Winchester Model 1885 High Wall rifle manufactured in 1898. The rifle is accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter that lists the features as: "Type: Rifle, Caliber: 22 S, Barrel Type: 1/2 Octagon, Barrel Weight: #3, Barrel Length: 26 Inches, Trigger: Plain, Plain, Pistol Grip" and Swiss butt plate". The letter states that this rifle was shipped from Winchester on January 11, 1898. The rifle has a medium weight, half-octagon/half-round, barrel fitted with a Lyman Wind gauge combination front sight and a blank in the rear sight dove-tail. The barrel is mounted with a 5 power Winchester A5 telescopic sight with fine cross-hair reticle and Winchester target mounts and bases. A folding combination peep sight is mounted on the receiver tang. The pistol grip stock has a nickel-plated Swiss buttplate. The barrel is blued and the receiver, hammer, trigger and lever are color case-hardened. The stock and forearm are oil finished, straight grain, American walnut. The forearm tip and pistol grip have ebony inlays. The top of the barrel is roll-stamped with the early legend: "- MANUFACTURED BY THE-/-WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN. CONN. U.S.A.-". The legend is partially covered by the front telescopic sight base. The serial number, "80882" is stamped in script numerals on the lower tang.

Excellent. The rifle retains 97% plus of the blue and vivid color casehardened finish. Nearly all of the blue finish is present on the barrel. The case colors on the receiver are vivid. The case colors on the lever and lower tang have faded slightly from handling. The stock and forearm are both in excellent condition and show minimal handling or storage wear. The rifle was fitted with a palm rest at one point and the underside of the forearm has been drilled with two holes and shows the outline of the palm rest base. The Winchester A5 telescopic sight, mounts and bases are contemporary to the rifle and are in excellent condition. At least 95% of the original blue finish remains and the optics are bright. This is an excellent example of a documented special order Winchester High Wall rifle with Swiss Buttplate, pistol grip stock and half-octagon/half-round barrel.