I had this rifle in my keep forever pile, and I really do love it, but I have a monster Rx bill coming for the immunosupresant drugs I have to take now, plus co pays etc. for my hospital stay and Kidney Transplant. So, this one is back up for sale. I would consider a Mauser, Ruger mdl 77 Mk ll, or Winchester pre 64 or Classic action 30/06 as a part trade.

When I posted this rifle up in the custom rifle section here, the guys who know lots more about these kinds of things than I do or ever will surmised that this is likely a Len Brownell build. Partly (largely?) based upon the wonderfully executed tapered octagon barrel WITH integral rib. Apparently one of his trademarks. I only have that input, no provenance to that. What I DO know is that this is a VERY high end build, pretty as pretty can be, and it shoots well and kills Mule Deer at long range with ease. Yes, I do hunt with it and it has a few small stock dings from being an actual hunting rifle.

The chamber on this rifle was cut generously enough that a 300 WinMag case that has only been necked down to 7mm fits and runs terrific. So this is actually a 7mm Practical or a 7mm/300 WinMAg but the Flour De Liese (SP?) engraving on the barrel is so pretty, and 7mm Mashburn as well as 7mm WBY and 7mm RemMag ammo all run in it too so no reason IMO to change that engraving at all.

Some features besides the awesome tapered and ribbed octagon barrel include a Model 70 style safety, custom Bases and QD lever release rings that perfectly fit THIS rifle only, and fit a 42mm objective lens Leupold scope exactly perfectly. Scope that is on it is a just back from Leupold from getting a full re build as its erector assembly went wonky last fall. It is a gloss 4.5-14x42. Only the width of a business card distance between the bottom of the Objective lens and the Express sight base. Also a neat extra lever on the bolt stop/release and many other features that I am forgetting. I simply use a 7mm STW die set to neck the 300 WinMag brass down and it makes perfect ammunition.

Dropping the price $1,000 from the last time I sold it (then bought it back at about the same price), to only $3995 with scope, ammo, brass, including shipping.

My mule deer load pushes 120gr TTSX's (Moly'ed) to 3700fps. Pretty deadly on deer, for sure. I also have several hundred bullets in 139-140gr from Hornaday (GMX) and Nosler (Accubond) all Moly'ed up to go with the rifle.

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