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Originally posted by lawndart:
RIP,

You need to impress the Impresario, he is the money source.


But I am keeping one of the .375/404JS-2012 rifles, the one with the "proper" barrel.


That would make a Nasty .378 WBY, as in Ashley judd saying, "I am a Naaasty woman."

I will think long and hard about it.
Until then I have a .375/404JS-2012 "switch-barrel" for the CZ 550 Magnum,
as well as the factory ".425/404 Jeffery" take-off barrel that came with it,
it being the action that is about to become a ".410/404 Jeffery Rimless Nitro Express."
This has clarified my nomenclature.
If you use a .425-grooved McGowen barrel for a 404 Jeffery, then it is actually a wildcat, the ".425/404 Jeffery."
If you use a .423-grooved Pac-Nor or Lothar Walther barrel then it is a plain old "404 Jeffery."

I applaud your decision to go with the long, slope shouldered, "A" version.

It has got me excited about having a Ruger No.1 "one-shooter"
and a slick-feeding CZ "sixshooter" for practically the same cartridge,
except flanged for the former and rimless for the latter.
Interchangeable loads in the different brass.
Able to vaporize 210-grain pistol bullets at +3300 fps with either one.

At the university I always felt it was easier to explain why you only took 12 hours of very difficult classes, and got all As. In much the same way, it is easier to explain why it took six well fed shots to put the buffalo down, rather than having a friend explain to your widow that the cartridges looked great, but didn't feed all that well, or quickly.

I get the analogy, even if one "well fed" shot is usually going to do the job, insurance is good.

RIP, Lothar Walther has one barrel left in stock for the .423" caliber in a Mauser "E" style barrel, 1:14" twist. Whatcha Think?

Does nothing for me, but whatever turns your crank.

Also, what is the brand and model name/SKU of that gray barrel wrapped around the Winchester actioned rifle? Looks good, and comfortable.

That is an HS Precision stock (if that is what you are asking about) out of Rapid City, SD.
It has an integral bedding block/aluminum endoskeleton. That is all I know about it.
I got it off the rack at a Sportsman's Whorehouse store, for well under $300 way back when.
I bought three of them at that price, a second Winchester M70 and another for a Ruger M77 MK II.
That last one fits the Hawkeye, don't even know if they still make it.
The Bell & Carlson Medalist is as good or better if it suits you, for a Winchester M70.

I was surprised to see what Bell and Carlson charged for the CZ stock compared to the CZ catalog.

B&C has done well by CZ lovers, for sure.

Here is a picture a good friend shared with me yesterday of some "E" model F-4, Phantom IIs climbing up and out of the St. Louis Lambert airfield, headed toward the Howard Military Operating Area (MOA). I made similar flights many hundreds of times back in the 1980s.