Great story about Elmer Keith. Back in 1977 I believe, there was an article about the Wickliffe rifle in the “Gun Digest” that was pretty good.

I bought the one that was for sale here for $1900, shipped and insured.  It was a 45-120, and came with about a hundred cases and dies.
It is going to JES next month to be bored and rifles to the 50-140 3 1/4" cartridge.


Rich

ISS wrote on Jul 25^th, 2022 at 8:06pm:


Dang Rich,

You're a better man than me.  I can handle a .45-90 using black powder but I'll stick with my .40-65 & .45-70.

Wayne

mac,

I probably won't shoot any BPCR matches with it.

My older brother ordered a Shiloh LRE in 50-90 about 25 years ago.  Just because...

I have bugged him, since he quit driving out to Quigley every year awhile back, to sell or trade it to me.  No luck!  I have tried, with zero success, to buy one ever since.  I bought one of the Wickliffe actions when they first came out, even got my nickname "KYZ-X" for a serial number.  I had it built by a local gunsmith (Boise) named Dick Hart.  He stamped most of his builds with a "heart".  It was a 45-120, like this one.  I wonder if it is the same rifle, since it has the "heart-shaped" stamp on a barrel flat, and is SN: KYZ-X.  Who knows.

When I had my second Agent Orange Endoma (VA does not like the word "cancer") surgery; the VA told me I might not live very much longer.  Like a year, two at most.  I had wanted to hunt Cape Buffalo since I was nine years old.  I decided then, when they retired me on medical disability, that I was going to fulfill that dream.  I sold my Schuetzen rifles, and some others, and went to Zimbabwe to hunt one.  I was a mess, I lost over 20 pounds in 11 days over there.  I got my Buff, and survived a large Cholera epidemic.  My nephew picked me up at the airport and got me to the VA hospital ER.  I could have charitably been described as a mess.  I was about half covered with Buffalo Ticks, and running a 103/104-degree fever.
A wonderful Christmas Eve...

The good news, the ER Dr on duty that night had been in the Peace Corps and served in Africa two years.  He diagnosed me correctly, and shot me up with about eight or nine flavors of antibiotics and other drugs.  Killed the ticks in about 12 hours, cured the Cholera, and I recovered (mostly) in a couple weeks.
Several months later, they figured out they had misdiagnosed me.  I was so overjoyed that I was not going to die in late 2008, I forgave the VA.  I did get a different Primary Care Provider, however.

I have had five additional Endoma surgeries since, last one January 31st this year.

Yes, some of you are a bit unhappy with me over buying about a dozen nice single shot target rifles this year.  I make no apologies for that.  My wife and I donated about 1/3rd of the estate to Church and Charity, bought her a new SUV, and spent   lot of the rest on rifles.  I do not own them, I am merely the latest custodian.

Now, you know, as Paul Harvey used to say; "The rest of the story...".

take care,

Rich

My back ruled that out for 2022 at least.
The good news: I have until next summer to get ready for Quigley.
In September we go to the Ranger Company reunion at Niagara Fall.  I am going to skip the drive and fly this year.

As long as God, and my wife love me, the rest is small stuff.

Sua Sponte

Rich

I would buy a Wickliffe action, or complete rifle if it were something I could use; at a reasonable price.

Rich

A couple things, if I may...

1.  I found one, a factory 22-250, that has had a 32-40 barrel fitted.  It needs a forend.  I bought it for under a thousand dollars with both barrels and a forend for the 22-250.  They are a bit "clunky", but a decent trigger is attainable by a good gun smith.

2.  Marlinguy, would you care to shoot a HW chambered in .500 3" Nitro Express?  500gr bullet at 2200fps.  By the way, I still 
    own and shoot a 550 Gibbs wildcat I designed.  700gr bullet
    at 2650fps from a 12 lb rifle.  This 50-140 can be throttled 
    down to 1400fps if I wish, or up to 2200fps with J-word 
    bullets.

Enough for now, time to hit the rack.

Rich