Browning Low Wall (.260 Rem)
Kim du Toit
February 7, 2003
12:00 AM CDT
When I wrote about the Browning High Wall rifle, a couple of people wrote and asked me to explain the difference between the High Wall and the Low Wall rifles.
There isn’t much. Essentially, the Low Wall has a “thinned-down” action, and is thus limited to less-robust calibers, typically less than .270.
Here’s a fine example of the Low Wall in .260 Rem, sent in by Reader E.G., who is justly proud of his fine rifle:
As to the difference between the two actions, he was kind enough to include a photo which compares the two, side by side (his High Wall rifle is in the manly .45-70 Govt. caliber, incidentally):
As you can see, the side of the action of the HW rises “higher” than its smaller cousin (covering more of the hammer), hence the nomenclature.
Boy, just looking at these rifles makes me want one, but I have more will than wallet, to quote a former President Bush.
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