338 Federal

Nice Rifle!

Very nice rifle and a cool chambering as well! I can say I’ve never seen one at a flea market.

Flea market? Wow, I need to get out more!
RAS

PS Chassowitzka? FL?? Maybe PL?
Since I have relatives near Czestochowa, PL...

Nope! It's in Florida, just south of Homosassa, which is just south of Crystal River....

Chassahowitzka --- it means 'the pumpkin hanging place'

Sweet one that.

Coincidence?


Although not a #1 nut, I could not pass this one up!






I have an AR that loves the 185 Gr Hornady GMX and i got a bunch loaded. Give them a try in the Ruger.

ya!

GWB

Read somewhere that there were not many No. 1s chambered in 338 Federal.......... a bit of a rarity!

GWB, ho0w do you like the Ruger to Weaver base???

Beautiful rifle wish we had flea markets like that.

If I were a betting man, I'd say there was a chance that that #1 started life as something other than a 338 Federal. I'd guess it was a re-bore, judging from the caliber engraving in what appears to be a mill cut. I could be wrong, but that engraving in the mill cut looks eerily like the engraving I've had done on a few re-bores I've had done.

This, from mine........

I know it's not a Single Shot, but it's from the same Flea Market, same day

I would certainaly like to find flea markets like that near me.

I have found some good ones in the past, "Bussy" north of San Antonio used let gun sales, but stopped it several years ago, also found some at garage sales, always asked "you have any guns" be surprised. Ken

My father-in-law pulled the "got any guns" trick at a garage sale once. It totally surprised me, but I went home with a new to me rifle..a pump 760 in 35 Remington.

Nice. Flea markets around me don't have guns or ammo. Accessories naybe, but that's it. Pawn shops here don't do guns either.

ALWAYS ask...

They and the crowd will almost always look at you like you just gut-shot the dog, but every once in a while it pays off......

Water it down to "Got any old hunting or fishing equipment?" Any positive response gets followed up with "Any guns you want to get rid of?"

Agreed

Exactly. I have a Browning 78 that was re-bored from 22-250 to 250 Savage. The caliber designation is the same.