AO Niedner barreled 1885 Takedown|Winchester Rifles|Forum|Winchester Collector

I’d like to share with you Winchester collectors some pics of a rifle a packrat friend of mine came across last week.  He told me he’d run into a lady during his travels that wanted to sell “grandpa’s shotgun”.  It turned out to be a model 1885 with an AO Niedner barrel!  Serial # dates the receiver to 1910.  At present, I don’t know if it was a Winchester takedown simply rebarreled, or a regular 1885 that Niedner made into a takedown himself.  There’s no interrupted thread on the barrel and I didn’t think to look in the receiver.  No markings as to chambering, but the .298″ chamber and .358″ tell me it either a 22 Hornet or Niedner’s blown out version.  The barrel is 28″ long, and .797 in diameter at the muzzle.  It has a single set trigger.  The scope is a J. Stevens #141, 24.25″ long.  I can tell it has been sitting in the corner of someone’s room a very long time.  The objective end of the scope is full of dust, so is the barrel at the muzzle end, but it is clean further back.  Well, I don’t see how one put’s up images here, perhaps guests can’t.  But, you can see it at this link:  http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?349699-AO-Niedner-barreled-1885-Winchester-Takedown