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Great grouping, and very nice rifle with history behind it . was mr Rigby before a pc crash | |||
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Hello PerH thanks for the reply. Yes, it fast becoming one of my favorites. " .... you never pay too much for something, you only buy it too early .... " How to Hunt Wisconsin Whitetail Deer with a Cannon How to Hunt Feral Cats with a Mortar | |||
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Still a shooter! Well done. She is a fine old girl. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Hello bwanamrm Thanks for the reply. Yes, shot a few more rounds today - 1-1/8" 5-shot group @ 50 yds. The rifle's History is slowly being puzzled together. Today I found a couple more references to this rifle's build in the 1984 Gun Digest. First pic shows Jack Lott shooting a 458 model 70. Right above him is a picture of my rifle. The picture shows the rifle before the scope blocks were added. Second pic shows my rifle's barrel unfinished, "in the white",during construction.   " .... you never pay too much for something, you only buy it too early .... " How to Hunt Wisconsin Whitetail Deer with a Cannon How to Hunt Feral Cats with a Mortar | |||
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What a cool story and cool rifle! Thx for sharing it. I admit I am a bit amused with the irony of a Lott rifle in 458WM. Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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Nice find...thanks for posting. Enjoyed the story behind it! _____________________ Steve Traxson | |||
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Hello srtrax. Thanks for the reply. I love rifles with stories. Now if only I can locate some of those missing papers that were with the rifle.
Hello Duckear, Thanks for the reply. Apparently Jack built whatever the customer wanted. In this case a 458 Win Mag for Howard French. It is likely that even though Jack had developed the 458 Lott wildcat by the time he built this rifle, Mr. French was not a handloader and did not want a rifle chambered for a wildcat cartridge. Rather, he wanted a big game rifle in a caliber that had cartridges readily available throughout Africa. . . Here's an update ... see the link below. I just found another 458WM Jack Lott rifle ... , click this link " .... you never pay too much for something, you only buy it too early .... " How to Hunt Wisconsin Whitetail Deer with a Cannon How to Hunt Feral Cats with a Mortar | |||
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