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Every Model 70 I have ever owned, or seen for that matter, had the caliber marked on top of the barrel just behind the Winchester logo. That caliber marking must have been done by whoever fluted the barrel and erased the original markings.

It so happens that the two bolt actions taken on all three of my African hunts were based on a P-14 Enfield and a Winchester Model 70 (pre-War). Their calibers were .505 SRE and .300 H&H. My multi- barrel weapons were a Krieghoff Teck O/U double rifle with interchangeable barrels in .458 WM and...

Here is my .505 Gibbs, built on a Granite Mouuntain action with double sq

The Dayton-Traister web site {https://tecmagex.com/en/dayton-traister-mark-2-rifle-trigger-enfield-p14-p17-without-safety-blue-0-9-3-15kg.html) should answer your questions. There were several versions of the trigger, including a speed lock and a version for modified trigger guard.

! was using s "lead sled" long before one was available commercially. I find it invaluable. I have no facts and figures to back my theory, but I found years ago that after I had been shooting International Skeet for some time, my rifle technique improved dramatically. Unlike the rules of...

I just realized that I misrepresented the shot barrels: they are 20 gauge 3" Magnum caliber, Very handy for Guinea fowl and sand grouse. Ducks, too, as I once went duck hunting in a native canoe painted bright yellow, which the ducks didn't seem to mind.

I calculated the recoil generated by this incident I described above and and came up with the following figures: Bullet Weight:1000 (gr) Bullet Velocity: 2130 (fps) Powder Charge Weight:140 (gr) Firearm Weight: 10.3 (lbs) Recoil Impulse 12.57 (lbs.sec) Recoil...

I had never shot with sticks before my first African hunt. I met my future professional hunter at a Game Coin convention in San Antonio, where I had been invited by John Buhmiller, my mentor as far as African Hunting was concerned. The late David Williams, of Ker, Downey and Selby, Nairobi, was...

The last buffalo I ever killed was with my .505 SRE (570 grain bullet at 2150 fps.) which developed 100 foot pounds of recoil energy. It had been flushed by the beaters and went straight across in front of me at about 50 yards. I shot four times before he went down, all of the shots hitting...

I suppose I'm hopelessly old fashioned, but I look at any feature on a scope beyond focus as asking for trouble. Consequently, my DG rifles are equipped with low powered scopes (2 1/2X to 3X) and have no self centering reticles. To me, combining a heavy recoil rifle with a scope packed with...

I was lucky enough to stumble onto a 1922 Newton owned by someone who was unaware of what he had. Neither were any ot the other bidders, as evidenced by their cautious bidding. I took one look at the set triggers and knew what I was looking at. Evidently no one else did.

Let me put the question another way: Why has there never been a successful lever action shotgun? There has been a lever action shotgun, the Model 1881, designed by John Browning at Winchester's request, but only in 10 gauge, so as not to compete with Winchester's successful slide action...

The windage adjustment on my 2,5X Noske scope is frozen, resisting all efforts to turn it. Under the assumption that the cause is hardened grease, I have considered applying a hair drier to it in an effort to melt the grease without damaging the scope mechanism. If I knew of a scope mechanic...

If you're me, and it's 1970, you'd have to resort to wildcatting, as I did, with my .505 SRE (570 grain bullet at 2150 fps.). Nowadays, you have quite a number of choices. Perhaps the easiest would be the .500 Jeffrey, which does not require a Magnum length action and is probably the easiest to...