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I love talking about calibers, their pros and cons, the situations to use them in, their history and so forth. Above all that I love collecting them! But one of the worst parts about the history of firearms and calibers, is that some seemingly great calibers die out. Leaving those of us who...

Firstly, I know this post is going to cause a fight, so those who are so inclined, grab your popcorn now! Seems silly to type this, but I keep coming across the threads about hunting DG with a 45-70, and invariably I find the same comment: “That’s right on the heels of a 458 win mag” “That’s...

Good day Gent's, So the short story, is that I lucked into a nice Oberndorf long action. Originally it was one of their commercial sorters, made in the 1920's, but later went back to the factory and had its barrel swapped to a 9.3x57. All matching, and according to my smith the metal is in...

I lucked into a great deal on a ZG47, beautiful wood, action in good shape, BUT some guy had counter bored the first 1.5" of the barrel. Probably to make an integrated muzzle break. I was actually glad for this modification, since it meant I picked up the action for 800 CAD. Then in a stoke of...

Hello All, I have not even left yet, but I have already had a fabulous time building up this pair of rifles for the trip! For my DG rifle I re-barreled a Ruger no.1 500 NE. It has a 26" IBI stainless match barrel (was meant to be a 50 BMG barrel But King Trudeau up in Canada banned those)...

So the context is that I lucked into a parks kit for a Krieghoff optima double rifle drilling, two barrels of 9.3x74r and a 20ga. And hilariously it cost a little less than half as much to have it custom finished, vice buying a finished one (Though I opted to finish it matt black with no...

Good day All, So the context of this is that I am heading to Africa in Aug with a new rifle (A Krieghoff double riffle drilling) in 9.3x74r. This rifle is going to be used for plains game, specifically: Zebra, Gemsbok, maybe a Giraffe, that kind if thing. No Eland; and the Giraffe I may take...

I would love to get an idea of what people consider not only the best CRF actions, but also, which features they consider the best. In a sense, if you could hybridize the best CRF action, what parts would it borrow from other Actions? For back story, I already have a few CRF rifles: -FN...

Good day All, I am having a Ruger No.1 falling block, converted to a 500 NE, and I am running into a lot of conflicting issues looking for loads. Namely: 1. There are not a lot of resources out there for this grand old caliber. 2. Some of the data I can find, is using powders I cannot find...

Good day Gent's, A friend (BC Tal) and I are heading to South Africa (From Canada) in August 2024. This is our first Safari, and I was wondering if anyone has a word file checklist of things to go over. I have been reading the threads about travel, but just though it was likely that some of you...

Hey all, So it looks like I will be hunting next summer in SA, but I am having a heck of a time finding premium 9.3 286gr bullets in Canada. I have googled extensively looking for: -NorthFork soft point -Norma Oryx -Swift A-frame -Nosler partition All I can find is 1 box (50) of...

Good day All, So I am mostly a lurker on here, and a relatively new member. That being said I am a fairly accomplished hunter (In Canada) and compete in shooting comps at a reasonable level; I am also a fan of reloading, and am subsequently fairly aware of calibers and actions and such. So I...

Morning, I have to admit, I have been coming here for a year or two to learn. But I figured I should make an account to be a little more interactive. About me: I live in BC Canada, I hunt a few times a year for: Spring bear, fall bear, fall elk and deer. I have taken a handful of elk and...