Pics of your .458WM's

[Riflecrank]

Inspiration for the TCA/SSK Katahdin .458 WIN MAG named Louise:

 

[Riflecrank]

No. 11:

With the AK Arms coffin plate, iron-sighted rifle weighs 8 lbs 0.2 oz, with no ammo.
Scope and ammo gets it comfortably over over 9 pounds.
Perfect entertainment !
Just like a hockey game I watched Sunday on TV.

 

[Badboymelvin]

Mine is a working grade rifle.
Interarms Mk.X, 3-position M70 style safety and barrel band. B&C Medallist stock. Meopta R2 1-6 illuminated in QRW mounts. Lightweight and shoots well.

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I've read a few articles on that rifle and I love it...

Russ

 

[Daryl S]

WOW I'm thinking that Encore would be more than a handful.

 

[SLG]

I love seeing that encore. I didn't much like mine and got rid of it years ago, but that little 458 makes me want to try it again.

 

[Riflecrank]

Oh ?
Encore interest ? Here comes some more.
#12 Encore-suppressed compared to #11 Hawkeye-no-can,
i.e., 20" Encore vs 21" bolt-action:

For the Encore with suppressor, weights shown in this post were with the old frame, blued action and old-style buttstock.
Currently they would be 0.5 oz lighter with the stainless action and new-style buttstock.

Note above "Forehead Relief" may result in 'Shockey Forehead":

 

[Riflecrank]

Before moving on to .458 WIN MAG #10,
here is a consideration for single-shot shooters, whether Ruger No. 1 or TCA Encore,
added weight and balance effects of buttstock ammo carrier:

 

[PaulT]

That McGee Paladin .458+ above is ALL business.
Very nice.
I could see that resting in a hand-crafted rifle rack in the corner of a camp dining room.

 

[Riflecrank]

No. 10 was built by another member here who was gracious enough to be hornswoggled out of it:

It formerly wore Talley bases and rings with a Leupold 2.5-8x36mm (IIRC), bare of them above.
It slew all manner of plains game and an ornery cape buffalo for its former owner on safari in Limpopo region of RSA.
I am preserving the beautiful Sunday-go-to-meeting walnut, by dressing her (Hammerella) as below:

Scope to suit:

I liked that last one best, and took her like that to a game farm and downed a water buffalo cow and +500-pound boar hog.
Took home over a thousand pounds of meat. I am going to go eat some of it for supper tonight.
Water buffalo pot roast. Yum yum.
Cartoon below is BS. The right bullet in the right place causes minimal meat damage.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

Along with my trusty Heym 88B in .458 Win, I have a good old bolt rifle in the same chambering, .458 Winchester Magnum

• Voere Model 2165.
• It has a 25" barrel
• Weighs 9 lb 10 oz
• Tang mounted safety
• Extended, straight bolt handle (thanks to my gunsmith)

 

[SLG]

How do you like the 458 in a double? Any issues with extraction at all?

 

[Mort Hill]

Bought this .458 WM from a fellow AH member a number of years ago. Going take it’s first elephant in April.

 

[ldmay375]

Winchester 70 Classic Super Express 22" and Interarms Mark X.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

This is my Heym 88B .458 Winchester made in 1986.

• 25" Barrels
• Both extractors have dual pawls
• Switch on forend to switch from ejectors to extractors
• It always extracted or ejected all of the brass from the 750+rounds I've fired in her in my five years as her caretaker. Gosh know how much she was shot in the preceding 35 years!

Heym with Trijicon SRO in Hennenberger mount

Heym with Aimpoint H2 in a Aimpoint mount

Heym on tuskless foot, Zimbabwe 2025

 

[SLG]

Awesome, thank you.

 

[David jr]

This is my Winchester model 70 Cabela's 458 24 inch barrel ,
This one is a better shooter than pre 64 Winchester 458 I have had over the years.
silencer adapter will be in next week.
Rifle loves Barnes 450 TSX ,Cutting edge 450 solid, lead 520 FP and lead 350 FPThis will be the only Rifle I take on my 21 day hunt September 2027
You just have to love the 458 with modern bullets and powders.

 

[SLG]

This is my Winchester model 70 Cabela's 458 24 inch barrel ,
This one is a better shooter than pre 64 Winchester 458 I have had over the years.
silencer adapter will be in next week.
Rifle loves Barnes 450 TSX ,Cutting edge 450 solid, lead 520 FP and lead 350 FPThis will be the only Rifle I take on my 21 day hunt September 2027
You just have to love the 458 with modern bullets and powders.
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Which suppressor did you go with?

 

[David jr]

Which suppressor did you go with?

I have been using the silencer co HYBRID 46 with quick change adapter that locks
the can on so it will not unscrew itself under recoil.

 

[TX_GreatPlains]

Winchester 70 Classic Super Express 22" and Interarms Mark X.
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Got both these in my wish list. Beauties. If you could only pick one?

 

[SLG]

Got both these in my wish list. Beauties. If you could only pick one?

I'll take the m70 if you want the Mark X.