Well,

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, and right above that picture is a picture of my rifle that shows it before the scope blocks were added.

Seond pic shows my rifle's barrel unfinished, "in the white", during construction.

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You never pay too much for something, you only buy it too early.