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Old School Cool: Uberti’s Model 1885 High Wall (Page 3)

Uberti’s Model 1885 High Wall retains all the classic lines and solid performance that made this design great.

August 16, 2010

If there is a cooler “old-school” configuration of replica rifle and scope, I’m not sure what it would be. Merely walking down the hall of the offices with the Uberti on my shoulder created quite a stir. Hunting with it in Botswana linked me with the unlikely posse of Thomas G. Bennett, John Moses Browning, NRA’s founders at Creedmoor, Harry Selby, Robert Ruark and Aldo Uberti. That’s a lot to ask of one rifle, but the 1885 High Wall passed with flying colors, case-colors that is.

Manufacturer: A. Uberti S.p.a.
Importer: A. Uberti; (301) 283-6981; www.uberti.com
Caliber: .45-70 Gov’t (tested), .45-90, .45-120
Action: falling block, center-fire single-shot
Receiver: case-colored steel
Barrel: 32" octagonal, blued steel
Rifling: cut rifling, six-groove, 1:20" RH twist
Sights: windage- and elevation-adjustable open buckhorn rear, windage adjustable front blade
Trigger Pull: single-stage; 3 lbs., 5 ozs.
Stock: European walnut with steel crescent buttplate; length of pull, 141⁄16"; drop at heel, 2¼"; drop at comb, 19⁄16"
Overall Length: 471⁄8"
Weight: 9 lbs., 9 ozs. (10 lbs. 9 ozs. with scope & mounts)
Accessories: owner’s manual,
Suggested Retail Price: $1,179

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