Recent content by serdog

With talk of fit. About how much are we talking to get a custom fit stock? I thinking of something in the .375,.404,.416 class and I am hyper aware of fit so just wondering the price tag after all we are talking a gun for use on a $15k hunt (plus with Bison and Moose in Gizz country it not like...

The number 5 has a rubber "recoil pad" that only makes it hard to get good hold on the rifle

I learned that from going from a No.5 (feels like a 12 gauge with full loads) to a no.4 (About like a .30/30) aka the hard way

Lots of nice 6.5x55 rifles in Canada. I agree that a .30-06 should be manageable but I also see people (not here) talk about how the .30-06 is about the maximum gun for the average experienced hunter so was a little concerned but I find my Vanguard a easy rifle to shot personally. Even so I...

My Cousin (24 years old) wants to come up and hunt with me for Caribou and maybe Moose. He is a city boy and hasn't hunted or shot before My go-to gun is a .30-06 Weatherby Vanguard got it when they were new and a damn good value but I think a bit too much recoil. The other in my guns in by...

Most of the conversation has been around Buffalo however it terms of Dangerous Game I would think the .45/70 would be effective for Leopard and Lion much like it is for big bear in North America.

So here my situation i've been looking for a .375 H&H just found one that at a good price but has a fixed brake. I want to get some thought on getting one with the brake v waiting

I enjoy mine because my Dad was a just post World War 2 british army draftee and I got to watch him (as a kid in the 90s) put up aimed shots as fast as a lot of guys can with a semi-auto. That bolt is as smooth as butter. I almost want to get in re-stocked and use it more but it would be ashame...

The only thing I will say is do not get a Number 5 Lee Enfield as my 12 year old Shoulder can testify to (it a great example of how much weight and stock design matter to pain )

I keep hearing it so I said it because someone would bring it if I didn't but never first hand so I do assume its likely BS

Some Alaskans swear by the 9mm apparently Personally I would rather have Pepper Spray(I've deployed it a charging Black Bear and it worked) on my hip over a light handgun (Carrying in even in the Bush is illegal in Canada now) but ideally a rifle(.30 cal +) or a 12 gauge on my back.

The PH said bare minimum is a 7mm and should be at least a .308/.30-06 class rifle according to OP.

Other then the strap my No.5 Carbine basically the same as the day it came off the line at ROF Fazakerley in October of 1944. My dad rifle for close to 70 years many many moose bear,Caribou and one or two sheep First centre fire I ever shot (Ouch Ouch Ouch its has a terrible recoil in part...

If they are saying .30 cal should be consider the minimum start work towards a 30-06 get some reduced recoil which are around 6.5 Creedmoor recoil level according to Mr. Hawk (10Ft/bls) With a .30-06 one is basically set short of thick skinned dangerous game. With 2 year of work a it should...

I am in the club of 6.5 Creedmoor. the creed is basically the 6.5 Swede in a modern shorter cartridge and the good ol' Swede is one of the best low recoil moose cartridges around. I am not experience with Eland but I would have to issue with someone hunting Moose with Heavy premium bullets from...