Great grouping, and very nice rifle with history behind it .

Hello PerH

thanks for the reply.

Yes, it fast becoming one of my favorites.

Still a shooter! Well done. She is a fine old girl.

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.

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.

Nice find...thanks for posting. Enjoyed the story behind it!

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Originally posted by srtrax:
Nice find...thanks for posting. Enjoyed the story behind it!

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.

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Originally posted by Duckear:
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.

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.

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Here's an update ... see the link below.

I just found another 458WM Jack Lott rifle ... , click this link