This is one of the most powerful lever gun cartridges ever designed and can drop any North American big game in the woods. Used Brownings with longer barrels sell quicker than the shorter ones, and sometimes for a little more money. We have not fired this rifle. Description The .348 Winchester is an American rifle cartridge. That 162 grains is light for caliber, but lever actions are limited to finite cartridge overall length, and copper-alloy bullets are longer than lead-core bullets. In 1962, the 150 and 250 grain bullet weights were discontinued. CA Legal or CA Private Party Transferable: This rifle CAN be transferred in California. I remember shooting two to three inch groups at 100 yards, which seemed pretty good for barrel-mounted open sights. The .348 cartridge and the Model 71 rifle were designed for each other and the only rifle ever produced in .348 was the Model 71. There is no Old West barrel band around the forend, it having only a blued steel cap. I own a Winchester 1892, which is sort of a scaled-down, pistol-caliber version of the 1886 and 71 action. and I see our 348 Winchester load as MINIMUM for such large coastal grizzly. With ourmodern 250 gr., 348 Winchester ammo, it generates roughly 2,250 fps. The 1886 is one of their later lever actions, and the 71 came out 50 years later. I never met the man, but I think about him whenever I see or shoot my 71. It got a stock and forend design that many credit to an NRA design team headed by Townsend Whelen. Both Standard and Deluxe grades were offered. _________________, NY: Due to New York State ammunition regulations, Black Dog Ammunition cannot ship ammo to the Burroughs of New York city. The .348 was one of the most powerful rimmed rounds ever used in a lever action rifle.[2]. If you're looking for a way to easily store or transport ammo, check out our selection of . I had forgot that Winchester announced last winter they will be making a limited run of 71s (Miroku-made) this year. If that isnt enough to narrow down what Henry had, only one rifle was ever made to chamber it- the Winchester Model 71. Over the same period, they sold over 1.1 million Model 94s. My opinion, and thats all that it is, is that a compromise of sorts was made. The Standard had smooth wood and no factory sling swivel studs. If you use an alternative payment method, you will not earn CLUB Points on your order. Browning Model 71 Carbine 348 Winchester Grade 1 & High Grade In Box Unfired Collector Quality Description: Description: Up for sale is a beautiful Grade 1 Browning Model 71 & a Hi Grade Model 71. I do not consider myself a disciple of the lever-action rifle. It was called the Model 98A Bolt Peep sight (Similar 98 variations were made for other Winchesters). He would take a boat down a river just to see what was there. 220gr Barnes Orig FN, 250gr Barnes Orig FN, 200gr Horn FN, 200gr Hornady FP, 220gr Fury Bullet FNSP. Available In-Store Now. Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are two-piece smooth wood with capped forend, pistol grip and checkered blued steel buttplate. The Auto-5: Brownings Biggest Achievement. I suspect it was simply that Winchester wanted something new. _________________, CT: We require state issued pistol permit, long gun certificate, or ammunition certificate AND drivers license faxed or scanned and emailed to us on file BEFORE ordering. Your $25 Instant Credit will be automatically applied at checkout. Keith got his wish because apparently the 250-grain load came along shortly. Our Assessment:This is a Browning Model 71 lever action rifle with a 24 barrel chambered in .348 Winchester. When the Alaska Highway opened, he took a trip up there in his Ford pickup and drove it for fun (it took him weeks). A 200 grain Power Point bullet (SD .236, BC .246) is the only one of the three still loaded by Winchester today. you can get loaded ammunition from Buffalo Bore, using a 250 grain bonded jacketed flat nose at 2250 fpsand running around $80 for 20. These were only made for 2 years, '86-'87. Our Assessment: This is a Browning Model 71 lever action rifle with a 20 barrel chambered in .348 Winchester. All ammunition will be shipped UPS GROUND ONLY ammunition can not go expedited! The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. You do not need an FFL to purchase ammunition online. It was manufactured until 1958, and about 70,000 were produced. I do think the .348 has a case shape that will feed if anything will feed at all, and that can be worth a lot. At that time, he was still using apertures for most of his big game hunting, so the Model 71s sights werent a handicap. 2,810 ft.lbs. by John T. Amber. Im back in business with the .348 as a favorite hog rifle. Also, rifle shooters were starting to understand the importance of bullet aerodynamics, and like all tubular-magazine rifles, the 71 was restricted to blunt-nose bullets for safety reasons. The .348 also served as the basis for the .50 Alaskan and .500 Linebaugh cartridges.[3][4]. | The gun is perfect and I can find no marks on it anywhere. The screw heads are sharp. I ordered a few boxes of Hornady bullets to start with. Your ammo will arrive at the same time if you track it or not and will certainly arrive later if we are swamped answering questions instead of getting orders shipped. Only 3000 of these guns were made over a two-year period, this one being #01391. The left of the receiver is factory drilled and tapped with a Lyman 66 A receiver sight installed, adjustable for windage and elevation. For the last gasp of the breed of big Winchester lever actions, they made sure to do a good job with it and send the big levergun out with honor. There is more, but it isnt exactly abundant. If your application was successful, you should receive your CLUB Card in the mail within 7-10 days. The .348 was one of the most powerful rimmed rounds ever used in a lever action rifle. A decade earlier it used the unknown 0.277-inch bullet for the .270 Win.. That worked out okay, so perhaps the company expected the same success for the .348 Win. In addition, the crescent (rifle) butt plates on early examples of some of these rifles made firing hard kicking cartridges punishing. When we manually change orders it requires a lot of time that we do not have during this rush and it keeps us from serving all of our customers. In his landmark work, Cartridges of the World, Frank Barnes described the 71 as the smoothest lever action ever built. Others have described it as the finest big-bore lever-gun. Im not sure about such superlatives, but the point is the rifle/cartridge combo had its fans. Post World War II examples used the so-called short tang and the stock's shape was broadened and lengthened. Your CLUB card has been saved to your account. So please stop asking to exchange or get a refund for ammo you ordered, but have changed your mind about. Id always pump dad for information about Henrys hunts. (2,250 fps/M.E. Browning Model 71 Carbine in 348 Winchester | Long Range Hunting Forum Forums Sold/Expired Browning Model 71 Carbine in 348 Winchester Biebs Dec 4, 2021 Help Support Long Range Hunting Forum Become a supporting member 1 2 Next B Biebs Well-Known Member Joined Jan 26, 2015 Messages 617 Dec 4, 2021 #1 Its pushing $1500, available only with a 24 barrel, and has that tang safety they keep adding to lever actions. No other rifle was ever offered in .348 by Winchester (although Uberti has made some 400 rifles chambered for the .348 in the Cimarron 1885 Hi-Wall in 2005-06), and it has been supplanted by the .358 Winchester (in the Model 88). I recently had the opportunity to hunt free range Nilgai along the coast of Texas. The 71 was chambered only in. The Standard had a smooth walnut pistol grip stock, while the Deluxe featured four panel checkering on the pistol grip and forend, a pistol grip cap, detachable sling swivels and (on pre-war guns) a bolt-mounted aperture sight. By the way, although people call the 20 Model 71s carbines, Winchester didnt. Although several powders produce satisfactory results, the Hornady Handbook particularly recommends IMR 4320 and IMR 4350. When Harold Johnson of Cooper Landing, Alaska made his .450 Alaskan and .50 Alaskan conversions 50+ years ago, he used Model 71s. They made fewer 20 rifles to begin with, but if I remember right, they took longer to sell. Description: Browning Model 71 .348 Winchester. Hammer had in stock its 162-grain Shock Hammer copper-alloy .348, flat-pointed with a large nose cavity. The 1892 is pretty slim and trim. Friend Kyler Hamman, also a Model 71 fan, suggested Hammer Bullets and Cutting Edge. I preferred the Marlin, because of its solid top receiver and locking system. I have no idea why they would do this, since there cant be much of a market, but Im glad. In Big Game Rifles and Cartridges (1936), Elmer Keith wrote glowingly of the Model 71, but he had only 200-grain loads. I think its a great round, powerful and capable of knocking down anything in North America. This is fine for targets, but I would remove the Merit aperture completely and go with the sights wide open threaded aperture receptacle for hunting. It pinned into the bolt itself, behind the extractor, and was a fairly compact slick arrangement. I reduced an old 150-grain load using RL15 powder, which seemed to make sense. The .348 Winchester is an American rifle cartridge. These rifles were built by long time Browning/Winchester partner Miroku of Japan and came with holes drilled and tapped in the left side of the receiver for Lyman or Williams aperture sights. Another thing I have read about is the 71s reliability. Barrels were rifled one turn in 12 inches. You dont see that much. You might even call it a sacrifice. Manufactured by Browning from 1986-1987, This is a high grade reproduction of the Winchester Model 71, Beautiful bluing and coin finish. The initial result scared me, producing more than 3,000 fps and flattened primers. The rear sight is a square-notch semi-buckhorn leaf and elevator sight dovetailed to the rear of the barrel. I think its about even with my Marlin 45-70 (which has slightly less weight) shooting 300 grain bullets at 1900 fps and 400 grain bullets at 1600. Even though its only 2.5X, I can shoot it better, farther and in poorer light than I can with an aperture. Overall length with the 20 barrel is 38.25 inches (shorter than an M16A1 or A2) and it weighs 7.8 pounds. . Four of those were the Browning reproductions made in Japan. Our single 348 Winchester load operates at or under the old SAAMI guideline of 43,000 CUP, so it is safe to use in any/all rifles thusly chambered, that, Having killed dozens of bears, including many grizzlies,I have formed an opinion or two on bear cartridgesOur 348 ammo is very capable of killing/stopping aggressive interior grizzly, which rarely, Hooded Sweatshirt-Gunmetal Heather/Army Heather, Hooded Sweatshirt-Gunmetal Heather/Navy Heather, Hooded Sweatshirt-Charcoal Heather (New & Improved). In designing the .348, Winchester started with the .50-110 case, which had the largest head and rim of any rimmed lever action cartridge. This stock change was more a styling change than a weight and bulk reduction, but combined with the trimmer barrels, made for a faster handling rifle for some. The bull didn%u2019t make it 50 yards after the shot and it had a full pass through. Both guns are chambered in 348 Win and sport 20-inch Carbine legenth barrels.
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