Model 70 .375 H&H

Wow..... there's the final M70 on my list....a 375H&H. When the 264 I got finally arrives, I'll have 6....a 257 Bob, 264WM, 30-06, 300 H&H, 300WSM, and 35 Whelen. Only logical that a 375 follows!

Man, I can't wait to see the targets from that rifle, Guy. Big ol' holes clumped tight together, I bet.
 
Guy that is a beautiful rifle regardless of who built it. I'll bet it shoots just as good as looks, can't wait to hear as such.

Bill
 
Great looking Rifle Guy!! Frank Wells was last working at 2nd Ammendmant Sports in Tucson up till about 3 years ago and the guy at the shop,told me he retired up North about 3 years back but that he was one of the best rifle makers around and said that he made numerous rifles for people like Safari Club to Auction for years? Looks like you got a sweet item as most of his rifles were pure works of art and from what I was hearing he made rifles for people all over the world that had the money :) By the looks of yours I think you are a lucky Man :)
 
Nothing wrong with that stainless 270 you posted DT.

Man, it's been a busy and good week or so for M70 buyin'.... :D
 
Deer Tracker, I am in no way dissing your rifle. It is a very nice Model 70 and I still have a couple, including a .270 Win.
 
FYI, Guy, this is another example of a Frank Wells custom (from a South African shooting forum). It appears to also be a Model 70 and it is a .375 H&H.

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DeerTracker":31ixgldb said:
Beautiful! Congrats! And I thought my new stainless featherweight was pretty!
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DT - your featherweight is a great looking rifle, and should serve you well for a lifetime of hunting, then is fit to be passed on to future generations. I've got a couple of rifles like that, just good solid factory built hunting rifles. Good looking rifles that work perfectly, year after year. I've heard the term "honest rifles" to denote rifles that can be counted on. I'd say your Featherweight fits that description to a T. Still remember when one of my USMC buddies showed up with a Model 70 Featherweight, long ago, back in the 1980's. I think it was a .257 Roberts or a 7x57, something mild. Wow... That was a nice rifle. Factory built, but head and shoulders above the "typical" hunting rifle of the time. Yours is a head turner too, as are those two Super Grade Model 70's that showed up here in the past few days. Yowza! The wood on those rifles is remarkable.

This custom rifle is one that I simply stumbled across and I liked it. Not "too" fancy for hunting, but my goodness as soon as I saw it, I knew I was looking at a really well built, well thought-out DG rifle. It's been shot too. Bore is dirty, really dirty. There are some handling marks. I'd like to track down a prior owner or two and learn if it's ever been to Africa. Sure seems like a natural for a hunt over there.

Scotty - don't know 'bout the scope. Looks like the mounts take Talley rings, which pleases me greatly. I may well pop the 1.5-5x on there and a 3x on the Number One, or the other way around. Or follow JD338's advice and get one of those 1.75 - 6x scopes for it... Something like that. Not real worried 'bout it in any case.

Yes, there will be a bit of a debate about which rifle goes to Africa for plains game in 2014, but I think it's going to be the Ruger single shot. IF I get to go back for buffalo, there is no doubt in my mind but that a repeater makes more sense.

Wonder if I can hit anything with it?

Guy
 
Oldtrader3":edpp0cxj said:
FYI, Guy, this is another example of a Frank Wells custom (from a South African shooting forum). It appears to also be a Model 70 and it is a .375 H&H.

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OT3, thanks! That's a beauty.

Guy
 
Guy: Warne makes a ring for the CZ525 or Tikka dovetail series which looks as though it may fit those .375 basses? It also may take Talley's rings as you mentioned?
 
Hmmm. Interesting. I managed to contact Frank Wells, and he said it is not one of his rifles.

Ah well. It's still a nice looking Model 70 in a great cartridge. Hopefully it shoots well!

Regards, Guy
 
Am still trying to figure out who made this fine looking Model 70... If nothing else it will be interesting to know.

Guy
 
Guy,

I suggest you talk to David Miller in Tucson. He might be able to provide a clue.
 
It could be Fred Wells. He is in Prescott, AZ. Who ever did that rifle was no amateur. Looking at the quarter rib, scope mounts and stock work this is no guy in his garage?
 
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