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#551947 08/02/19 09:39 AM
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I hand polished this one out to remove the existing pitting, and added the sling swivels, my engraver re-cut the original engraving and added the barrel script. If I were to guess I would think either Clayton Nelson or Len Bull likely turned the integral barrel. Plenty of fire power in this old single. Case color hardening done by Classic Guns in Crete, Il.









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Now that's my idea of a fine single shot rifle! Gorgeous, and a nice restoration!

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Beautiful job. Whats it chambered for?

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.577 3" Nitro Express


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Very nice indeed!

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Very nice indeed!

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Well done! Mine is in 450/400 3 1/4 MNE and sometime in its past a previous owner decided to take advantage of the large action sides and faced them off and added his own engraving - a Cape Buffalo portrait on one side and a charging lion on the other. Hopefully he didn't use it a lot for that kind of game as one day when I was shooting it at the range (400 grain Barnes and 80 grains of 4350) it just ceased to function. Turns out the pins of the stirrup just sheared off. In spite of every other part of the action being made of quarter inch steel, the stirrup would have been at home in a shotgun. As a matter of fact the fix was replacing it with a S&W stirrup!

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I'm not sure if any of you noticed or not but there was an error in the caliber marking which has now been corrected. New rear sight was fit up as well.




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Sweet, should stop a charging Prairie Dog
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Also very nice lettering!


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Nice fix on the lettering. Another good to revisit tidbit, great case colors shouldn't be taken for granted.

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Leonard really liked that action it was a favorite even more than the 97 I really like that

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Originally Posted By: mc
Leonard really liked that action it was a favorite even more than the 97 I really like that


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I sure do miss Len. I would not be surprised if this gun has a Trinidad connection, it was purchased from Ron Peterson in Albuquerque. The gun looks to have been re-barreled sometime back with integral sight bases. I would think Leonard or Clayton would be likely candidates.
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Mine was from Ron also - a long time ago. I had my choice of the one I got or another in 600 Nitro. Barring mastodon resurrection I figured I could actually use the 450-400 for hunting, not so much the 600. In hindsight, the 600 would have been a much better investment had I just wanted to stare at it all these years;-)

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Whoa. That is a nice classic piece.

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Well done!

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