What are your fellas opionions on the interarms 458win mag? i beleive its the alaskan model. it has a front sight and a ghost ring rear. the barrel is not tapped for a rear sight.Are these pretty solid rifles.. thanks

I think they are good rifles. I have a Whitworth 458. Except for the sights, stock, markings and where they were assembled, I don't think there is any significant difference.

I had an Interarms .458 and it was just fine as-is from the factory.

I think they are good rifles, but everyone that I have seen and bought had a cracked stock(wood). These are the Alaskan versions and they needed to be steel bedded at least. The last one I got, The stock was stamped SILE in the forend channel which leads me to believe they were assembled here with less attention to detail than needed into a stock supplied by one of the big wholesalers. My .02. Lee.

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Originally posted by grizzinater:
What are your fellas opionions on the interarms 458win mag?.....

Can't say about the .458 but my.375 is built on the Interarms Mark X action. It is a great combination. No heartburn here on the action.

thanks for your replys, i got it today and am pretty impressed with the way it feels. Seems a little on the light side but oh well you wont know when shooting at something. it is bedded and pinned infront of the mag box and i cant waint to shoot her.The only thing that i was surprised at was how thin the muzzle was but i guess there isnt that much pressure there..thanks

We had alot of them in parks- not the alaskan model. They worked well but the barrels wore out very quickly once we switched to A square mono's. Since almost all the interarms rifles that came into central Africa came in via the CIA as cover for other arms deals we may well have got a "cheeper"edition (Oh yes it happens Smith & Wesson sent a shipment of 50 pistols to a local gun shop 6 years back- all dud's).

So, Check the bore

Hello,
I am absolutely "shocked" to hear of such activities of the CIA in Africa. I have heard of earthmoving equipment brought into Africa, Caterpillar, Komatsu, etc., with their radiators full of "anti freeze/coolant" to various islamic kingdoms yet I have always been told that alcohol was taboo.
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