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I should report back now that i have my new production winchester 70 safari express in 375: my magazine spring did not come with a hump and it only takes 3 down. Might come back to custom mag boxes eventually. For now I’m going to let it be.

I ended up getting a BDC reticle version of the Nikon Monarch 3 African 1-4x20. From what I can see, they were listed on Nikon's site as basically the same except for the reticle. Hopefully, that's true and both are tough as nails.

OK, update: I just won an auction for the Nikon Monarch 3 1-4x20... though it's with the BDC reticle. Should still be just as tough but less... dangerous gamey? Would swap at a later date but now I have something to mount and honestly I think the Talley rings for 1" scopes look better with...

Yes, the african model has a low glare matte finish. A few seconds with a hard arkansas machinist file and 1500 grit sandpaper smoothed out the magazine lips and now it feeds like glass. The matte finish is really just sand blasted bluing. Nothing really special. It's a bit more matte than...

WELP I should update this. I picked up a brand new in the box M70 safari express in 375HH two weeks ago. That matte bluing leaves the action quite a bit coarser than my 2008 M70 'Deluxe' Featherweight in high gloss but I'm cycling it with a bit of aluminum complex grease (as opposed to a...

Has anyone tried the quick shortening montana sling? I had one on a marlin guide gun for a long time.

Welp. New for 2026 from nightforce is the nx6 1-6x24 with a 6.4" mounting length, fixed 4" eye relief, capped turrets, and something like a german #4 crosshair. When it comes to a tough scope, nightforce is going to be tough to beat. It's 1500 on preorder/backorder. It's 500-700 more than I...

Hi Gents! Between a Meopta Meostar-R2 1-6x24 and a Trijicon Credo HX 1-6x24, which one would survive bouncing around in a quad or horseback scabbard (and dropped while hiking)? Thank you!

I have to laugh that this only lasted an hour before getting scooped up!

Wish I new a place that would take deposits like that. I'm willing to wait 6mo-yr.

go for it! Get the NECG full barrel band rear sight base, barrel band sling attachment, and banded front sight base. Heck, if you want to restock too: get the sunnyhill extended magazine for it. I don't know an M7 gunsmith but if they can rebarrel a mauser I wouldn't think it'd be too...

There's a glut of BNIB winchester 70's in 458 on gun broker right now with fairly low starting bids. Might be easy to snag one ~$1400-1700

Yes, I noticed. Granted, you could maybe cut them down to a length IF (and its a big if) the inner and outer diameters are the same. But it would be fiddly work with a bunch of trial an error.

Try a Wolff extra power spring maybe? https://www.gunsprings.com/WINCHESTER/70/cID2/mID120/dID331 Sorry, those don't fit the post-2008 models.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1109178495 Ending today. Early CZ550 in 458 WM. Nice tiger stripes in the wood grain. Still a couple hundred under $2k. Put another crossbolt behind the recoil lug to prevent the splitting that happens in these early models and that will be a pretty rifle for...