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Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Nov 9th, 2024 at 7:11am
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Had the opportunity to pick up a high wall made by Hervey Lovell - it was sold as a 22 hornet - after I dropped a hornet shell in the chamber with zero resistance, I chamber casted and found it is a 2RLovelll.  The rifle shoots great with 40 gr nosler and 12.5 gr of lil gun with nice light pressure load.  It’s an honor to own a piece of varmint history - and to preserve and shoot it!
  
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Re: Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Reply #1 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 7:12am
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Pic 2 - trying to learn how to size pics here  Grin
  
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Reply #2 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 7:15am
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Re: Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Reply #3 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 9:23am
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I like it. It's definitely a classic varmint rifle. Enjoy.  Dale.
  
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Re: Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Reply #4 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 10:48am
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A very nice old varmint rifle, and very well done.
  
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Re: Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Reply #5 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 10:57am
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Hervey was a skilled craftsman. I've owned a couple of his rifles, currently a single shot Krag conversion in .22 Maximum Lovell.
  
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Re: Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Reply #6 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 1:17pm
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I'll bet the R2 is nice. My 44 1/2 came with a Hauck barrel in R2 that had been opened up to the last version of the .219 Donaldson Wasp way back when. I don't know if the R2 throat had been shot out or they just wanted more oomph. 
But the way it shoots now I'm sure the R2 was great also.
  
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Re: Hervey Lovell 1885 Winchester
Reply #7 - Nov 9th, 2024 at 6:28pm
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Very nice old piece. Wish my club had a shooting "house" like that.




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