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back when Tesla told Westinghouse of his plan for tapping the unlimited energy from the earth, Westinghouse asked him, “But where will you put the meter?” same issue today…

Whatever low rings you choose, rotate the scope 90 degrees counter clockwise so that the turret is not over the ejection port. I prefer Talley for everything.

I can't help but think some of these are sketchy deals among friends trying to artificially inflate prices.

ive seen an elephant report where a guy shot a big cow in the forehead and the bullet was found at the root of the tail. It was a 450gr flat-nose Barnes solid out of a win mag.

Very cool bags.

Agree with the above. No need to take a chance when you don’t have to.

Last word I heard was they were slowly reopening - starting with some of the more popular bullets. Had also heard they had some support from Norma and Federal - which makes perfect sense to me. Woodleigh fills a very hard to fill niche with doubles.

Skinning starts in the kitchen when cooking with mom and dad. Trimming bits of fat, cubing meat, cutting vegetables - basically learning knife handling. My kid started cooking at a very young age and is very knife-aware and competent. She began cutting apart animals very early as well - I can...

Check with your phone provider. I was surprised that Verizon had an international plan for Kenya. I added it for a month and it worked very well. I remember coming out of the northern frontier district back into cell range and getting messages from my wife. Also had a conversation with my kid...

What one will do the other will do. But there is only one H&H.

James Anderson I believe worked with them back in the day. might give him a shout

Just a slight crunch at the very end of the stroke for some of my loads. For whetever reason I prefer to be as close as possible to compressed. My BIg Game loads in my 9.3 are about as lightly compressed as you can get. I have been told alternately to and not to compress ball powder. I...

And Griffin and Howe uses them as well in in their All-American rifle

It does look essentially like a model 70 clone. As best as I can tell it does not have the unique Mauser undercut on the bolt head with the matching foot on the extractor. I have heard good things about them - I’d love to have one in my hands. Griffen and Howe are making an Africa-inspired...

the Woodleigh factory is being rebuilt the last I heard and .458s will be ones they focus on when up and running. As far as flat-nosed bullets, yeah, typically a feed ramp issue, but takes a knowledgeable person to make it right. Not uncommon.

Call wayne at AHR - he may have a take-off screw for you.

Very good. Agree on the WR drop box. While I think it has an interesting look, agree it would be cumbersome to handle. am just reading Burgers Horned Death and he used one extensively. There is a good pic showing that unique WR magazine. Had utter faith in the rifle though - as he did with...

Bill, how did your smith (Lon?) handle the magazine? Did he build a drop box?

yup. I had to teach myself the bearing method and rods and chains, etc of surveying to read an old land plat map to find a piece of land Robert Ruark once owned. Long story.

@Red Leg HUbba hubba - that's a classy compass

It is compensating for the direction the compass itself is pointing “knowing” that the needle is always pointing north. If you lay a compass flat with it pointing north, then rotate the body of the compass left/west, the needle in fact “rotates” toward East. This compass reverses E/w so you...

The 350 Rigby. No question, no debate. ;-) 350 on right - 9.3 x 62 on left

Oh, and before I relinquish the soapbox, a prediction: the spread of omicron will so quickly outpace any vaxxes ability to help, that our much-vaunted healthcare leaders will finally admit we should be open to trying non-conventional, but safe meds for therapeutics. This odd, recent notion that...

I will say that symptom-wise this has been a weird virus. I’ve never felt so much tingling from a flu or serious cold. Just odd stuff. And yesterday I was feeling great with no meds on board, no temp, nothing. Than at 9pm last night my temp spiked to 100.8, then higher, kind of a flushed...

did your regular doc prescribe the treatments? No one I know has been able to get them.

Correct. I’m vaxxed and got Covid from my vaxxed wife who got it from her vaxxed and boosted co-worker while wearing N95s. They work in MRI. Another lady at the hospital got Vaxxed, got Covid, got boosted, then got Covid again. like it or not folks, Omicron is bitch-slapping these very narrow...

One mistake people often make when thinking about habitat is that all the animals eat the same thing; that what looks green and lush and nutritious must be so for all animals. Not so. There was a great show I saw on the antelope of gorongosa park in Mozambique. They took scat samples and ran...

no. He got it to texas. I like his podcasts on the various topics. Lots of good info for the person interested in the lives/habits of African animals.

Months of the Sun - Nyschens For the Honour of a Hunter - Seth-smith (maybe the best, most ‘ complete’ Safari book out there)

Sorry - I see now. I would get with Barnes direct on that. Ty Herring has always been responsive for me: tyh@barnesbullets.com

Rigby and the TSX info is right on the Barnes site: https://www.barnesbullets.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/416RigbyWeb.pdf

those are both London proof marks.

I have been doing some random research and ran across a few things about Capstick. First is a rather tangential mention on what looks like a social page in a Louisiana newspaper. It mentions a book Peter Capstick wrote called "Death in the Long Grass" and how wonderful it is. The kicker here...

Less than 6 weeks about 4 months ago. Didn’t pay expedite. Both my wife and kid.

Very cool. Not sure why, but I have a fascination for that part of the world. Must be a reincarnation thing. Neat stuff!

I'm a one-bullet-per-rifle guy. I don't think you can better a 300 Gr TSX. Mine shot them exceptionally well.

Gallery leather or Moleskine both are good, but I prefer the Gallery

Hear me out...my grandmother taught me this recipe... Pickle cucumbers and onions in apple cider vinegar with salt and pepper for a few days. When the onions are soft, put a thick layer of peanut butter on a piece of bread and a thick layer of mayo... stick with me now, on another... Lay in...

Ok @Kevin Peacocke - I tried the avocado with salt/pepper and Worcestershire this evening... Deeeeelicious... thanks for the tip!

when I grew up we moved a lot. My dad always planted tomatoes on the side of the house. Ate them right off the vine with salt. Awesome.

me too. Absolutely love soup of any kind. But Worcestershire sauce on avocado? That’s a new one I will try. I eat a hell of a lot of avos with eggs on toast and tomatoes. Good stuff.

Not that I have ever seen. Duane Wiebe used to make full bottom metal for the CZ - Wayne at AHR used to use them. Those are no longer being made (Duane sold the metal part of the business and the guy has not been producing), and I'm not sure what Wayne is doing for bottom metal on the full...

Been there, done that, @Ray B solid advice.

Thanks @Von Gruff i was trying to find your earlier post with this graphic.

For a short walk or bird hunting I carry two .5L platypus bladders in a fanny pack. When I have a backpack, I will often put a single 1L platypus in the lid with a tube. I’ve done it this way for maybe 20 years now. I do not like the slosh of a hard canteen or Nalgene bottle.

Not to be argumentative, but just because rounds will fit the magazine doesn't mean the max box dimensions are proper for the cartridge for optimal feeding. They should follow 'mauser's rule' of mag box geometry. When Mauser sold just commercial actions, they made about 27 different...

You will need a lot more than a rebarrel and bolt face to go from a 300H&H to 404. The 404 has one of the widest mag boxes out there. And that will have to be done correctly in order to get the thing to feed. Depending on the dimensions of your stock, you may not have enough room to open the...

that is correct. Bill’s son Jack killed the elephant.

the nominal for the 350 was 2625 with a 225gr soft point. Finch-hatton/Blixen/Judd/Seth-Smith/Taylor all seemed to think it was enough. @PerH i know a guy who uses RCC 350 Rigby brass. He says it’s very good stuff.

Mauser action 458 win mag, 23” bbl, 5-shooter, single standing rear leaf with custom bases to accommodate a 2.5x, shooting 480gr woodleighs at 2150 or 450gr Barnes at 2250. nothing fancy, just a working rifle for the ages.