The only firearm, that I could classify as a “safe queen” is my Winchester Model 70 XTR in . 375 H&H. Starting somewhere around the 7th grade, I had fantasized about owning one. I bought it when I was 31 or 32 years old. I haven’t hunted with it since 1989, my first moose, and retired it in February of 1990.....with a lightweight, more weather resistant, .375 AI. The AI has been my “only” hunting rifle since that time.

I hope that one of my grandkids will learn to appreciate how much it is loved by me and appreciate it’s value as one of the finest hunting rifles/cartridges in existence!

For the last several years, we’ve been planning on using it in the Safari Rifle Challenge, held in Montana every year.....we just haven’t made it yet! Maybe next year! memtb