Browning 1885 BPCR Upgrade?

[Charlie98]

I’d bet you’re not getting it set.

I bought my Pedersoli 1885... with single set trigger... from a friend. Not knowing the type, I just assumed that it was a standard trigger... and that's how I shot it at first. He came over and asked why I wasn't setting the trigger? Wuuut? So he showed me. In my defense, he had just delivered it to me at the shoot, sight unseen, so I didn't have a chance to read the manual... and I had never heard of a single set trigger.

KT77's long pull sounds like an unset trigger... because that's what mine felt like. Or, perhaps, the set trigger isn't working right. My buddy actually went into his/my rifle and 'improved' the triggers... as they came from the factory, they were not set right.

 

[halfmoonclip]

I've been sniffing after a MiroChester '85 in .357 Magnum (!); handling it in the shop, the action is smooth as silk, and the trigger seemed quite good...no idea in God's green earth what purpose a single shot .357 might serve, except it's just a beautiful rifle.
Moon

 

[Charlie98]

I've been sniffing after a MiroChester '85 in .357 Magnum (!); handling it in the shop, the action is smooth as silk, and the trigger seemed quite good...no idea in God's green earth what purpose a single shot .357 might serve, except it's just a beautiful rifle.
Moon

I've got a single-shot .45 Colt... H&R Classic Hunter. It's not a looker like that Browning prolly is, but I joke that shooting it is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. It's like the Minimi of my Pedersoli 1885...

 

[KansasTrapper77]

We’re on a bit of a tangent but here it goes. Double trigger procedure: Close action, cock hammer, pull rear set trigger which audibly clicks into position, pull front trigger, kaboom. I believe its been set at a factory setting that is light but long as to not be dangerous to noobs. I also believe it is adjustable, I just haven’t yet. I honestly haven’t shot the rifle as much as I’d like due to the crescent stock.

Back to the Browning in question. I had an opportunity to go look it over in greater detail. It is free of any marks on the wood or metal, bore appears clean, but the soule sight is incomplete. It does not come with the other apertures originally included. Also the vertical adjustment seems to be seized. I in fact looked up AND READ the manual for the Browning before I went to the store to look at it again. To make a vertical adjustment you loosen the aperture one half turn and proceed to turn the adjustment knob to the correction you desire. This sight appears to be seized to some degree. I really like the Browning 1885 BPCR, $1800 a little stiff for a rifle missing original parts and a sight that needs some love?

Thoughts?

 

[Charlie98]

I really like the Browning 1885 BPCR, $1800 a little stiff for a rifle missing original parts and a sight that needs some love?

Something's worth to you is only what you are willing to pay for it. It sounds like a nice rifle... warts aside, which are basic items. The sight elevation might just be the assembly lube was never cleaned off, and it petrified. A quick soak in CLP or Hoppe's and you will likely be back in business, but it's something to consider. You can use the absence of parts, and the sticky sight as a bartering point, too.