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Bob, starting in the early '70s, I would go to the old Mashburn Arms, sad to say, I was too young, uninformed & enamored with handguns to know what a shrine of loonyism it was. I'm sure Art was gone by then and I don't recall any talk about custom rifles, but they had lots of neat stuff for a broke college student to dream about.
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Bob, starting in the early '70s, I would go to the old Mashburn Arms, sad to say, I was too young, uninformed & enamored with handguns to know what a shrine of loonyism it was. I'm sure Art was gone by then and I don't recall any talk about custom rifles, but they had lots of neat stuff for a broke college student to dream about. I had a similar experience when Hallowell & Co. were still located in Greenwich, CT. Also in college lusting after a full custom Ottmar in .30-06. Price was $3500...may as well have been 10k. That first trip was the catalyst for my love of custom walnut rifles.
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Son/Gael: I had similar experiences. Lots of the great old shops are gone.I visited Griffin&Howe in NY several times on trips down there,back when they were located with Abercrombie& Fitch. I could not afford their stuff either, myself. We used to make an annual run to Hallowell's in Greenwich to kill a winters day each year.Hallowells was filled with rifles by top end makers,and of course G&H made their own. When I think of the prices compared to today,it makes me cringe....but it's all relative I suppose. 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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That rifle needs to kill something. Art & Warren would agree. Man, that is true stuff right there! Bob, I still have a little of kids college fund left, maybe we can share it every other Fall..  Those old rifles were made to hunt. The Mashburn was made to be in the mountains chasing after elk and muleys. Heck, we thought today was filled with niche cartridges... 
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Scotty I don't think Killa wants to sell it. Think he was just looking for info. No response to PM's.  You'd think he would just come back and say "Hi".
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Either way, I hope whatever happens with it, he takes it hunting.
Heck, I'd love to send him some of the 160 AB loads I have for mine, I bet they'd be close enough for him to torch 3 off and see what the old rifle does..
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It would be a shame not to hunt that rifle.
Want To Buy;
Form die for a 7mm Mashburn Super.
.284 Hornady AMax 162gr.
.224 Hornady AMax 75gr.
22-250 bushing die
Bushing die that will work with the 7mm Mashburn Super
A couple Glock 42 380ACP mags
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After much haggle and hassle with the previous owner i did finally acquire the Mashburn 7mm super mag a couple weeks ago. I just got back in town and got a chance to take some decent pictures. With exception to a few indents in the stock (which is otherwise very gorgeous) the rifle does seem to be in excellent shape and the blue is very nice. I also got 1 complete box of vintage ammo with load data on it and it came with original vintage weaver scope. Also i will note the trigger on this thing is insanely light. I would venture to say under 1 lb. it is certainly light. Lots of pictures and you can blow them up as well. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/59pe24agj4a168s/AACNlpqaukJjj0oVa99zm0V1a?dl=0
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BTW guys i wasnt ignoring any posts or messages but i have been in and out of town lately with little time to chat. Sorry for not responding.
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K G -
Gorgeous rifle !!!!!!
Original Mashburn at that.
Congrats!!
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What a great find! I hope it shoots the same way it looks!
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for anyone interested i did post this rifle as for sale on the classifieds section
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