71 action handles high pressures better than the ’86 courtesy of a very small degree of angle engineered into the vertical locking lugs. Designers discovered that while entirely safe, the higher pressures generated by the .348 Win. cartridge could cause the standard 1886 action to stick slightly. Machining a trace of taper into the lugs solved the issue.
Please serious inquires only , no trades.
$2000 FIRM
Milford Waltham Transfer
All Laws followed
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