Browning 1885

     Notes: This is a recreation of an old Browning design, the Model 1885.  It is a single shot falling-block rifle with a heavy octagonal barrel.  They are redesigned to fire modern ammunition calibers and loads as well as old-style ammunition.  The Model 1885 (Also known as the B-85) is known as a “recreation” instead of a replica because while it is very similar to the original 1885 Sporting Rifle, it does have some modern touches, such as a brass deflector behind the breech block that is adjustable for left or right-handed shooters.  It also has a non-slip rubber buttplate, and it fires a variety of mostly modern cartridges.  The weapon is drilled and tapped as well as having iron sights.

     The original version of this rifle was at first simply called the “Model 1885;” this was changed later to the “Model 1885 High Wall,” after the introduction in 1995 of the Model 1885 Low Wall, with a lighter receiver (though still made from steel).  The range of chamberings for the Low Wall are greatly reduced from that of the High Wall, and all are light chamberings.  The Low Wall also uses a shorter barrel, some four inches shorter than the High Wall’s 28-inch barrel.  Its frame is blued instead of color-case hardened.  In 1996, the Model 1885 BCPR began production; however, production rates have always remained low, and it remains a rare variation.  The BCPR has a very long 30-inch heavy octagonal barrel, and the rear sight is a Vernier peep type while the front is a globe-type with an integral spirit level.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: The Model 1885 BCPR does not exist in the Twilight 2000 timeline.  The Low Wall is a very rare weapon.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

1885 High Wall

.22-250 Remington

4.07 kg

1 Internal

$359

1885 High Wall

.270 Winchester

5.1 kg

1 Internal

$410

1885 High Wall

7mm Remington Magnum

5.16 kg

1 Internal

$414

1885 High Wall

.30-06 Springfield

5.53 kg

1 Internal

$432

1885 High Wall

.454 Casull

3.73 kg

1 Internal

$342

1885 High Wall

.45-70 Government

4.08 kg

1 Internal

$360

1885 Low Wall

.22 Hornet

2.84 kg

1 Internal

$306

1885 Low Wall

5.56mm NATO

2.94 kg

1 Internal

$316

1885 Low Wall

.243 Winchester

3.11 kg

1 Internal

$333

1885 BCPR

.40-65 Winchester

4.99 kg

1 Internal

$372

1885 BCPR

.45-70 Government

5.17 kg

1 Internal

$383

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

1885 High Wall (.22-250)

SS

3

2-Nil

7

3

Nil

78

1885 High Wall (.270)

SS

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

79

1885 High Wall (7mm)

SS

4

1-2-3

7

4

Nil

98

1885 High Wall (.30-06)

SS

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

89

1885 High Wall (.454)

SS

5

1-2-Nil

7

3

Nil

83

1885 High Wall (.45-70)

SS

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

99

1885 Low Wall (.22)

SS

3

1-Nil

6

3

Nil

72

1885 Low Wall (5.56mm)

SS

3

1-Nil

6

3

Nil

71

1885 Low Wall (.243)

SS

3

2-Nil

6

3

Nil

70

1885 BCPR (.40-65)

SS

3

2-Nil

7

4

Nil

110

1885 BCPR (.45-70)

SS

4

2-3-Nil

7

4

Nil

110

 

Browning Express

     Notes: This over-and-under double rifle has roots going all the way back to 1931, when FN/Browning brought the original Express rifle based on the B-25 shotgun.  The original Express was built only for 7x65Rmm (a rimmed version of the 7x64mm Brenneke) and 9.3x74Rmm, with 25.625” barrels.  It has a raised rib on the top of the barrel that has a folding rear sight and is drilled and tapped for a scope.  Express barrels are of chrome-molybdenum steel joined together with a rib and silver solder.  The Express has intricately-engraved side plates and a box lock.  From 1978 to 1994, the Express Continental joined the standard Express; this rifle was made for .30-06 Springfield and 9.3x74Rmm cartridges, with exchange barrels for 20 Gauge shotgun shells.  In 1987, a version of the Express firing either 9.3x62mm Mauser or .375 H&H Magnum was added; the 9.3x62mm Mauser version used the same 25.625” barrels, but the .375 H&H Magnum version used shorter 23.625” barrels.  In 1992, the Express Europa was introduced; this is virtually the same weapon as the standard Express, but also comes in .270 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, and 9.3x62mm Mauser versions, each of which have 24-inch barrels.  The Express CCS European Classic (later known as simply the Express CCS) appeared in 1996, made for 8mm JRS and 9.3x74Rmm, with 22-inch barrels.  The Express CCS Herstal appeared at the same time, in the same chamberings, but with 23.625” barrels (reduced in 1998 to 23.25 inches).  Also appearing at the same time was the Express CCS-25, chambered for a wide variety of cartridges and with either 24-inch or 25.625-inch barrels.  The Express CCS-375 African was introduced in 2000; it chambers the .375 H&H Magnum round, has 23.625-inch barrels, and is much heavier than most of the Express line.  The Express Erice was introduced in 2001 as a luxury version of the Express; it chambers only two rounds, with 22-inch barrels, but the artwork on the weapon is first-class and gold-inlaid, and the stock is of the finest walnut root.  The Express Erice can also change the convergence of its rounds by means of moveable spacers for the barrels. The Express Erice Duo was the final version, introduced in 2001; it has the fine quality of the Erice, plus interchangeable barrels that allow the shooter to fire either twin barrels of 8mm JRS, 9.3x74Rmm, or a 20 Gauge shotgun rounds.  It also has long 28-inch barrels.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: The following versions of this rifle do not exist: Express CCS European Classic, Express CCS Herstal, Express CCS-25. Express African, Express Erice, Express Erice Duo.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Express

7x64mm Brenneke

3.5 kg

2 Internal

$754

Express

9.3x74Rmm

3.5 kg

2 Internal

$1989

Express

9.3x62mm Mauser

3.5 kg

2 Internal

$1920

Express

.375 H&H Magnum

4.3 kg

2 Internal

$2001

Express Continental

.30-06 Springfield

3.5 kg

2 Internal

$784

Express Continental

9.3x74mmR

3.5 kg

2 Internal

$1989

Express Continental

20 Gauge 3”

3.5 kg

2 Internal

$368

Express Europa

.270 Winchester

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$742

Express Europa

.30-06 Springfield

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$784

Express Europa

9.3x62mm Mauser

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$1915

Express CCS

8mm JRS

3.3 kg

2 Internal

$708

Express CCS

9.3x74Rmm

3.3 kg

2 Internal

$1763

Express CCS Herstal (23.625” Barrels)

8mm JRS

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$741

Express CCS Herstal (23.625” Barrels)

9.3x74Rmm

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$1863

Express CCS Herstal (23.25” Barrels)

8mm JRS

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$733

Express CCS Herstal (23.25” Barrels)

9.3x74Rmm

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$1840

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

.270 Winchester

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$709

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

7x64mm Brenneke

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$716

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

.30-06 Springfield

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$751

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

.30 Blaser

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$1745

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

8mm JRS

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$749

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

9.3x62mm Mauser

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$1815

Express CCS-25 (24” Barrels)

9.3x74Rmm

3.4 kg

2 Internal

$1885

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

.270 Winchester

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$742

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

7x64mm Brenneke

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$753

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

.30-06 Springfield

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$784

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

.30 Blaser

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$1844

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

8mm JRS

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$782

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

9.3x62mm Mauser

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$1915

Express CCS-25 (25.625” Barrels)

9.3x74Rmm

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$1984

Express CCS-375 African

.375 H&H Magnum

4.3 kg

2 Internal

$1874

Express Erice

8mm JRS

3.1 kg

2 Internal

$708

Express Erice

9.3x74Rmm

3.1 kg

2 Internal

$1763

Express Erice Duo

8mm JRS

3.25 kg

2 Internal

$830

Express Erice Duo

9.3x74Rmm

3.25 kg

2 Internal

$2129

Express Erice Duo

20 Gauge 3”

3.25 kg

2 Internal

$393

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Express (7x65Rmm)

SA

4

1-2-3

7

5

Nil

86

Express (9.3x74Rmm)

SA

7

1-3-5

7

6

Nil

94

Express (9.3x62mm)

SA

5

2-4-Nil

7

6

Nil

90

Express (.375)

SA

7

1-3-5

7

6

Nil

100

Express Continental (.30-06)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

7

5

Nil

78

Express Continental (9.3x74Rmm)

SA

7

1-3-5

7

6

Nil

94

Express Continental (20 GA)

SA

4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

6

4

Nil

54

Express Europa (.270)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

69

Express Europa (.30-06)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

7

5

Nil

78

Express Europa (9.xx62mm)

SA

5

2-4-Nil

7

6

Nil

90

Express CCS (8mm)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

72

Express CCS (9.3x74Rmm)

SA

6

1-3-Nil

6

7

Nil

75

Express CCS Herstal (23.625”, 8mm)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

80

Express CCS Herstal (23.625”, 9.3x74Rmm)

SA

6

1-3-Nil

7

6

Nil

84

Express CCS Herstal (23.25”, 8mm)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

78

Express CCS Herstal (23.25”, 9.3x74Rmm)

SA

6

1-3-Nil

6

6

Nil

81

Express CCS-25 (24”, .270)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

63

Express CCS-25 (24”, 7x65Rmm)

SA

4

1-2-3

6

5

Nil

78

Express CCS-25 (24”, .30-06)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

71

Express CCS-25 (24”, .30)

SA

5

1-2-3

6

5

Nil

79

Express CCS-25 (24”, 8mm)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

82

Express CCS-25 (24”, 9.3x62mm)

SA

5

2-4-Nil

6

6

Nil

82

Express CCS-25 (24”, 9.3x74Rmm)

SA

6

1-3-Nil

6

7

Nil

85

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, .270)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

69

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, 7x65Rmm)

SA

4

1-2-3

6

5

Nil

84

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, .30-06)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

7

5

Nil

78

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, .30)

SA

6

1-2-3

7

5

Nil

87

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, 8mm)

SA

5

2-3-Nil

7

5

Nil

90

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, 9.3x62mm)

SA

5

2-4-Nil

7

6

Nil

90

Express CCS-25 (25.625”, 9.3x74Rmm)

SA

7

1-3-5

7

6

Nil

94

Express CCS-375 African

SA

7

1-3-5

7

6

Nil

88

Express Erice (8mm)

SA

4

2-3-Nil

6

5

Nil

72

Express Erice (9.3x74Rmm)

SA

6

1-3-Nil

6

7

Nil

75

Express Erice Duo (8mm)

SA

5

2-3-Nil

7

5

Nil

102

Express Erice Duo (9.3x74Rmm)

SA

7

1-3-5

7

7

Nil

108

Express Erice Duo (20 GA)

SA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

7

5

Nil

59

 

FN Express Double Rifle

     Notes: This rifle is an improved version of the old Browning Superposed shotgun, turned into a rifle.  It is an over-and-under design, and has the addition of a reduced-wear breech and a top-lever system for selection of the barrel to be fired.  Most of these rifles are built with expensive woods and intricate engraving on the action.  Because of the design of the weapon, only one barrel may be fired at a time.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Express Double Rifle

7.65x65mm Belgian

3.45 kg

2 Internal

$780

Express Double Rifle

9.3x74Rmm

5.73 kg

2 Internal

$1983

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Express Double Rifle (7.65mm)

SA

5

1-2-3

7

5

Nil

89

Express Double Rifle (9.3mm)

SA

7

1-3-5

7

5

Nil

94