If I were you I would sell the Browning and buy the best original single shot I could afford. If you are looking for a cheaper way to get into schuetzen sometimes you can get a Varmintized Stevens 44 1/2 for $600 to $800. Starting with that you could build up a real schuetzen and add double set triggers, an offhand buttstock and new barrel. If you could do some of the metal or stock work yourself that would save you some money. If you want to go the easy route you could just order out a CPA repro. of the Stevens rifle and have something ready to go. I think you will enjoy schuetzen shooting. To be sure maybe you should visit a local match and observe. Someone may even let you shoot their rifle. Good luck and welcome to the most relaxed form of shooting you are likely to find.

there is a lot of info in the archives here about the "new browning" variations.  while they are good solid rifles, and the badger-barreled BCPR and Creedmoor versions, much better than good, making a decently performing offhand schuetzen out of one could be a problem.  Re-barreling and chambering to a suitable calibre and restocking would just be a start.

The biggest issue in my opinion would be getting a suitable trigger action for quality offhand work.  I may be wrong on this but I'm not aware of anyone offering a DST system for them.  While the existing trigger can be reworked---by a expert gunsmith who is experienced on that action, to the best of my knowledge the lightest you can get is a 2 or 3 pound for a safe reliable trigger pull.
They'd be fine for a bench gun or a long range/BCPR rifle but I'd have doubts about using it for schuetzen offhand.

JMHO of course but I think you'd do a lot better with building up a Ruger 1 or 3 or one of the more traditional schuetzen actions

That said, shooting your Browning would be better than shooting nothing.

Visit some matches take the rifle along,  Usually there is a bit of horse trading going on.  Somebody might be looking for a good varmint rifle and have something that might suit your needs better

Wayne,

My understanding has been consistent with yours and then I saw the listing for several reproduction new model 1885s with set triggers on the add mentioned above.  I went back to the add and reviewed it and it is vague enough that there is a possibility, maybe even likelihood, that these are not the Japan made 1885s that were made for Winchester and Browning.  I have e-mailed the seller to clear up the confusion.

Obviously if MVA had considered the production of such triggers as we have all been informed over the past couple of years, then there is at the least a workable concept out there.  How well it works is anyone's guess.

As it stands right now, the best trigger I know of for these is the Shaver trigger job.  If, in fact there is a set trigger available for the 1885 then a whole new world of uses for the browning 1885 opens up.

Thanks for frequently sharing your hard earned expertise on the Browning/Winchester 1885s.

Dave

Wayne is right.  I received a return e-mail to my question to the dealer and he verified that they are not Browning/Winchester made.  I was very surprised when I saw the add since my understanding about the triggers has always been consistent with what Wayne stated above.  I am a victim of my own wishful thinking set off by a vague add.   

Thanks 

Dave