David Miller Co. Custom Wincheester Model 70 .375 H&H Magnum
23" tapered octagon-to-round barrel, gold-banded at breech and muzzle, and with maker's name engraved on stainless steel inlay on top flat. |
Fully figured walnut stock with widow's-peaked ebony forend tip, inletted swivel studs, classic borderless wrap-around point-pattern checkering, twin floral-engraved recoil crossbolts with gold dots in the centers, steel pistol grip cap without visible means of attachment, gold initial oval engraved LW, classic comb with beaded cheekpiece, and smooth red widow's-peaked Silver's rubber recoil pad. |
Winchester pre-'64 Model 70 action with gold-inlaid serial numbered jeweled bolt, jeweled follower engraved "4 CARTRIDGES", 3-position safety with FIRE inlaid in gold, gold rosette inlaid in firing-pin bushing, 5-panel checkered bolt knob. Engraved and gold-inlaid bolt stop. Hinged straddle floorplate with detented release inside triggerguard. Miller-made Model 70-type sculptured high-polish-blue trigger lever with mechanism jeweled inside. Sculptured rear tang and with blind rear tang screw. Entirely flush floral-engraved action screws with spring-loaded hex cavity covers---even the one hidden under the floorplate. |
Floorplate finished in differential blue and with alternately engraved and flush-gold inlaid floral scroll and a three-dimensional gold cape buffalo head by Leonard Francolini. |
Leupold 1.5-5x scope on David Miller's solid indestructible mount. Winchester serial number 213065. David Miller's serial number 287. Pull: 14 1/8". Weight: 9lbs, 1 1/2oz. Built for author R. L. Wilson, finished in 1988. Very little used. |
Pictured in Tom Turpin's, Custom Rifles: Mastery of Wood & Metal --- David Miller Co., p157 & 162.; Wilson's, Winchester---an American Legend, pp310-11; Steel Canvas, p20; Winchester Engraving, pp 458 & 475. |
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