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Nice rifle and good find. Get all the documentation you can and keep it safe.
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Do you know if the other copy sold? Hello carbon12 Thansk for the reply. I don't think so - you can look it up on Amazon.com . . . Nice rifle and good find. Get all the documentation you can and keep it safe. Hello bigwhoop Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'll keep trying. I'm hoping more forum members will find articles that were published about this rifle by Jack Lott, or Harold French, and contact me.
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Some might be interested to know that the issue of "Guns & Ammo Big Bore Rifles" in question done by Jack (Jacques) Lott has become a collectors item. The last time I saw it mentioned on Amazon.com, a copy was offered for over $300. It is likely much higher today since that was years ago. As I recall, it was originally $2.95.
It is a good read and informative. I personally have two copies. One is heavily marked up by me in researching for an African hunting trip. The other has been kept untouched and I may give it to my son.
I have a couple of issues I have kept also and the piece Jack wrote on his tussle and being tossed by the buffalo is quite interesting. He admits that it was completley caused by his gut shooting the buff and was in no way the fault of the 458. He even goes on to say how great the 458 performed and how in the hands of Wally Johnson it saved his life . all of this has been completely ignored by a few writers either have never read it , or who chose to make up stories about how Jack's bashing was the fault of the poor ballistics of the 458.
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... Would you be so kind as to also show the photo from page 194. Buckstix- The photo below is the one you requested, but I'm a bit late because you posted a part of it above. You're also better at avoiding edge effects with a scanner. . . . . The caption states yours is a "three-slot 458 Mauser". I'll admit unfamiliarity with the 3-slot term. If it's not a typo, would you clarify? Page 193 shows a stock inletted and with with glass bedding for a "big-bore Mauser". There appears to be a serial number in the glass bedding of the recoil lug. Does that match your rifle? --Bob
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I have a couple of issues I have kept also and the piece Jack wrote on his tussle and being tossed by the buffalo is quite interesting. He admits that it was completley caused by his gut shooting the buff and was in no way the fault of the 458. He even goes on to say how great the 458 performed and how in the hands of Wally Johnson it saved his life .
All of this has been completely ignored by a few writers either have never read it, or who chose to make up stories about how Jack's bashing was the fault of the poor ballistics of the 458. Hello 458Win thanks for the reply. I've also heard and read that the bashing was the fault of the under-powered 458 WM and that's the reason why Lott made the larger "458 Lott" wildcat cartridge. Later I found out that story was all BS. - just another urban legend. . . . Buckstix- The photo below is the one you requested, but I'm a bit late because you posted a part of it above....
....You're also better at avoiding edge effects with a scanner. The caption states yours is a "three-slot 458 Mauser". I'll admit unfamiliarity with the 3-slot term. If it's not a typo, would you clarify?
Page 193 shows a stock inletted and with with glass bedding for a "big-bore Mauser". There appears to be a serial number in the glass bedding of the recoil lug. Does that match your rifle?
--Bob Hello BullShooter Thanks for the reply. Thanks for the picture, but I found a copy of that Gun Digest on the bookshelf at my gun club. I took pictures of the pages with a camera. I'm not familiar with the term "3-slot" either, I think perhaps it was a typo and should have said "3-shot" as my rifle holds 3 in the mag box. ? ? ? - just a guess. No, the stock shown on page 193 is not mine. My gun's serial number is 4-digits, and not stamped on the bottom of the action in that location.
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This photo is also shown on page 83 of that Big Bore Rifle magazine, as well as another inset photo of him at the bench with it. Hello FC363 Thanks for the reply. If you know of any other references to this rifle, please let me know. Evidently somebody spent $400 on the last one on Amazon.
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Hello FC363
Thanks for the reply.
Last week Amazon had 4 copies listed - $150 - $400 - $795 - $3995
Now all are gone.
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Hello FC363
Thanks for the reply.
Last week Amazon had 4 copies listed - $150 - $400 - $795 - $3995
Now all are gone. $3995? I hope the hell I kept my copy! Think I need to find it!
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$3995.00 that must have been a signed copy by Jack Lott.
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I hope the hell I kept my copy! Think I need to find it! Hello tex n cal, Thanks for your reply. Good idea, and put a price tag on it so your heirs don't sell it at a garage sale for a $1 when your gone. . . $3995.00 that must have been a signed copy by Jack Lott. Hello elkhunterm, Thanks for the reply. For $3995, it should have been "signed" by Lott, dedicated to the buyer, and included a "self-e" of him signing.
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458: Can you explain why Lott in the Guns and Ammo article "He (Lott) admits that it was completley caused by his gut shooting the buff and was in no way the fault of the 458" yet in ".458 Winchester Magnum The Truth, the Whole Truth!" Hunting Horizons Premier Issue 1992 page 50 Lott clearly attributes the lack of velocity and therefor inadequate penetration to the .458's hyper-compression problems due to "inadequate (for nitrocellulose) volumetric capacity"? Regarding "how in the hands of Wally Johnson it saved his life" do you think that the buffalo that used Lott as "the quoit in a game of buffalo toss" (Craig Boddington page 552 Any Shot You Want) succumbed because of shots 3,4,5,6,7,8,9 from Johnson's .375 H&H or shots 10 and 11 from the .458 after it moved off from the stream bed?
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Hello bobmn,
Thanks for your reply.
I think that account explains it well.
Have you found any other published articles that show this rifle?
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Hello bobmn,
Thanks for the reply.
If you ever run across any articles or dditional references to this rifle, or Howard French using it in the field, please contact me.
In the meantime, I've contacted the Fennville Rod And Gun Club in Michigan, where the rifle's original purchaser was a member, but now deceased, and offered a Reward / Finder's Fee for the photos and documents I'm seeking. I'm thinking that perhaps some of these items may have been purchased by his fellow club members upon his death.
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Dave Scovill, who edited the Lott piece Wolfe Pub ran by Jack Lott that bashed the standard 458 had never seen Jack's original piece he had written soon after his buffalo episode. I copied the entire G&A Big Bore magazine and sent it to him and he was completely suprised by Jack's 180% turnarond. My only conclusion is that Jack wanted to boost the fame of the cartridge with his name on it and, like so many gun writers, bashing a particular object appears to be one way to show their "expertise"
Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master Guide, Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor FAA Master pilot www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.comAnyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.
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This has been very interesting and enlightening. Thanks to all who have contributed.
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I am sure someone on here could copy features from the first G&A Big Bore magazine and post it for all to see as the original magazines seem to be priced out of sight currently.
Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master Guide, Alaska Hunter Ed Instructor FAA Master pilot www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.comAnyone who claims the 30-06 is not effective has either not used one, or else is unwittingly commenting on their marksmanship.
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Hello FC363
Thanks for the reply.
Last week Amazon had 4 copies listed - $150 - $400 - $795 - $3995
Now all are gone. If someone wants a copy and is willing to part with 3995.00 USD, this one, unsigned, is available.
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Hello 458Win,
Thanks for the reply.
So far I've found references to my rifle in;
1983 Big Bore rifles
1984 Guns Digest
1886 Gun Digest Hunting Annual
Do you know of any other publications that reference this rifle with text or pictures? By either by Jack Lott or Howard French?
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