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https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMg%3D%3D_c8cc3c1b-018e-4ad6-8ce5-b4676c3c6203 Ask all the questions you want. Treat the answers as you would those from a sea lawyer. Grok is a good compiler but not gospel.

I get it. I was not a fan until I tried them. I'm still the same way about electric cars but more unlikely to adopt. :LOL:

Well, I can understand the assumption. But I actually own the rifle and it's not.

The phone presents a slightly different view from what it looks like to the naked eye. For example, when i put my cheek to the stock, i don't really see the scope rear frame. Just the view. It also exacerbates the interference of the stock and the can. For those mentioning lugging a can -...

Sorry to hear. May he rest in peace.

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

My view is similar when using a longer range scope such as a 3-15x42. I see very little of the barrel or can. The picture i posted is using the 1x setting on a 1-6x. much wider FOV.

I'm also disinclined to be keen on muzzle brakes. I would that they were controlled by law and suppressors were not.

How magnanimous of you. Please pause while I genuflect in deference. Here's a view at typical eye relief distance at 1x facing down the frightfully dangerous black Labrador

Besides being cool, I'm starting to lean toward the camp that suspects that cans improve grouping. I received the biggest surprise of almost 10 years of load development this week. I put a 3-15x42 scope on my 22" 375h&h with a can and shot the drops out to 200 yards. (I do plan to go to 300...

I'll be sure to let you know if I survive the hunt with my dreaded can making my barrel an extra 3" over factory length. :cool: I think the anti-suppressor case is more of aesthetics and fashion rather than practical function.

Yes, completely agree. I didn't interpret it that way at all and didn't mean to imply anything.

22" Blaser with ab raptor 10 (7" long) suppressor using 71.5 gr varget and 270gr tsx has a velocity of 2618fps at muzzle if it's of interest to in your length consideration.

While it's possible to take animals with smaller calibers, I'm a big fan of having the extra margin in place with typically recommended cartridges for game.

This part is hilarious

Watching with interest

following with interest. A double is an occasional amusing thought to me that is slowly manifesting into a legitimate "want." I'm trying to ward it off as best i can but alas. I'm in the oddball camp in that I like over under doubles. Is the OP solely interested in side by side?

100% agreed. Troopers is one of the strange and minute genre of books that i can go through in a couple days or a long flight (like a beach read) and still feel like I got all the depth and literary red meat of Chesterton, Lewis, or Berlinski.

I think modern society should have starship troopers as required reading and seriously consider basing citizenship and voting rights off the political and philosophical theories in that book.

Bravo. Excellent post. I was 19, red/blond hair to my shoulders, combat boots, Metallica shirts, hauling boards and concrete at a lumberyard. Going nowhere. Navy school of hard knocks got this head on straight at long last. Best decision I ever made.

With a 6x shooting at a 8.5x11" paper with 3 targets on it at 100 yards, the reticle is literally larger (thicker) than the target axis. It completely blocks it out. I have to interpolate bullseye position by holding away in order to see it and then moving to hold it over my assumption for...

Unfortunately i didn't load up enough and I'm not sure the wild ride is over. I did however buy a truckload of VIX puts over the last couple days. The VIX behaves like gravity. Typical and reliable fall back to earth after big spikes. However... these days... ya never know.

Update: Good initial results switching to varget powder. I'm getting 0.750" groups of 3 with 71.5 grains at a COAL of 3.560 off a bench. I'm shooting with a 1-6x scope. I think I could tighten up with more scope magnification but this is well within minute of cape buffalo so no need to burn...

great thread @Hunter-Habib We need more like John Wayne these days.

Great question. I juggled this exact question over the last few months with my PH. I'm going on a 8 day cape buff hunt and originally planned to add a hyena, but as it's nigh hunting, more difficult, and likely I would run out of time if I didn't get a buffalo in the first few days, I decided...

I'm a 375h&h fan. Reasons already stated ad nauseam. The Ruger cartridge is a solution in search of a problem as are several other new cartridges in the last decade.

Congrats! May it be a fun and prosperous adventure. This may be one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time.

I had initially just planned on my phone but you guys have some strikingly good photos. Does anyone have guidance on renting something like one of those $1k Canon cameras? I think it would collect dust after the trip if I was to purchase it.

I have no interest in knife fighting dangerous animals ala Crocodile Dundee style. I was planning on just my pocket folder and a multi-tool. However, after seeing that guy stab a cape buffalo to death with a knife, I feel I need to bring my old ka-bar from my flight gear. It's been getting...

That's more than trust, that's crazy. Good thread - i was just thinking through this for my trip this July. Very much appreciate all the comments and questions.

That's an absolutely incredible story.

Love it.

Appreciate that. I have a thread on the load dev for the 375 and that advice aligns with others. I started with RL-15 and had H4350 (I use this for 762 NATO clone) as a candidate after varget. If I can get just under 0.75" with varget, I'm quite certain that's accurate enough for a large...

Trust but verify - Amen! I'm going to switch to a new pound of varget first as this one is almost depleted. A new pound gives me approximately 97 cartridges at this load. I'll verify no significant change, then shoot over the chronograph to verify velocity. If it's in the range I'm happy...

Hi all, For my blaser r8, I've been developing a load for cape buffalo using 270 grain TSX and initially, RL-15. However, they stopped selling the powder halfway through my trials. I switched to varget and have some favorable groups just under 3/4" at 100m with a vx6-hd 1-6x. At this point...

Impressive grace under fire.

Sold.

Another nod to Berger in the disappointment category. Ran through about 70 of the VLD-H in 308 and 155 grain. They grouped very well in my ruger no 1. But after tracking a nice buck for almost 200 yds, (on my hands and knees at times,) and then finding it was a excellent shot but not enough...

Welcome.

Are the tyrannosaurs exportable from Isla Nublar? Asking for a friend. :cool: Very cool gun. Hope the sale goes well.

I can get behind this logic. On some days, technically speaking, once the gin contacts the ice, you can declare victory and move ahead.

Great video. Bravo to see an honest presentation with fresh eyes covering the topic. It's clear you're considering guidance to others that need to know what they will encounter without all the bravado we typically see in the industry. Congrats on you first buff!!

That's tough. Sorry to hear that. I hope you hang onto that rifle for a good long time in his memory.

SPF

I have a late 70's 77rsi in 30-06 that was my dad's. Thought about a trigger upgrade but it requires a good bit of material removed from the stock. Is that what you had to do?

As @odonata said, the no 1 makes a wonderful brush, stalk, and tight quarters gun. Here's my Ruger no 1 in 308. This is my primary deer rifle. I'm somewhere north of 25 whitetail and a couple dozen pigs with this weapon. It likes 150gr accubonds over varget. Jard trigger at 1.5 lbs is light...

Back up for sale.

SPF

Installed in my 300wm, used during load development for approx 50-75 rounds, and after suffering a moment of weakness, made the leap to a Blaser r8. Removed from rifle to sell separately but buyer of the rifle was not interested. 1.5, 2, and 2.5lb springs included. $125 shipped as shown. No...

Amen