Some years back I got into correspondence with Tom Burgess about a 6.5'06 HiWall with his metalwork and Kennedy wood. TB wrote that he had made three rimless cartridge hiwalls at the time, apparently for a single customer, mine, a .243 and a 7mm Remington Magnum. For the last he bored out and rethreaded the receiver to take a larger barrel shank. I may even have pics of it somewhere, TB sent them and I would never throw out that kind of stuff. I should note that the 6.5 has an auto ejector, I think TB said all three did. TB certainly was a remarkable gun maker. This all leads up to my saying I prefer an original Winchester 1885 to either the Browning or the Ruger.
