Wickliffe rifle

[chasseur]

Anyone have any experience with this single shot rifle. I have a chance to buy one in unfired condition and am looking for in put on it.

 

[WR1894]

I had one in 300 WM at one time. It shot well and I had no problems with it
John

 

[a j cave]

had one in 243 it shot well but was heavy.What cal & $$

 

[chasseur]

This one is in 223 and is the deluxe version with the fancy wood and silver pistol grip cap.I m planning on making it my coyote rifle if all goes well

 

[a j cave]

Chasseur what is the population of coyotse like in NS. I don'y think of coyotes there as much as deer. Thanks for some education. AJ

 

[chasseur]

We have a large population coyotes here, they also tend to be a bit bigger and stockier than the western version

 

[Matt74]

Yeah, the coyotes back home in NS are a hybrid, and larger than your typical yote. I've seen them go as heavy as 60lbs. That was one a friend got 2 years ago who snares them. He snared 49 of the darn things that year. Anyway, no shortage of them. Where I am from back home, it seems there are more coyotes than deer.
Good luck!

Matt

 

[Killer Kanuck]

Damn, I had never heard of these Wickliffes. Made the mistake of looking at a few pics - now I want one. Beautiful little guns.

 

[chasseur]

here are some pics of the one I bought

 

[Matt74]

Very nice rifle indeed!

 

[trevj]

Dig around online.

There are at least two guys that are convinced that they are the ONLY one that has the right to make new Wickliffe rifles, and they have had some running skirmishes through a couple different forums.

Both are charging stupid money for what they are putting on offer, but one, at least, has parts in hand, rather than taking your money, and then having a machinist make the parts on a onesey-twosey basis.
In any case, there are some pretty unsupportable claims being made.

Shop used, if you want one. I don't. Too homely for me. Check out the blue book values, and tread carefully.

The design is based loosely on the design of the Stevens Model 44 1/2, but bulked up. Mostly in all the wrong (homely) places. The Stevens was designed to compete with the Winchester 1885, and was a true falling block, unlike the Model 44.

Cheers
Trev