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I thought Page was left handed. The rifle appears to be set up for a right handed shooter. But it appears that the safety IS set up for a lefty.
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I thought Page was left handed. The rifle appears to be set up for a right handed shooter. But it appears that the safety IS set up for a lefty. djs: No; that safety on many commercial FN's is "normal", and was arranged so a right handed shooter simply reached over the grip with his thumb and flicked it down.It is two position.... I have owned a few and they work fine for a right handed shooter.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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...I would give my left nut to own one of those Mashburns....  ... Will be interesting to see where they fit that in amongst the bids made in dollars. There used to be a mailbox that we would drive past that had "L. Nutt" on it. We never did know the man's name, but always referred to the place as "Lefty's Place".
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5s: Dollars will do the trick.... 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Certainly a couple of hunting rifles with some real history, and miles, on them. I'd love to own either but that is way above my pay grade. Love the overall setup of the 375, just about exactly how I'd like to do an FN build, maybe one day on an 06 (of all things!) or another whelen (not a matter of need, just want).
On my to do list this fall is to get a copy of One Man's Wilderness, I've read it a few times but it has been several years.
For me, Page was one of the most enjoyable writers I have ever read about hunting/rifles, period.
If I ever have another 7 mag, it will be a mashburn or weatherby, just because.
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Did anyone notice Jack O'Connor's Pachmayr custom .257 Roberts on that auction site?
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Anyone who really needs a 375 Wby barrel bounce me a pm, I may have a barrel for you...grin
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(5 wt Schneider cut to 23", stls, it's on my old 70, shoots great, is in good shape just more bump than I need want or desire anymore. If I can't do it with my Mashburn for me it most likely aint a gonne get done)
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I got a Mashburn Super of my own and since I built it, have very little desire for anything else.I don't need anything else.   Careful using that four letter word, "need". A man could talk himself out of future builds, a dangerous scenario...  And Bob, at least here on the Fire, you about as famous as ole Warren...  But, I guess the Fire is a small world compared the everything else out there... DF
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I suspect that you could just go and shoot the same load and kill a pile of game with that rifle. Its more of a historic thing, it should be in the NRA fire arms Museum. Old surplus 4831 was the slowest powder he could get, and I used a lot of it in a 7mm RM. Shooting some 475 head of big Game of all sizes took some doing.I would not even think of the kind of resources you would need to do that much hunting world wide these days.
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Did anyone notice Jack O'Connor's Pachmayr custom .257 Roberts on that auction site? Yup! Didn't want to hijack the thread. Think that rifle is pictured in some of his books. Gmsemel you may be right about that rifle being in the museum. It would still be very neat to hunt one of those old Mashburn-built widcats. Dirtfarmer I read of the Mashburn for years with Page and Hagel.T'was Dober and Docbill who got me to build one...great advise from those guys!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Gee thanks Bob. I didn't think I had any stroke on this board at all. Page was my HERO more than all the rest except maybe James Mellon in a different way and Elgin Gates just because he was so COOL. I'm really glad you like your Mashburn.
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Doc you got stroke here all right! Your knowledge and enthusiaism spoke volumes to me. I can't think of many BG hunting chores that can't be settled with a 175 gr 7mm bullet at almost 3100 fps....yeah, I know there are cartridges that do the same things....but still.. Seriously one very practical characteristic of the cartridge that I have noticed is the uniformity of velocities across several different rifles.....seems everyone who has one lands in about the same place,velocity wise.Even more intriguing that the design is now about 60 years old and still very "modern" by any standards. Mellon and Gates were both Icons.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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That Mashburn has quite a cool factor.
Bob your's turned out very well.
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MagMarc: Thanks, Yes it did....I like it a lot.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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I just ran across a Warren Page article on a world wide 3 gun battery from the 1961 Gun Digest. One suggestion he had was the 240 PSP, 7mm Mashburn Magnum and the 375 Weatherby. A modern day equivalent to my mind would be the 6mm Rem, 7mm Ultra Mag and the 375 Ultra Mag. He suggested that the most practical would be a 30-06 Spr, 375 H&H and the 458 Win Mag. With modern bullets and powders that combination would be even better today.
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Page was a wonderful writer and thinker of the era but was unloved re. OConner because he was less of a story teller. His articles are gems of insight for the ages. I regularly reread them for insights anew inspite of them being 50-60 yrs. old.
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I just ran across a Warren Page article on a world wide 3 gun battery from the 1961 Gun Digest. One suggestion he had was the 240 PSP, 7mm Mashburn Magnum and the 375 Weatherby. A modern day equivalent to my mind would be the 6mm Rem, 7mm Ultra Mag and the 375 Ultra Mag. He suggested that the most practical would be a 30-06 Spr, 375 H&H and the 458 Win Mag. With modern bullets and powders that combination would be even better today. arl: I remember that article.Page was a 6mm and 6.5mm fan as well....very savvy and had figured out a whole lot of the stuff we see today about calibers,etc.awhile ago.Not based on theory either as he hunted with a lot of calibers/cartridges,including the 300 Weatherby and a 35 Mashburn. He settled on the 7mm Mashburn/175 gr combo, and 375 Weatherby for a lot of what he did and killed many animals, globally,with those two cartridges.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Hmm, once upon a time I ran the 240 PSP, the Mash and the 375 Wby. Wonder where on earth I got some of my influence from...grin
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Dober: Hard to say...  Research required!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Zeesh and I tried to lob that one. Dober
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