21 March 2005, 03:13
mikethebear450 Alaskan Bolt Action
Yesterday at the Austin Texas gun show I saw a 450 alaskan made from a military mauser action with a heavy barrel about 18" long. It had a lyman receiver sight and probably a marble gold dot front sight. Dies, brass, and another stock were all for $450.00. I think it had been rebored because the barrel contours looked like a 98 mauser. Stepped barrel and all. I was actually tempted.
21 March 2005, 03:36
MartinPottsYou should have bought it .
21 March 2005, 05:07
500grainsI have difficulty thinking of a more useless gun. Most custom bolt action rifles for rimmed cartridges do not feed worth a crap. You would be much better off with a Whitworth .458 Win Mag which I have seen from $400 to $650 at gun shows.
21 March 2005, 05:12
lb404You could do a number on the 450 Marlin. We had one made up in a Winchester SS short action and loaded the rounds out to 3" and it will shoot. It was very accurate and in a 20" barrel to boot. My partner shot a bull bison with a 350 gr. Barnes X bullet at I think 2350 f/s and it went from chest to ass and dropped him like a ton of bricks. That is some potent weaponry.
21 March 2005, 05:15
N E 450 No2I am with 500 grains on this one. I have had 2 bolt action 458,s. They respond very well to being loaded down from 45/70 ballistics up to 458 Magnum ballistics. They did not seem finiky at all. One of my 458's was a Whitworth, it was a nice rifle. The action needed a little smoothing up, but it shot good.
21 March 2005, 06:19
AfricanHunterquote:
Originally posted by mikethebear:
Yesterday at the Austin Texas gun show I saw a 450 alaskan made from a military mauser action with a heavy barrel about 18" long. It had a lyman receiver sight and probably a marble gold dot front sight. Dies, brass, and another stock were all for $450.00. I think it had been rebored because the barrel contours looked like a 98 mauser. Stepped barrel and all. I was actually tempted.
I cannot imagine how you could be tempted on it at even 200$. Feeding problems in the making. Just get a .458 and go hunt. Load it down if you want.
21 March 2005, 07:09
jeffeossoi'd have asked him to plop in soem dummies, show me it fed, and then left with it
jeffe
21 March 2005, 23:30
Lawdog_Garyquote:
Originally posted by lb404:
You could do a number on the 450 Marlin. We had one made up in a Winchester SS short action and loaded the rounds out to 3" and it will shoot. It was very accurate and in a 20" barrel to boot. My partner shot a bull bison with a 350 gr. Barnes X bullet at I think 2350 f/s and it went from chest to ass and dropped him like a ton of bricks. That is some potent weaponry.
My Win. M70 .450 Marlin works great using bullets up to 500 grs. My brother in-law used it to take his last Brown Bear. One couldn't ask for a quicker, cleaner kill. Lawdog
22 March 2005, 03:02
mikethebearI like to report on some of the weird stuff I see at the gunshow. I have not seen a whitworth 375 or 458 at a gunshow yet. I would buy the 375 in a heartbeat.
Meanist thing I ever saw was a Ruger #3 375 winchester hulled out to a 375 H&H. Did have a recoil pad instead of a steel butt plate.
I also saw a Ruger 1A in 22 long rifle about 3 years ago, but I didn't have the cash.
23 March 2005, 03:14
Whitworthmikethebear -- I traded a rather nice Whitworth Mark X in .375 H&H with Cabelas in Dundee Michigan about 6 months ago. Haven't seen them advertise it, but it might be worth calling them at the gun library.
23 March 2005, 03:21
dSmith.45quote:
Originally posted by lb404:
You could do a number on the 450 Marlin.
Or the wildcat .458x2" American. Same thing as the Marlin round but cases can be made from most any standard magnum brass.