CLOSED Browning Mountain Rifle .54

[ZionHeritageFarm]

It is just east yes.

 

[Big Iron]

If you decide to sell, what would be your price? I had one of those years ago but it left many gun trades ago. It was a good shooter.

 

[ZionHeritageFarm]

I would do $850 shipped to lower 48.

 

[David W Hillebrand]

Who makes these Browning Mountain Rifles?

 

[nit wit]

These rifles are collectible and highly sought after. However, when one has oe marked >50 cal and it's been bored to .54 cal. It cannot retain collector price but it will be a nice shooting rifle.
Nit Wit

 

[Notchy Bob]

Who makes these Browning Mountain Rifles?

Browning made them during the late seventies and early eighties, during the height of the "Hawken craze." They are no longer in production, but you occasionally see them, like this one, for sale on the used gun market.

The rifle was named after Jonathan Browning (1805-1879), the Mormon gunsmith, who was the father of John Moses Browning, namesake of the modern Browning company and remarkable gunsmith/inventor who was responsible for some of the most significant firearms designs of the late 19th-early 20th centuries. I think the Browning company wanted to reach back into its remote past and establish a connection with their pioneer roots with the Mountain Rifle, which is probably why they named it after Jonathan Browning. However, Browning has always marched to their own drummer, and some features of the Mountain Rifle, such as the breeching system, are unique to that company. I don't know of any other manufacturer who was offering a rifle with a single set trigger at that time, either. Oddly enough, people now complain about the Browning Mountain Rifle as being too heavy, but original plains rifles were typically much heavier. By all accounts, these are nice rifles.

Just for fun, here is a picture of Jonathan Browning himself, dated 1865:

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

 

[David W Hillebrand]

Great info, thanks.

 

[stephenprops1]

Oh it’s not baiting. I am looking for a few different things. Something that trips my trigger. It’s not anything I have to trade, but something I might if I get offered the right thing.
I don’t necessarily want to sell it outright, but I have seen them go at $850 + $40 shipping. I would say I would d this at $850 shipped.
And today is the first interest I have gotten at all.

I don't understand why you are reluctant to just sell it. After you get the cash you can "trade" the cash for what you want. Trying to trade a gun for a short list of specific things really limits your potential customers.

 

[stephenprops1]

Why do you prefer to trade instead of selling?
Cash almost always works best.

I agree. That was one of the main reasons cash was invented. Bartering restricts who one can work with. Cash is the great intermediate between goods and services.

 

[ZionHeritageFarm]

See post added Jan 8

 

[ZionHeritageFarm]

Withdrawn please close