Golden Eagle rifles?

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I don't know anything about these . Are they a nice rifle.
I saw a 300 WM for sale with nice wood gun looks to be in nice shape.
What are they worth and can anyone out there fill me in about these rifles from a company called Golden eagle ?
Thanks!
tikka
 
Actually Nikko is a spin-off of Olin-Kodensha, Kodensha owning Nikko (an assembly only plant) as a "side project".

The Nikko / Golde Eagle 7000 was also marketed under the Winchester 777 (by Winchester GMBH West-Germany) and is based on the Schultz & Larson 68D.
There was three grades of this rifle made;
Grade 1 (Std)
Grade 2 (deluxe)
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Produced from 1976 to 1981, maybe a tad later. The downside is the almost inexistent spare parts bank, but they are of good quality.
 
Nice rifles. Many years ago (1979) i was in the Maclouds hardware store in town looking at the guns in the rack, in walks a guy with a Golden Eagle .300 Win Mag. He said the recoil was too much for him and wanted to trade for something that kicked less.

The dumb SOB traded straight across for a Marlin Glenfield 30-30 (worth about $250.00) I offered the store owner $500. cash for it, but he wanted to keep it for moose hunting.

Without a doubt the worst gun trade i have ever seen.
 
JJ-65 said:
Nice rifles. Many years ago (1979) i was in the Maclouds hardware store in town looking at the guns in the rack, in walks a guy with a Golden Eagle .300 Win Mag. He said the recoil was too much for him and wanted to trade for something that kicked less.

The dumb SOB traded straight across for a Marlin Glenfield 30-30 (worth about $250.00) I offered the store owner $500. cash for it, but he wanted to keep it for moose hunting.

Without a doubt the worst gun trade i have ever seen.
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Wish you wouldn't post stories like that. My weeping will set my keyboard to rusting.
 
Golden Eagle

I had one in .375 H&H that I bought in Spokane, Washington, for $275 back in 1979. The dealer there had several, and this one had fantastic wood on it.

When I left B.C. about 10 years ago, I gave it to my hunting partner, and he still has it. Loves it, but then he is built like a Gorilla and likes the larger calibres.

A bit heavy, (9 pounds plus, and close to 10 pounds for the Magnum,) but that helped with the recoil. Trigger system was not the best for adjustments, but acceptable for hunting. There were five locking lugs at the rear of the bolt.

It was available in several calibres, but the same massive action was used for all of them. A receiver designed to handle the .375 H&H and .458 Winchester is a bit of overkill when available in .22-250.

The parts are almost non-existant today as the Texas Importer ceased business in 1980.
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