Just thought I'd give everyone my impression of a new 1885 Highwall that I saw at the Shot Show in Orlando this year. I was walking through the show and came upon this new company American Gun Company and a rifle really caught my eye, it was a 1885 Highwall that they were showing. It had a beautiful color case job on it and from what the guys in the booth told me, the color case was done by Doug Turnbull. The fit and finish of the rifle was gorgeous, they also had one that was blued with what they called a dodecagon (12 sided) both rifles had beautiful wood on them, and the color cased rifle had a scope on it, which I would have never thought of but didn't look out of place. The metal work on both rifles was outstanding. From what they told me the starting price on a complete rifle is about $1200.00 and goes up from there depending upon what I want in a rifle. They said that for now it is only available in black powder cartridges but are working on making it available for rimless cartridges. It has a standard trigger on it but are currently working on a single and double set trigger for the rifle which from what I understand will be available some time this year. It is a coil spring gun which I find better than the flat spring gun as to me it gives a little bit better consistent feel to the action. What surprised me the most was that it started out as a casting. I couldn't see inside the action itself but that really surprised me. They said that they are even considering making it out of billet. If they can keep their price reasonable I think they'll do very very well. They had 3 other rifles in their booth, one was a 223 action that had a switch barrel system and a couple of versions of a mauser action. Just my two cents but you guys should check them out, their website is americangunllc.com

Roger

A smaller high wall would be nice.I never cared for the look of a low wall.It would make a nice companion for my 1885 Browning.I'd like to know more about the owners of the company.
Investment cast recievers have been around for a long time and are well established as far as quality and durebility.

mete,

Castings do work well if the molds for them are done correctly, it's difficult in my opinion to screw up a straight sided gun like the 1885.
As to the owners, from what I understand the owners name is Ron Duplessis. He owns one of the largest shooting clubs in Louisiana and from what I'm told he has been in or around the gun business for over 30 years. He seemed very passionate about the gun business.

Roger

the same guy bought out the barrel maker in Ill.

Rich
Buff Killer

Get one and write about it!

I really fell hard, face forward from my first experience with a Highwall. Great guns and singleshots make sure you are a grown up hunter. With a bit of training you reload it in the time it takes to confirm if it was a good or bad firstshot anyway. They are all good shots with a good 1885 of course.

I have a very fine 1930s German falling block 22LR and a Browning 1885 in 45-70. I would be interested in a companion piece perhaps in 223. But their small block is still undergoing testing.I hate to be the tester of new products.