Recent content by RIDE-RED350r

Yes. The current Alaskan is offered in all of those. But do note that the Alaskan in 375 H&H will have a magnum length action and a second crossbolt like the Safari Express.

Yes, absolutely true and I'm aware. Just easier to say Winchester

I don't mean to get too far off topic here, but I agree on the old service rifles. For quite a few years I had a desire to pick up a tastefully sporterized Springfield '03. Well, a couple years ago I found one I liked and the price wasn't disagreeable. Paid a pinch under $500. I figured for...

I would say the same is true of the new ones too. To the OP, Winchester is still making these rifles. I think it's a matter of timing your search to when production runs start filtering in to retailers. Scouring sites like GB will be your best bet in finding what you are looking for. Pre-64...

I don't think anyone has asserted that a lever rifle is or would be superior or more reliable than a CRF bolt rifle anywhere in this thread unless I missed it. What is being said however is that there seems to be some misguided assertation that they are inherently unreliable and far inferior to...

Correct, the model 70 Supergrade is not offered in 416 Rem. In current production the only rifle they offer in that is the Model 70 Safari Express. Also correct is that the older Super Express is as close to a Supergrade big bore as you can get. Earlier Super Expresses were push feed. The...

I love a lever rifle chambered in hyphenated 45! Just brought home my second 45-70 three days ago. A Winchester 1886 Trapper Limited by Davidsons. Already had it in the woods hunting yesterday. Trekked through some thick stuff. The little Trapper is handy for that. The day before I ran my...

Yes, I have a couple P&R model 19 and I stick with nothing lighter than 140gr bullets in those, mostly use 158gr and nothing over book max, which many say is milder than the 357 Mag loads of its earlier days. The K-Frame forcing cone is thin compared to an L-Frame and has a flat on the...

I know of at least one documented case where someone thought it would be funny to put a 500 in the hands of an inexperienced shooter. Unfortunately she was killed by the double tap. Pretty easy to find vids on YouTube showing double taps too.

Looks normal to my eye. Though your drive spurs look a bit hammered. Double tapping is known to have happened with heavy full house loads in the X-Frames, particularly with the 500. It's never happened to me with my 460, and I don't think I've ever come close to it either. Probably because I...

I own a S&W 460V (5" barrel). I bought it lightly used about 10 years ago and brought it home with a couple boxes of factory Hornady ammo as I wasn't yet tooled and supplied to make my own for it. With the Hornady factory stuff, I would sometimes get as many as three out of five that I would...

Speaking of the 405WCF. I went to my LGS to pick up a new to me rifle three days ago. It's a Winchester 1886 Trapper Limited, 1 of only 201 made... Awesome little walk around hammer! But anyway, I digress... In the rack at the shop was something that really caught my eye. It was a Cimarron...

My brother in law has a current production Winchester 1895 in 405WCF. I have handled it as well as fired it. It is a very nice rifle in form as well as function. As to the 405WCF. I feel that reliably making a good shot at 300yds may be a bit much to ask of it. It was designed to be a big game...

This person strikes me as a PETA troll. First post was pretty cool but the rest is a dumpster fire.

Thank you for sharing this story! I too am a lever rifle fanatic and a Winchester 71 is very high on my short list of "must have". The 348 is a very stout cartridge. I don't know why anyone would think otherwise. If it was good enough for moose and big bears in North America, why wouldn't it be...