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Is any body shooting this outta their 71's? I am looking for info on this round,I just picked up a long tang 71,I would like to convert to something that would give me ballistics similar to the 450/400NE,thanks. DRSS | ||
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Bill73, This is a very late response to your question. The Rifle Magazine's - Special Edition titled The Legacy of Lever Guns dated Winter 2000 has an interesting article by Dave Scovill about the Winchester Model 71. He discusses the .348;.348 Improved Ackley; 450 Alaskan/.450-348 Ackley Improved; .416-348 Ackley Improved; .50 Alaskan; .375 Alaskan. Jim | |||
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The first 71 James Watts made up (other than the .450 Alaskan) was his .40-348, but the bullet diameter was .411" Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Im pretty hardened to recoil, but the 71 is not famous for absorbing recoil, and the ones I have shot determined the reason I have never hunted with one 458 caliber...just a mention for what its worth. For the NA continent the mod. 71 .348 with proper bullets is suitable for any animal including the biggest of bears IMO, and a beautifully made firearm..I love the Win. 71 and 86. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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Thanks gents, I did get all the info that I was looking for,lots of very helpful folks here on AR,I have my rifle at SSK industries as we speak getting converted to the 416/348 improved,it's getting a new barrel. DRSS | |||
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Bill. You'll enjoy it, I have the rifle mentioned in the Wolfe's magazine and in "Big Bore Rifles". All the work was done by Ackinson on the same rifle, 4 different barrels and calibers. I've had it for at least 15 years in .416/.348 improved and taken lots of big game with it, including several grizzlies. A stranger is a friend we haven't met | |||
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Thanks for posting,My rifle is nearing completion at SSK industries,the dies are ready as well,in my mind this gun should be a sweet shooter @ 9 lbs,with the right bullets it should do all that I ask of it. DRSS | |||
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Bill73's pea shooter  Double Rifle Shooters Society | |||
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Got the gun,came in at 8.9 ozs,balances real well,now for load development. DRSS | |||
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Bill, You have a PM. Matt Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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beautiful rifle!  | |||
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