New member from WA State

[Nyati]

 

[BryceM]

@BrowningSafari

To be truthful, I haven't handled the .458 much. I've certainly never shot it. I seem to recall it having the Mauser-style bolt, but I don't have it here in front of me. It's a few hours from where I am at the moment. Next opportunity, I'll check and report back.

 

[Angelo_orygun]

Welcome, from a PDX native! Enjoy this wonderful group!

 

[cpr0312]

Welcome aboard!

 

[BrowningSafari]

@BrowningSafari

To be truthful, I haven't handled the .458 much. I've certainly never shot it. I seem to recall it having the Mauser-style bolt, but I don't have it here in front of me. It's a few hours from where I am at the moment. Next opportunity, I'll check and report back.

Sounds good Bryce. I’ve been planning to write a paper on these rifles, compiling data for some time now. This is one of the variants that is curious. I appreciate it. While you’re handling it, if you wouldn’t mind noting the suffix or prefix to the serial #, which indicates year built (usually a single digit followed by the letter L or L followed by two digits) that would be great!

 

[CAustin]

Greetings everyone,
Just wanted to stop and say hi. I hunted plains game in Zimbabwe with Butch Walker back in ‘99 and then marriage, kids and life in general kept me hunting primarily stateside. Now I’m getting restarted on my African quests with a trip to SA this May, and then to Botswana in ‘27. I have long appreciated the insight and wisdom found in these pages and am happy to have finally joined the AH party. Thank you in advance for the help I will undoubtedly ask for!

Best of luck to everyone his year - stay safe and have fun.

Darin

Welcome to AH