Winchester Brings Back Model 1885 Hunter Rimfire

Winchester Repeating Arms is expanding its line of historical rifles with the new Model 1885 Hunter Rimfire single-shot. This low-wall rimfire edition of the 1885 rifle is available in .22 Long Rifle, .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR), .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire (HMR), and the new .17 Winchester Super Magnum.

The 1885 Hunter Rimfire measures 40 inches, weighs 7.5 pounds, and features a checkered walnut pistol grip stock and Schnabel-style forearm with an oil finish for a timeless look and feel. Its 24-inch octagonal barrel is button rifled for outstanding accuracy, and comes with a semi-buckhorn rear sight and a Marble Arms gold-bead front sight to get you on target quickly. Its receiver and barrel have a blued-steel finish, and it’s drilled and tapped for scope mounting.

The 1885 rifle is also fitted with a Pachmayr rubber buttpad for nonslip shooting, and its curved blued steel finger level is comfortable and smoothly activates the rifle’s steel falling breechblock for loading and ejection.

Patrick Durkin

Patrick Durkin of Waupaca, Wisconsin, is a longtime outdoor writer, editor and newspaper columnist. He is a contributing writer and editor for the Archery Trade Association; and his articles appear frequently in American Hunter, Archery Business, Predator Xtreme and Quality Whitetails magazines. His award-winning weekly newspaper column appears in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin Outdoor News, Wisconsin State Journal, Oshkosh Northwestern, Watertown Daily Times, Ladysmith News, Bloomer Advance, Chetek Alert and Barron News Shield.