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Re: Reproduction low wall rifles
Reply #15 - Oct 22nd, 2021 at 10:21am
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Based upon my experience with a Reproduction Low Wall, the Winchester (Miroku) Low Wall can be a very accurate rifle. Mine served me well. The trigger can be adjusted down to about 2.5 pounds. 
What are looking to do with the rifle, hunt, collect, compete?
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Reply #16 - Oct 22nd, 2021 at 6:47pm
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If you own the action it's yours to do whatever you want with it. 

This is just my opinion, of course, but it's people who act on the above rationale who create many of the headaches (and heartaches) I have to deal with as a restorer of guns and otherwise.

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Reply #17 - May 17th, 2022 at 8:50pm
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watchthewind wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 10:21am:
Based upon my experience with a Reproduction Low Wall, the Winchester (Miroku) Low Wall can be a very accurate rifle. Mine served me well. The trigger can be adjusted down to about 2.5 pounds. 
What are looking to do with the rifle, hunt, collect, compete?
-Scott

I have to agree with you 100%.  I now have three and I simply love them.  I mounted a 2x7 Leupold on the first one and headed to the range.  I simply grabbed a box of cartridges at random and headed out.  To my complete unexpected amazement it shot far, far better than I could have wished for.  I tried to insert a picture of the final target for that day but wasn't able to follow the instructions well enough.  Anyway, it was one ragged hole a 40 yds.  I'd say that was acceptable~!
  
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Reply #18 - May 18th, 2022 at 4:43am
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JLouis wrote on Oct 15th, 2021 at 6:16pm:
When Pope Milled off one of the HiWalls on a HiWall action he was well aware of how difficult it could actually be. What is interesting to me is I know of no one who has also done the same as he.


I have a Ron Snover built Highwall in .22 with the sidewall milled off/down.  Smiley
  
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Reply #19 - May 19th, 2022 at 7:36pm
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Charliehunter...post a pic of the Hiwall/lowall. Like to see it.Thankyou
John your little pincher is cute too! where did you pick it up?
These inquireing bent up fingers want to know!
  
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Reply #20 - May 20th, 2022 at 6:06pm
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watchthewind wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 10:21am:
Based upon my experience with a Reproduction Low Wall, the Winchester (Miroku) Low Wall can be a very accurate rifle. Mine served me well. The trigger can be adjusted down to about 2.5 pounds. 
What are looking to do with the rifle, hunt, collect, compete?
-Scott

That's been my experience exactly~!  Great looking with its crescent butt, 1/2 rnd 1/2 oct barrel, very nice wood, and accurate as the devil~!  Life doesn't get much better for me.  I don't need wall plaques or certificates. My rewards come from looking at something beautiful and shoots accurately~!!
  
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Reply #21 - Jun 15th, 2022 at 5:56pm
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Pope wasn’t the only one to cut down the sides of receivers. I have a highly modified Hepburn that has the right side of the receiver cut down to aid loading/unloading. The gunsmith who built this position/prone .22 is unknown.
  
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Reply #22 - Jun 15th, 2022 at 7:21pm
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I also have a martini cadet with lowered side wall to help in loading. access and extraction not a problem!!! Snapp did the work many moons ago.
  
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Reply #23 - Jun 19th, 2022 at 11:18am
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.22Hepburn wrote on Jun 15th, 2022 at 5:56pm:
Pope wasn’t the only one to cut down the sides of receivers. I have a highly modified Hepburn that has the right side of the receiver cut down to aid loading/unloading. The gunsmith who built this position/prone .22 is unknown.


I had a Buhmiller built High Wall in .22LR that had the right side cut down to allow better access. Beautifully stocked and checkered. I sold it as I just couldn't wrap my head around the receiver being cut down.
  
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Reply #24 - Jul 10th, 2022 at 8:59am
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CajunRebel wrote on Oct 15th, 2021 at 5:54pm:
But difficulty loading also occurs with low-walls, albeit, less so.  My 22lr is a low-wall and glad to have have it.

Thats's especially true when you have a scope mounted on it.  Adk me, I know~!
  
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Reply #25 - Jul 13th, 2022 at 9:55am
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watchthewind wrote on Oct 22nd, 2021 at 10:21am:
Based upon my experience with a Reproduction Low Wall, the Winchester (Miroku) Low Wall can be a very accurate rifle. Mine served me well. The trigger can be adjusted down to about 2.5 pounds. 
What are looking to do with the rifle, hunt, collect, compete?
-Scott

You're dead right about the accuracy of the Miroku built low-walls, but for hunting, not so great.  Thumbing the hammer back when you see an animal target is difficult because of the lack of space between the scope and the hammer, and you're certainly not going to carry it around with the hammer cocked~!.
  
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Reply #26 - Jul 13th, 2022 at 11:52am
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I have two Miroku LW's, a Winchester-branded .22 and a Browning-branded .223, whose purposes in my life is for hunting. I don't find it difficult to cock them when a target presents itself. It just takes a little practice to establish the muscle memory in your thumb to execute that maneuver. Is it as handy as flicking the safety off on a repeater? No, but it is part-and-parcel with the whole philosophy behind hunting with a single shot - slow deliberate careful taking of the one shot you're gonna get.
  
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Reply #27 - Jul 13th, 2022 at 4:28pm
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I wasn't looking to get into an argument over cocking the hammer on the Miroku 1885.  I just was making a comment about my perception.
  
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Reply #28 - Jul 13th, 2022 at 5:28pm
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I see John Mullins shot 14/15 chickens in the 22 BPCRA nationals today with what looks like a Miroku LW.
He also shot 56/60 yesterday.

  
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