Offfhand
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Old School Weatherby, with Serial Number under 600, this was among the earliest rifles made in Weatherby's South Gate, Ca. shop. Built on FN action, it is adorned with the gold plated sling studs, trigger and flashy trigger guard with elaborate engraving that characterized Weatherby rifles of that era. The "California" style stock, another Weatherby trademark, was made of screwbean mesquite a special order option along with elaborate checkering. A stockmaker who once did special order work for Weatherby told me he disliked checkering mesquite because the wood's embedded sand made it hard on checking tools. Caliber is .257 Mag, Weatherby's favorite caliber and the Old School B&L 8x variable scope and mounts make it my favorite pronghorn rifle.
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