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WINCHESTER MOD 70 "CLASSIC CUSTOM" - "AFRICAN EXPRESS" - RARE - 416 REM MAG
Guns International #: 101184421 Seller's Inventory #: 22119
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 70 Super Grade - Rifles - African Dangerous Game Safari Magazine
Seller's Information
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Seller: buckstix
Member Since: 3/26/13
State: Wisconsin
Country: United States
Phone: (920) 450-0723
Fax: (920) 729-9609
Number of Active Listings: 4
Total Number of Listings: 11
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Cashier's CK - Postal MO
Description:
WINCHESTER CUSTOM SHOP - MOD 70 - "CLASSIC CUSTOM" - "AFRICAN EXPRESS" - 416 REM MAG - W/ LEUPOLD SCOPE
This is the RARE little known Winchester Model 70 Classic Custom "African Express". (not to be confused with their lesser model Safari Express) This was Winchester's attempt to duplicate the Classic English Design, at an affordable price. They succeeded. The African Express model was introduced in the late 1990s through the Winchester Custom Shop, and discontinued within only a few years. Most of the orders for this model came at Safari Club Shows.
specs:
9 lbs 10 oz wo/ scope - 10 lbs 8 oz w/ scope - "24" Bbl - English Walnut Stock - Ebony Grip Cap & Forearm Tip - Extended Drop-box Magazine & “Oberndorf”-style Floorplate- Full-length glass bedded Action - Hand-Lapped Krieger® Match-grade Bbl w/ Precision Match-grade Crown - 1.5x5 Leoplod Vari-X III w/ QD Talley Lever Rings & Bases - 4-shot mag capacity - 1-3/8" Kick-Eez® Recoil Pad - All Factory "Custom Shop Ordered" at time of purchase - ordered Aug 2000, Received Sept 2001.
This one is chambered in 416 Remington Mag, and falls nicely midway between 375 H&H, and 458 Win Mag.
The first picture shows original advertisements. Note the selling price - "without a scope". Later sales of this model have brought over $7,000. The subsequent pictures show the rifle. It comes with a Leopold 1-1/2-5x scope on QD Talley lever-rings. The rifle is test fired only (see pic) and never hunted. Wood and Metal are 99+% "as new" condition. According to the Winchester Custom Shop, the customer could specify recoil pad, scope and mounts at the time of ordering. This one was ordered with the Leipokd scope, with QD mounts, with Kick-Eez® Recoil Pad.
$4,750 plus shipping and insurance. It needs a good new home.
SOLD
Manufacturer: WINCHESTER
Model: CLASSIC CUSTOM AFRICAN EXPRESS
Caliber Info: 416 REM MAG
Bore: MINT
Chambers: MINT
Ejectors: NO
Condition: +99%
Metal Condition: +99%
Wood Condition: +99%
Bore Condition: AS NEW
Barrels: 24
Action: BOLT
Fore End: EBONY
Butt Pad: 1-3/8" Kick-Eez®
LOP: 14
Weight: 10 LBS 8 OZ W/ SCOPE
Sights: 4-LEAF EXPRESS & SCOPE
Manufacture Date: AUG. 2000