My New Toy!! Please show me some Photos of yours!

[<<Genesis93>>]

This is my new toy.
It's a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .458WM.
Am loading 76gn of 2206H behind the Woodleigh 500PP for 2150fps.
It's been bedded, has a delightful trigger and is fitted with a Pentax 2.5x scope.
This rifle is easily my favourite and I just love everything about it.

Very classy....perfect combo, a 45 mag in a mauser action...

The load looks like a mid strength Lott load (less fps), not a win mag load though....
Have you chrono'd that velocity ? In the win mag I'd be starting a bit more modestly - unless you've done that and arrived there

[brett1868]

2inch tube brett?? thats a good 2 man lift bro....do you even lift

The reamer looks to have a very short leade indeed... spec would be about 24mm with an 8mm freebore and 35second angle, that one looks half the length with twice the angle..... if thats the case - why have you gone that route?

Maybe even start a build thread as it looks very interesting so far! and given that I've shelved my build, at least I can watch yours move along

Good pickup on the reamer cause picking that from just the picture is impressive. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me but you're very close to the mark. Virtually all over the counter rifles in 50BMG have the original browning machine gun chambering with the .518 throat which is great for reliability but less then ideal for precision. These reamers are a slightly modified version "Skip Talbot" profile as used to by him to set and old the 1000 yard 50cal record (2.6") before Lee Rasmussen shot a sub 2" group to take the record in 2009. Unfortunately Skip Talbot passed away July 2005 otherwise he may very well have improved upon his record.
I plan to do a build thread once all the components are in the country as no point starting anything because it'll be another 4-6 months before that time. I've been working out the forearms on the press but may need to get onto the HGH to lift this thing, the action alone is a minimum of 128oz or 3.6kg for us Aussies. Factor in another 35lbs or 16kg for the barrel and there's 44lbs or 20kg just for the bare action and barrel. I'm aiming to come in under 35kg which should be achievable and with that sort of mass, recoil will be reduced. That's the plan anyway...

[MalleeFarmer]

This is my new toy.
It's a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .458WM.
Am loading 76gn of 2206H behind the Woodleigh 500PP for 2150fps.
It's been bedded, has a delightful trigger and is fitted with a Pentax 2.5x scope.
This rifle is easily my favourite and I just love everything about it.

Do you mind me asking. What is your main use for this rifle? By the way I love it the winny M70 is one of my favourite rifles. I have one but compared to yours I feel like a little boy with a new cap gun. It's a .22-250 featherweight.

[Title_II]

Bragging rights

Nice kit.

[AusC]

This is my new toy.
It's a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .458WM.

I like!

[BadboyMelvin]

This is my new toy.
It's a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .458WM.
Am loading 76gn of 2206H behind the Woodleigh 500PP for 2150fps.
It's been bedded, has a delightful trigger and is fitted with a Pentax 2.5x scope.
This rifle is easily my favourite and I just love everything about it.

Very classy....perfect combo, a 45 mag in a mauser action...

The load looks like a mid strength Lott load (less fps), not a win mag load though....
Have you chrono'd that velocity ? In the win mag I'd be starting a bit more modestly - unless you've done that and arrived there

Hey mate,
Originally I had 77.5gn behind the Woodleigh 500PP for over 2200fps but it was a touch hot, so now I've worked our this load and it's just right!
Properly loaded the WinMag can give some surprising velocities

Russ.

[BadboyMelvin]

This is my new toy.
It's a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .458WM.
Am loading 76gn of 2206H behind the Woodleigh 500PP for 2150fps.
It's been bedded, has a delightful trigger and is fitted with a Pentax 2.5x scope.
This rifle is easily my favourite and I just love everything about it.

Do you mind me asking. What is your main use for this rifle? By the way I love it the winny M70 is one of my favourite rifles. I have one but compared to yours I feel like a little boy with a new cap gun. It's a .22-250 featherweight.

Don't mind you asking at all!
I have a bit of a love affair with the .458WM and have owned 3 of them. It's a fantastic caliber and can be used from anything to deer to elephant. And they also possess incredible accuracy.
I got it because the dream is to one day go to Africa but until then it's my sambar rifle.
I also have a bit of a thing for M70's so the combo is just perfect in my eyes

Russ.

[BadboyMelvin]

Bragging rights

Nice kit.

[MalleeFarmer]

Well that's a Hell of a sambar Rifle!

[BadboyMelvin]

This is my new toy.
It's a Winchester M70 Safari Express in .458WM.

I like!

Cheers mate!

[MalleeFarmer]

Well that's a Hell of a sambar Rifle!

[Title_II]

Well that's a Hell of a sambar Rifle!

[MalleeFarmer]

^^ hahaha

[wrenchman]

bentaz here is a pic of my sweed i hope it comes out i got it for a real good price then the son took it over

[juststarting]

little one is the new friend of the big one

[juststarting]

apologies for s**ty lighting, will do a better pic soon.

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I'm just getting going putting a 6.5 Creedmoor together. The barrelled action is a heavy 24inch Howa, the stock is one of Cameron Hatchers thumbhole jobs. The scope is a Vortex Viper 6.5-20x50. Here's the stock before I began the finishing process.

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Another view

[wrenchman]

juststarting is the short one a m38 or a m44 i have a 44 and they are fun to shoot

[MalleeFarmer]

Nice Mower headspace!! oh the stock looks alright too.

[juststarting]

juststarting is the short one a m38 or a m44 i have a 44 and they are fun to shoot

M38 + original M38 stock.

[wrenchman]

the m38 is harder to find here

[MalleeFarmer]

Headspace what is the main purpose for your 6.5 creedmoor hunting or is it going to be a dedicated target rifle. I'm in the planning stages of a varmint build and I was sold on a .22-250 but I'm starting to question my decision and wondering if I'd be better served by one of the 6mm or 6.5mm target calibers.

[headspace]

Nice Mower headspace!! oh the stock looks alright too.

Nothing runs like a Deere mate

[headspace]

Mallee, it's going to be a target rifle mate. But that won't stop it picking off some furry things from time to time. My main load will be using a 140gn Hornady Amax. Great ballistics and barrel life is expected to be around 4,000 rounds. I got tired of using my hunting rifles at the range, so though a long range paper puncher might be a good idea. The ballistics are very impressive. I have a nice little 222 I mainly use for foxes, dogs and the odd rabbit. If long range is what you want, the 224 calibre is easily pushed around by wind. The 6.5 is a lot more efficient if wind is a factor.

[lole]

Rabbits.

Natures 'target'

[petemacsydney]

Nothing better than new gun day!

Tikka T3 Varmint in .223 with a 1/8 twist and a Boyd's Coyote stock (bottom rifle)

Just have a "fake" Leupold 6-24*60 on it for now.

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[MR. WINCHESTER]

Rabbits.

Natures 'target'

Yep ...

That's why the Good Lord gave rabbits that little white bit, on the tail underside.

[MalleeFarmer]

^^^

[<<Genesis93>>]

Rabbits.

Natures 'target'

Yep ...

That's why the Good Lord gave rabbits that little white bit, on the tail underside.

Little white bit?
I just aim for the rabbit part of the rabbit....