GunsAmerica 458

Interesting muzzle brake and see through scope rings. How high do you have to hold your head to see through that scope? Could that be one of the reasons he doesn't like the recoil? I wonder if you could cut off the brake and recrown?

Regards,

Terry

Hell, Terry, you can sell the see-through mounts, Ramline stock, and muzzle-brake on eBay, and have a half-decent rifle for under $500.

This looks like it was put together by a dude used to Marlin .35 Remington rifles. A lot of the guys who hunt upstate NY have see-through mounts.

You can get a muzzle cap to cover those threads for less than a cut-and-recrown job.

George

Last year I saw a 458 Savage with the factory muzzle brake for sale. It not only had the see through mounts but also a 4 - 16X Tasco variable scope on top.

George,

Yes I could sell the scope and rings, brake, Ramline stock, dies and brass (after I shot it, since I don't reload).

Glass bed it (if needed) and cut/recrown (don't like the idea of a screw on cap just because of appeareances).

If the gun is really 100%, I could end up with a nice rifle for cheap. It's tempting.

Regards,

Terry

Gave me a shiver too. Yuck.

Pretty good "fixer-upper" though.

Canuck

see through mounts..........wonder how they would look on my 404 jeffery..........just kidding, they make me sick at my tummy.

Terry,
At that price I think it could be a deal. Sell all the extras. Use that money to send it to Hill Country Rifles and have them drop it in one of their McMillan Signature Safari stocks with a drop box and Sunny Hill bottom metal. They will blueprint and true up the action. Cut and recrown the barrel. Bed it, shoot it in, could teflon coat it if it floats your boat. Probably for a little over $1000 to $1200. If you recoup a few hundred off the extras???? Nice semi-custom gun for less than you could build one for. Everybody needs a project gun!

A good project gun at a good price.

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Originally posted by fla3006:
A good project gun at a good price.

I need another project gun like I need a hole in my head, but that one had me going "Hmmm..."

It could clean up into a real nice rifle.

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Charles: I need another project gun like I need a hole in my head, but that one had me going "Hmmm..."

Me too!

they call see through sights "game savers" because you can't hit s*** unless it's at the range it's sighted in for, do to most people using cheap mounts use cheap scopes and the paralex is AMAZING

take of the scope (it's only good for cutting your forehead at that height) sell the plastic stock, and have a ball..


Terry, you don't reload?
HOLY COW

jeffe

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Terry, you don't reload?
HOLY COW

Too damn old to learn (and too damn lazy).

Regards,


Terry

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I need another project gun like I need a hole in my head, but that one had me going "Hmmm..."

If you shoot it with that scope in those rings, you might get another hole in your head, just above the eyebrow.


Okie John