I've been looking for a standard sporting high wall in .22 lr with a #3 octagon barrel for a few years now.  I even started saving up parts to build my own because I never thought I was going to find one.  Well find one I did.  It has a 28 inch barrel and a set trigger.  It is all original with a good bore and it will shoot much better than I can.    This is what I have always wanted; a beautiful, classic, full size 22 lr rifle.  It took years to find it and I had to sell a few guns to get the money to buy it, but it was worth it.  I love this gun.  

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Good looking High Wall!

Really nice rifle. The search is a big part of the fun. Finding it is the big prize.

That rifle has been well cared for - beautiful. Congratulations on your find.

Nice find, pays to wait.

Give you some places to shoot it. This winter indoors two more marches at Conestoga club outside Philadelphia.  Spring Columbia Schuetzen Thurmont MD. Several  times a year Rimfire Ram Bash Fairfax R&G. Every month 3rd Sat Rimfire ram bash Cavalier R&P Montpiler Va. Also Froggy's Schuetzen  match at Gretna Va spring and fall. 

Cavalier we shoot Wednesdays pratice often. send me a message if you want to shoot mid week.  Good idea to go through the course before trying a Ram Bash.  It's Squaded short sight in period so better to be ready   

Boats

Gentlemen, this is probably a stupid observation, especially since the owner has surely examined his rifle closely.  But, I'm intrigued that the barrel marking is "22 LONG R" rather than the expected/usual "22 LR" or even "22 LONG RIFLE".  Could the "R" stand for "RIMFIRE" rather than "RIFLE", the intent being to differentiate the chambering from the 22 Maynard or even the 22 WCF (both, of course, being contemporary centerfires)?

Bill Lawrence

Perhaps he just started too near the action and ran out of space to put rifle in.
Or the tea break came up. 
Whoever did it had a steady eye and a sure hand.
Would each of those numbers and letters have been put in singly or together by hand? 
Did they have tea breaks in those days?
That sure is a nice looking rifle. Somebody has loved and looked after it.

Had a Winchester High Wall with #4 weight barrel in .22LR, and it too was marked, ".22 LONG R". This could go back to the days when the .22LR was first introduced, and it was referred to as the ".22 Long for Rifles".