I have owned probably a dozen Winchester Model 71s over 40 years and these .348s have taken everything
from my best 295 pound white tail to a large interior Alaskan bull moose. Nothing shot over 110 yards, as I am an old skool still/stalk hunter.
My remaining pre-war 5 Model 71s include two 450 Alaskans-that wildcat will just about handle anything in North America.
I have heard of the 444 caliber but my preferences are made by Winchester, and I own no lever action rifles with "extra" dangerous safeties.
John Browning designed the 1886 and Winchester refined the 86 and the original Model 71. Hunting is too serious in grizzly country to settle
for less than the best in rifle and caliber.
" Keep your eyes along the skyline and your nose into the wind".
