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Breathtaking.
I have an old issue of Rifle from the 70's or 80's and Safari International commissioned some of the "best" gunbuilders in the day and built a set of "Big 5" rifles - all on commercial Mauser actions and all engraved/etc. Cool to see Winchester did the same thing years later.
These are just amazing rifles.
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I have not handled a lot of rifles from the old Winchester Custom shop, but these rifles really are nice with great wood.
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This set is still available. BTT
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Merry Christmas bump for a Beautiful set of rifles...now if I can just win a Powerball jackpot we'll talk....until then, thanks for letting us look and drool...and without drooling on them!
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Fantastic!
What part of the country are you located in?
Merry Christmas!
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They are all the same serial number, ending in BF1-5 for each of the specific guns. what number of 125 are they ?
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Sorry for the delayed response. I was out of town for some Christmas activities.
The rifles are serial # 37 of #125 and I am in Nebraska. Thanks for the interest.
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I'm sorry you haven't sold these, but it's nice to see them and think, "if the power ball hits, I've still got a chance at them"
long before Rodriguez stole that goat.
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Would love to see close up pics of the individual floorplates if you would indulge us all.
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OK,
will have to do a bit of uploading tonight
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The leopard is the .338, the lion is .375, the rhino is .470, the elephant is .458 and the buff is .416 (from memory)
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Oh to have the money...those are beautiful...
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Very, very nice. Thanks for the extra pics
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