Browning 1886 SRC manual?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:13 pm

I purchased a Browning 1886 SRC earlier this year on Gunbroker.com. It is a great gun, but did not come with a manual or its original box. Does Browning supply owner's manuals to non-original owners? Does anyone have an owner's manual they'd be willing to scan and e-mail to me?

Thanks guys!

salvo · Post by **salvo** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:40 pm

Me too! Someones got to have a manual they could copy, pretty please!

Ysabel Kid, I found a Winchester PDF but no disassembly instructions, just the standard send it to a licensed repair facility mumbo jumbo.

http://www.winchesterguns.com/prodinfo/ ... 6_om_s.pdf

How does your 1886 shoot?
Whats your favorite load?
Are you shooting with the carbine ladder sight or installed a peep like Hobie?

Cimarron Red · Post by **Cimarron Red** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:16 pm

Ysabel Kid,

Looks like they're still available from Browning. Go to this link, and then read the copy in the small block in the middle of the page. Click on 'Rifle' and complete the request form. That should do it.

http://www.browning.com/products/manuals/index.asp

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:26 am

Here's the direct link. http://www.browning.com/request/rifle.asp

cubrock · Post by **cubrock** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:00 am

Browning has sent me manuals before for used guns. I don't see why they wouldn't still do it.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:26 am

Since they're all deathly afraid of a lawsuit, in the event of an accident because someone could claim they "didn't know XXX, because they didn't have a manual", virtually every manufacturer will send anyone the owner manual for any current (and some discontinued) model firearm(s), upon request - gratis.
It makes absolutely no difference, whether or not you bought the firearm new or used - just that you have it, and don't have an owner's manual, period.

Many even also stamp manual availability directions on their firearm's barrels, other's also stamp "use warnings".

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:59 am

salvo wrote: How does your 1886 shoot?
Whats your favorite load?
Are you shooting with the carbine ladder sight or installed a peep like Hobie?

salvo - It shoots fantastic. I really lucked out on this used gun (not always the case). I am still working up loads for it, so don't have a favorite right now, though I do lean towards the mild stuff. I used to like to "hot rod" and push my reloading - and guns - to the limit. Just don't see a need to do so (and neither does my shoulder or wrist)!

I do need to replace the sights - I just can't see beans with them. Thinking a full buckhorn rear...

Thanks guys for the info!

Cimarron Red · Post by **Cimarron Red** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:36 pm

YK,

Here's what I did with sights on my carbine:

I replaced the front post with one I made from a piece of nickel silver, and of course the tang sight is a Marble's.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:37 pm

Cimarron Red wrote:YK,

Here's what I did with sights on my carbine:

I like your tastes!

I just installed a Marbles tang sight on my Chaparral 1876. How does your 1886 set-up shoot for you?
I replaced the front post with one I made from a piece of nickel silver, and of course the tang sight is a Marble's.

Cimarron Red · Post by **Cimarron Red** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:07 am

YK,

Thanks. The carbine shoots very well with my moderate load of 25 grains IMR-4759 under the RCBS 325, 405 GC or the Saeco 405 plain base bullets.

The Marble's sight is one intended for a tang-safety Winchester 86. I used it because I didn't want to d&t the Browning's tang. So I mounted the sight using only the longer Marble's-supplied tang screw and a piece of double-sided taped to hold the sight in place should I want to remove the stock for some reason. The sight stays securely mounted with only one screw because it has a short base. I have the same arrangement on a Model 53 Browning as well.

How's the sighting arrangement on your '76?

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:46 am

FYI - I used a regular Marbles tanger, made for my High Grade Miroku M-1886 Extra Light .45-70, with just the tang screw for two hunting seasons, successfully.

No tape, no fuss, no muss.

The top tang has enough side-to-side curvature that, once the tang sight is cinched down by the tang screw, the sight isn't moved by recoil, etc.

I decided to "try" it, after two gunsmiths declined to D/T the tang of such a highly decorated gun.

Cimarron Red · Post by **Cimarron Red** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:12 pm

Glad it worked for you, Pete. I had tried the same thing on a Browning M53 with a Lyman tang sight and found the underside radius inadequate for preventing side-to-side movement of the sight when I applied pressure to the base near where the front screw would be.