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12 • S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S A LIFETIME READER—LITERALLY! It was a special moment for Jeremy and Angie McMorris, one they graciously shared with us here at Sporting Classics. Less than one day after their daughter Evangeline's introduction to the world, these loyal readers introduced her to our magazine. Thankfully, they snapped a photo of the event, which we featured in our March/April 2010 issue's This 'N That section. Jeremy and Evangeline visited us in Texas earlier this year at our booth at the Dallas Safari Club convention. Our staff got a chance to sit down and talk to them both—a real pleasure. That got us to thinking, so here's a follow-up photo to show her and the magazine's progress. Here's to seven more years for Evangeline and Sporting Classics! n This 'N That (continued) "Couldn't you just show them the pictures?" by john troy – courtesy skyhorse publishing ELEVEN CUSTOM, LEFT-HANDED WINCHESTER MODEL 70s FOR SALE A spectacular group of 11 left-handed Winchester Custom Shop Model 70 rifles, complete with consecutive serial numbers and controlled-round-feeding actions, has just become available for purchase. Calibers include .243 Winchester, .25-06 Remington, .270 Winchester, 7mm Remington Magnum, 7mm STW, .30-06 Springfield, .300 Winchester Magnum, .338 Winchester Magnum, .35 Whelen, .375 H&H Magnum, and .416 Remington Magnum. Based on receivers taken from the original prototype run of 40 left-handed actions (ten were built as test rifles and subsequently destroyed, 11 were used for this group, and almost all the rest were returned to production), each was hand-built by the USRAC senior design engineer responsible for the Model 70 program in the 1990s. Himself a lefty, he created these rifles for his own use, yet never took them afield. All remain in unfired condition, with only light handling and storage wear. Of the 11 calibers, six were never offered in production. Almost all are in Sporter configuration, the only exceptions being the .243 Winchester (long action with magazine spacer, McMillan synthetic varmint stock modified for LH, Schnieder heavy barrel) and the .30-06 Springfield (Featherweight). The buyer will receive personalized documentation detailing origin and history from the builder. Most include boxes with handwritten serials and/or calibers. You can take the rifles home for $75,000 plus shipping. Sportsman's Legacy is conducting the sale. More information and complete descriptions of each rifle is yours for the asking via tuskhunter@gmail.com or (406) 212-0344. n The pines give forth their evening hymn, A wild sweet melody they weave, The deep bass-horns are blowing dim, The stormy tenor-trumpets grieve. A gray rain sweeps the pinewood through, Yet gorgeously the sunset shines; Now breaks above the happy blue, And splendor paces through the pines. THE SUNSET PINES by Archibald Rutledge I hear in yonder forest lone Tremendous music rolling free, Where tall pines echo, tone for tone, The tumult of the thundering sea. Far and more far the sunset shines, The cool, clear heavens are silver-gray; The moon is roaming through the pines, Alone upon her radiant way. n Trout do no lie or cheat and cannot be bought or bribed or impressed by power, but respond only to quietude and humility and endless patience. – Robert Traver, Trout Madness