Rendering a Browning 1886 action to semipistol grip

[Naphtali]

I believe all Grade 1 Browning M1886 actions have straight grips. What is the least expensive procedure to render the action only to semipistol grip? What kind of dollars are we talking about?

I understand some custom gunsmiths convert grip assemblies from one to another. I also believe USRAC/Winchester replacement parts will fit the Browning receiver.

[Mike D.]

You will need a lower tang, lever, and PG stock from Winchester. I converted one of my 1886 Extra Lights to a full mag, PG configuration using these parts, as well as others from MGW.

This is the Winchester lower tang as currently manufactured

Tang and lever installed, along with Browning hammer and trigger/sear

Winchester PG lever at top, original 71 lever below

Front end with mag ring and FM

The completed gun. Just something a little different.

[Naphtali]

You will need a lower tang, lever, and PG stock from Winchester. I converted one of my 1886 Extra Lights to a full mag, PG configuration using these parts, as well as others from MGW. . . .

Mike:

Great stuff, especially the graphics. You appear to have done what I want to do. A couple of follow-up questions. I have a USRAC/Winchester M1886 and a Browning M71. Regarding the two levers, I have not had these rifles through a winter [hunt] yet. While my hands are very small, and I have had no problem operating/shooting either rifle when wearing gloves with shooting glove's index finger partially amputated, I am concerned there will be a problem. In your experience does either of the two levers offer easier, surer manipulation in cold (0-20 degrees) weather?
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I just got back from wandering in Lolo National Forest. Saw the remains of grizzly-killed deer -- too brutal a job to have been done by a mountain lion. It was dismembered as though it were blown up -- shattered pelvis, femur's ball socket cracked and broken. Where I was there would be no shooting beyond long pistol shot. And no there has been no vehicle where I was since who knows when.

[Mike D.]

I cannot honestly answer your question because living in CA I have no hunting experience with temperatures anywhere near that low. All our seasons are over before winter sets in and my out of state hunts have also been in warmer situations. Maybe our upcoming deer and elk hunt to Colorado this coming November will expose me to some actual cold weather.