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I can only report on what I can report on!
...and that's the factory target packed with the rifle.
The targets I've shot off the bench are long gone in the trash.
Anyway, thats some keen shooting you've done!

It's G&H #2546 (Winchester action #556837) chambered for .264 Winchester Magnum cartridge. Must have been made shortly after this cartridge made it's bebut. That was RMs pride and joy (his initials appear in stock oval), since he sure took care of this rifle. RM sure knew how to order a fine rifle.
As stated it handles beautifully just like a fine shotgun not something I expected after seeing weight figures for used sporters at Griffin & Howe site.

Paul, not for sure what the 264 amounted to, but maybe you've plenty of heads of plains game in W KNIEI?
I'd look for an older model that wasn't such a speed demon.

There is no need to cause noise pollution. Down the isle there was a new Kimber of Yonkers in 7-08 for $950.
I'm looking at a box of .375H&H 'Heavy Mag' and with 200yrd. 0 the drop for 270gr 'Interlock' slug is only 7.8" at 300yrds (Vo 2870fps probably out of 24" tube), good Lord!
PS. Numero 2546 is a gorgeous rifle.

G & H 2546 sounds wonderful. I look forward to seeing pictures after you bring it home.

The 264 Winchester was introduced in or around 1958, so it was reasonably well known when 2546 was chambered for it.

Few rifles handle like a G & H, with or without the G & H side mount.

Also, G & H stands ready to service their rifles, should one ever need it. Given the long-standing history of the firm, this will probably continue to be true long afer many contemporary firms are long gone. G & H can probably polish out RM's initals and replace them with yours, if you decide to go that route.

G&H now offers a provenance service, so finding out who RM was is not as much a research project as it once was. I wouldn't be too quick to rub out Roger Maris' initials. When determining market prices against G&H used rifle prices, bear in mind that after a recent auction, G&H raised the prices of their used G&H rifle inventory by as much as 100% (maybe an exaggeration) because of the results of that auction. After the price increases, used G&H rifles moved rather slowly from the used gun list. Maybe actual sale prices have caught up to the increased asking prices, but it was a slow process that may call for some adjustment of asking prices.

A Bit more highjacking:
I have a Mossberg Model 44 with a bull barrel and the original Mossberg scope. It will shoot 1/2" inch groups all day and would probably do better with a more modern scope installed. The rifle was built in the late 40s and the barrel is pristine.
BTW: I don't know of any conceivable way you can damage the bore with a brass brush or any 22RF as long as its chambered for the amunition being used. I also don't think the brand of ammunition has any bearing either as I own 22s that have had untold thousands of rounds put through them and the barrels remain pristine. This is in the same urban legend category as "Never pry the sideplate off a revolver". I sat at a S&W clinic awhile back and watched the S&W factory gunsmith pry one after another off. I asked and he told me that while tapping will work it takes too much time.
Jim

The thing has lot of charm going for it, and .264Mag goes quite well with a Winnie action made up into rifle at that time. I have handled old .264 Winchester from the same period and they are not in the same league. The caliber is a bit obscure, but one can still find ample supply of 140grainers from Remington in bigger gun shops plus it's just as good as .270Win, 7x64, 6.5x55,....
Italian, have you tried 3-piece aluminium rod from the muzzle end? It will do "wonders" for them groups!

Just one note on the G&H topmount. This is a relatively recent offering, dating from the '70s I believe. The bases are small and light and enable a mounting as low as the scope profile will allow. Repeatability is, in my experience, absolute. I have these on my favorite buffalo gun, which gets shot every couple of years on average. First time at range, the scope goes on, the levers come down, the 300gr loads the rifle was made for go in the mag, and three shots go into under an inch at 100 yards. Without fail. As far as I know this is stll an exclusive G&H offering. It used to be, maybe still is, that you could buy a sidemount and do it yourself. I don't believe that's true of the topmounts. In any case, they are, IMHO, highly desirable, more so than the sidemounts and all other things being equal, I'd prefer a G&H with them to a similar one with the sidemount.

The only thing that's needed is a shiny Leupold in 2.5-8-9-10x.. range with objective diamemter limited by ring height. Fine American "Sheep Rifle" needs a fine MODERN American scope.
The only things I have in reserve is 2-7x rimfire special by Leupold and 2,5x B.Nickel 'Supra' Marburg. Next to 'Ghost' iron, the 2,5x20 with German reticle is perfect choice for stopping rifle , but next to useless on "high plains" sheep/goat rifle.
There is no point in fixing what isn't broken.