When I posted a photo of this Highwall in .303 British a few days back, a few of you commented that this cartridge was seldom seen in HWs in the USA. So here it is again, close up. They are not common here in Australia either and I suppose there must be a few in Canada also.
It's a 1908 production and has a "Unicorn head" stamp on the butt indicating that it was imported & retailed by W. E. Ekins (a well known South Australian dealer & gunsmith 1882-1937). The #3 round nickel steel barrel has been shortened to 25.2" and this would have been done in the 1930's to comply with a ruling that all .303 target rifles used in full bore competitions had to have the same barrel length as the SMLE service rifle. It also has 1 lb of lead shot in the shotgun butt.
I was very lucky to find one in such nice condition and it is a great shooter.
Spud

Hey Spud, A very neat and interesting 1885. Bert Hartman on the Winchester Collectors forum has done a caliber survey on the 1885. He states that there were 91 different cartridges that Winchester chambered the 1885 for. The top 30 cartridges account for 106,299 (96.6%) of the 109,999 recorded in the ledger records. The .303 did not make it in the top 30. The last caliber listed was the 32 Ideal with only 267 made. So apparently not very many were chambered for the old .303.  Dale.

Lopped Down barrel? If it had to meet a certain length it probably could not excced a certain weight per the rules of it's intended competitve use as was described but I could also be wrong. One very lovely original rifle and thanks for sharing it. 

JLouis

I've got an 1885 that was supposedly a hahndorf rifle. If memory serves, it has a chess piece rook stamp on the stock. That was for one of the department stores. Have to look it up again.

I'll verify when able.  

It got the better of me and I just went and checked. It is a unicorn. The HW is pistol grip, in 38/56. Tang and globe with spirit level. 

I thought that stamp was for a department store. Forerunner to David Jones type place.