Please excuse the rifle picture

[Peter Clark]

Sorry to show a non Parker image and not even a shotgun. Must show Wyatt's buck though and brag that he has been accepted to all colleges applied for and into difficult programs. We are quite proud! Brains come from his mama.:)
Peter C

[Dean Romig]

Seems he's a natural at everything he puts his mind and hands to. Congrats to Wyatt and to proud parents.






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[Bill Murphy]

OK, we give up. Tell us about the rifle. Rich and I want to know.

[Dean Romig]

Model 70 perhaps?






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[charlie cleveland]

great buck i know your proud of him...charlie

[Peter Clark]

Thanks Charlie I appreciate the compliment. He is a very good young man on many fronts...and for you other guys, NO it is not a Model 70. That is a rifle I bought new in the early 80's and gave Wyatt as a gift. For his birthday as I recall. It is a Remington Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .270 Winchester. In my mind it is nicer than the current version that now has a composite stock, stainless barrel, etc., etc. It is getting old but it obviously still works very well.

Now if you want to see a Model 70. Here you go. The old man got a deer too. Ask me about the gun if you don"t recognize it! Keep my age in mind and who I (and you guys) grew up reading. Zoom on the picture and remember....
Pete C.

[Marc Retallack]

Congratulations on a pair of nice mulies and on your son's accomplishment Peter. I thought his rifle looked familiar. A Model 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 was the first gun I bought myself when I turned 18 (early 90s).

Your Model 70 looks like it was either built by or inspired by the ones Biesen built.

Marcus

[Peter Clark]

I will tell what it is after Bill, Rich and Dean make their guess. But you are very close Marc.

[Peter Clark]

Since the other guys haven't guessed I will tell what the M70 is leaning against my deer. It is a Jack O'Connor tribute rifle Winchester sold a limited number of in cooperation with the O'Connor center and Jack's son Bradford. I really enjoyed Jack's writing and his ability to make a story seem like you were there. Reading him is what made me a .270 fan for the past 45 years.
Our local gun shop underwrote this rifle for a friends of NRA event back in 2013. I saw it at the store and really liked it so I went to the banquet and bought it in the live auction. Actually for less than retail.
It is a very close copy of Jack's rifle he called #2 which was modified for him by Al Biesen. I never considered not shooting this gun and Jack would have certainly agreed. It has been lucky for me in the three years I've had it. I have never missed when using this rifle and have managed to collect 3 elk and 2 deer with it. All with 130 gr bullets by Jack's old pal Vernon Speer propelled by 56 gr of IMR 4831.
Peter C

[Dean Romig]

I thought it may have some connection to O'connor.

I am also a big fan of the .270






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[Rich Anderson]

Those are some nice deer. I thought it had the O'Connor influence. No dust on a 270 but it's snowing and I'm back to the blind with my 275 Rigby looking for Mr. Wonderful:)

[Alfred Greeson]

That is a beautiful M 70. I have the 270 built in 2008 with the engraving on the floor plate but it is far from the O'Connor tribute rifle, an instant classic in my book. Congratulations on owning one and especially on your fine son.

[Bill Murphy]

I recognized the Biesen fluer de lis on the pistol grip. However, I have never studied the O'Connor tribute rifle. I have been researching O'Connor's rifles and shotguns in Robert Anderson's great book, "Jack O'Connor, the Legendary Life of America's Greatest Gunwriter". I heard about the tribute rifles when they were built, but never went further.

[King Brown]

Being a 200-pound, 6-1 mouse, I took Jack's advice for his wife Eleanor of a soft-recoil inherently accurate 7 X 57.

[Rich Anderson]

The 7X57 is one of my favorite calibers. I just had a custom rifle built but as I used a 1930's era stalking rifle as a theme I designated it a 275 Rigby. It took it's first deer two nights ago:)

[Peter Clark]

Good job on the deer with a new rifle. I know what a 7x57 is and love its offspring (.257 Roberts) but know nothing about the 275 Rigby. Is that a pseudonym for the same caliber?

[Bill Murphy]

As I understand it, "Yup".

[Gary Laudermilch]

I am also a huge fan of the 7x57. I was under the impression, probably incorrect, that the 275 Rigby was the rimmed version so the English could use it in double rifles.

[charlie cleveland]

most double rifles and drillings used the 7x57 r which the r stands for rimmed..it is the same thing as the 7x57 except it is rimmed....charlie

[Rich Anderson]

Rigby used Mauser actions and the Germans already had a cartridge labeled the 7Mm Mauser. Rigby who had an agreement with Mauser adopted the cartridge in 1907 as the 275 Rigby. This designation comes from the British method of using land diameter vs groove or bullet diameter for naming a cartridge. The cases are identical.

[Bill Murphy]

Yup, rimless.