My new Big Bore!

[Altitude sickness]

The only way that rifle could be nicer is when you wear some of the blueing off from years of use.

Then maybe chop the barrel to 20-21”

 

[cpr0312]

Congrats on the beautiful new addition!

 

[Neil Molendyk]

It's commonly referred to as an addiction. The most frequent response is denial. It can be treated. But why?

 

[Andrew62]

What a beautiful rifle!! Good for you!!

 

[Axle2010]

Beautiful piece! Congratulations on a great buy, the big bores are getting harder to find every day especially that nice.

 

[Albert GRANT]

If my FFL guy had a nickel for every time he has heard me say "No more this year. Honest."

I'm guessing he has about $20 for everytime you say that.....

 

[pjaln]

tried and true. congrats

 

[jbirdwell]

Great find. NEnjoy

 

[Henrysdad]

That is nice!

 

[CZDiesel]

I was watching that auction and almost bid but have a couple other guns I’m chasing/hunting for, for my Winchester collection

So you know how well it was bought, let’s keep that between us lol And thanks for not driving it up!
I kinda thought someone here on the forum would be bidding against me. I owe you a beer!!!

 

[DPHunter4570]

That's a nice one!

 

[CZDiesel]

That's a nice one!

Thank you DP! Pretty excited about it!

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

So you know how well it was bought, let’s keep that between us lol And thanks for not driving it up!
I kinda thought someone here on the forum would be bidding against me. I owe you a beer!!!

I was kicking myself for not bidding since it went way under value. It was very tempting not to bid with 10-15 minutes left.

 

[CZDiesel]

I was kicking myself for not bidding since it went way under value. It was very tempting not to bid with 10-15 minutes left.

As I said, I owe you a beer! Or two or three lol

 

[CoElkHunter]

Fantastic rifle! Congrats!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

She a beauty. But then again, which New Haven made control round feed Winchester Model 70 isn't ?

I just wish that yours had a 24" barrel. With a 22" barrel, it becomes a little challenging to achieve above 2050-2060 FPS out of a .458 Winchester Magnum (esp. with the Model 70's relatively long throat).

 

[Bert the Turtle]

She a beauty. But then again, which New Haven made control round feed Winchester Model 70 isn't ?

I just wish that yours had a 24" barrel. With a 22" barrel, it becomes a little challenging to achieve above 2050-2060 FPS out of a .458 Winchester Magnum (esp. with the Model 70's relatively long throat).

With a long throat, could it not be loaded long to increase available case capacity, essentially making it functionally a 458 Lott? Or is the magazine too short to allow that?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

With a long throat, could it not be loaded long to increase available case capacity, essentially making it functionally a 458 Lott? Or is the magazine too short to allow that?

It could work as a single shot, though.

 

[cash_tx]

Beautiful rifle! And yes, I swore off gun buying at least a half dozen guns ago.

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

As I said, I owe you a beer! Or two or three lol

Just post some trophy pictures with it soon and we’ll call it good