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DWT1885 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 396 Location: New Jersey Joined: Nov 25^th, 2010	Model 1885 from the CGCA. May 29^th, 2018 at 5:48pm	Print Post
	I picked this 1885 up at the recent CGCA in Denver. My first time there. I credit Vall as every time we talked I asked him about the show. He gets me all excited and I decided to go this year. WOW !!! On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate it as a 15 easy. The biggest show I have been to in my life. It wasn't cheap with the airfare and hotel and all ( from south jersey ) but it sure was worth it. Got to finally meet Vall and what a great guy. Also was able to meet Tom Quigley (loading tool guy), Greg (GT) on our forum, and Tom Rowe. Great guys, all of them. About this low wall, it has lots of special order features. It's in 32-20 WCF. Has a pistol grip stock which is of the earlier uncapped style of plain walnut, uncheckered. #2 weight bbl. which is 30" in length. ( standard was #1 weight with a 28" bbl. in this caliber ) Set trigger and small swiss buttplate. Has Mid range Vernier and Beech sights. And what is so neat is that my serial number search from Cody list every one of these features. Now I have a question for the Winchester experts who might want to weigh in : What exactly do I have ? Did someone special order all these features on a plain sporting rifle or could it be a "Special Sporting" low wall without the checkering ? Any guesses ? Vall was kind enough to ship this rifle to me. Didn't want or need the hassel from the airlines. Thanks again Vall. Owe you one. Oh, by the way, I saw the rifles he got and they sure are nice. Espically that #6 Ballard. Beautiful !! Dale.
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16111 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Model 1885 from the CGCA. Reply #1 - May 29^th, 2018 at 6:24pm	Print Post
	One of my great pleasures at the CGCA show was meeting Dale finally! We talk on the phone and also email each other, so putting a face to the voice was great! Dale and his son are really good people, but I knew that already from our conversations and dealings. The Low Wall is really a neat gun, and one of the few I've seen letter with every single feature mentioned in the letter, right down to the sights and plain pistol grip.

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gunlaker Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2276 Location: lower mainland, B.C. Joined: Dec 13^th, 2010	Re: Model 1885 from the CGCA. Reply #2 - May 29^th, 2018 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	Neat rifle! I would guess that it is a regular sporting rifle with a lot of features, but I'm not an expert. Campbell's first book does have a picture of a non-checkered Special Sporting single shot though. Interestingly I haven't seen pictures in either of his books of a Special Sporting rifle with a Swiss buttplate. Yours seems to have features from the Special Sporting and the Special Single Shot rifles. Chris.


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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Model 1885 from the CGCA. Reply #3 - May 29^th, 2018 at 9:56pm	Print Post
	And in those days the most wonderful thing was that within reason you could get from the factory no less whatever you were willing to pay for. Bill Lawrence


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Joe Do... Oldtimer ASSRA Board Member ASSRA Journal Editor Offline Posts: 586 Location: 'burbs of Chicago Joined: May 19^th, 2012	Re: Model 1885 from the CGCA. Reply #4 - May 30^th, 2018 at 7:25am	Print Post
	Very nice Low Wall Dale ! I just picked up a rifle in the exact same configuration chambered for .25-20 SS. They just look nice. Nicely done ... Joe


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oodmoff Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 276 Location: colorado springs Joined: Jan 12^th, 2009	Re: Model 1885 from the CGCA. Reply #5 - May 30^th, 2018 at 9:21am	Print Post
	Great pickup, very nice low wall!


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16111 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Model 1885 from the CGCA. Reply #6 - May 30^th, 2018 at 11:50am	Print Post
	I owned one very similar to Dale's 1885, except mine had 3x wood and no checkering. But mine also didn't letter as to sights like Dale's does!

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