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Hello Brian, my 577 Nitro is a V/C boxlock with 26" barrels, both Barnes 750gr TSX and Banded flat nosed solids run an average of 2076 fps over the Garmin in Jamison brass, FED-215 primers and H-4350 powder, no fillers, cotton balls etc. These bullets are long enough that they sit over a...

Another more than satisfied 577 Nitro user here, couple quick stories. Hippo bull 18 yards broadside, face in grass feeding, slammed him in the shoulders with 750gr TSX, he dropped, quickly moved left, gave him an insurance shot in the forehead triangle with 750gr Barnes flat nosed solid, the...

I have only hunted eland one time, hit a giant blue grey bull on the right hip bedded at 60 yards with a 50-90 Sharps rifle and a 750gr flat nosed grease groove bullet I cast myself with 12/1 alloy, the skinners handed me the bullet from his left shoulder, he never moved after the shot save him...

Daniel Carey, beautiful rifle you have there too Sir, pretty much a .com dummy retired and just hanging out at the farm in Oklahoma, you can PM me a cell number and I'd be glad to send you some pics, you can post em up here if you wish or look them over for yourself.

In preparation for a 2020 Tanzanian Safari with Buffalo and Hippo bull on dry land on quota, I took my V/C 577 Nitro in for a checkup, I asked about the durability of the build, a very well known double rifle builder told me it would kick both of us into a casket long before we shot it off...

Oh I knew I needed and wanted them, was pleasantly surprised at the efficiency when I began reloading for them. 358 Winchester, 200gr TTSX 2700 fps, 50grs powder. 9.3x62mm, 320gr Woodleighs, 2400 fps, 63.5grs powder. 400 Whelen, 400gr Woodleighs 2265 fps, 68grs powder. 400 H&H, 400gr A-Frames...

HC, no offense taken, agreed with the pressuring up and the litigators, doesn't take much to hurt their feelers, all good.

Nightforce NSX 2.5-10x24 NP-1 lit reticle, bulletproof, 30mm tube, use on any dangerous game rifle for buffalo or elephant at 10 yards, plains game as far as you're comfortable shooting them. Use one on a 300 PRC for bull elk, again at ranges your talent dictate, great scopes, I could also say...

IIRC, the 25-06, 300 WBY and even the mighty 416 Remington are all loaded to +65K PSI, great hunters use them without care every year, all good.

Not so sure I'm even over pressure here Gentlemen, if we look at Hodgdon't online load data, we can see 500gr loads with AA-2460 a paltry 53,000 psi at 2200 fps, that extra 100 fps I get by adding more powder is surely still well in the safe zone. A few test brass casings have lasted so far...

1963 year model FN Browning Safari 458 WM, 24" barrel. WW Brass 500gr Nosler partition AA-2460 powder CCI-250 COL 3.370 Vel 2309 fps Takes a backseat to nothing hunting heavy game where a soft nosed bullet is called for, followed with a magazine full of 450gr Northfork flat point solids at...

Facing a 70+ pound bull Elephant up close and personal with an iron sighted double rifle, dark maned Lion with 375, 400 H&H or 458 WM.

You're all set man.

Rimshot, My 22 hornet is a 24" barreled 1949 year model winchester model 70 Supergrade, it's favorite light big game load is: New WW brass 45gr Barnes TSX 13.5gr lil gun powder CCI-450 small rifle magnum primer Velocity 2922 fps With that load I shot a coyote dead in the chest at 88 yards, he...

None/Zero! they all go bang, grab them up, load em up and go shooting, I have given away truckloads of ammunition, powder, brass, scopes, rifles, shotguns etc to those in need, get your weapon zeroed and ready to go, grab your kids and get them out hunting and shooting, i don't care what it is...

I worked up a load with the 200gr LRX in my 9 twist 300 PRC using Retumbo and H-1000, those will be your powders with that lighter weight bullet, my rifle has a 26" barrel, 3100 fps was easily doable, agree with the above, 9 twist may not stabilize the 208gr LRX, it will be perfect with the...

Good to know Sir, I also agree on the larger bores, having had to not shoot a Bear or Moose in defense or hunting them at all, bigger bore has to be better, that said, have ran a small drills here at the farm with my 1911's in 45 Super and10mm comparing them to single action revolvers in 454...

Hello AK338, All is not lost for your 10mm, or mine, go to Lehigh bullets website, they have in stock and ready to ship, .400" 185gr Extreme penetrators and 190gr monolithic flat nosed solids, those two bring the 10mm up a couple classes in punching power and penetration.

New old stock WW brass RL-17 FED-215 Firm pinch in groove with Lee Factory Crimp die If you want or ever need 2700 fps you can get it safely with RL-17 under the 300gr BBW #13 solids, I use them in my pre-64 Model 70 375 H&H. Start at 74 grains and work up with a chrono until you and your...

AK338, You bet, I like heavy hardcast as well, it definitely has it's place in the game fields, a buddy and I had a barrier test shoot one day, he shot 250gr flat nosed hardcast in his 45 Super, I shot the 200gr Lehigh penetrators in my 45 Super, old car doors, windshields, stumps, cattle leg...

I believe that will get it done Sir, I have loaded that bullet for over 5 years to 1050 fps in 45 ACP +P with Longshot, 1300 fps with 800X powder in all steel 5 inch 1911 45 Super. Woods carry around here for black bear, mountain lion, wild hogs and the enamel lacking, smooth mouthed mountain...

Way too far and crap shooting, depending on the wind, I would have skirted that ridge and came up directly in front of or to the rear of that buffalo, even my greenhorn ass knows you NEVER give a buffalo or any other dangerous game animal the high ground. That bull could have turned and came...

Reminds me of first Safari in 2015, way up on the Limpopo, you could look across the dry at the time river and see Zimbabwe and Botswana, that Safari vehicle had to be a '60's production Land Cruiser beautiful dark green beast, went out early one morning before breakfast to throw some things on...

Wow! what a great and informative thread, I've only had five trips to Africa for hunting, with the first in 2015, have heard some absolute client horror stories, with one being a client tripped and shot my PH through the sleeve of his shirt with a 375 H&H magnum! I asked PH what he did, "I TOOK...

I look at the muzzle loader hunter with the same respect I have for the great Archers and Handgun hunters, extreme stalking skills reading the wind to get in close etc, etc, miles above average accurate shooting for proper shot placement. I would even hazard a very large safe bet on the great...

Wow!!!!! Great find, very nice, Congrats, if you so choose, you can load: 320gr Woodleigh round nose Weldcores 320gr Woodleigh PP Weldcores 280gr CEB #13 flat nosed solids With max charge of RL-17 the 320's run 2400 fps, the 280's with the same max charge of RL-17 run 2500 fps. Hornady brass...

Nice setup, cold, windy and miserable here too, not throwing any powder yet, just ran the last of 1100+ sticks of 1990 Lake City 7.62 brass through The Ugly Annealer, had already FL sized the once fired cases with small base RCBS size die, cut out crimps in primer pockets, trimmed to uniform...

H-4350 with 350 and 400gr TSX's, I loaded mine to near 416 WBY levels, you can start if you wish with a chronograph and 94gr H-4350 under 400gr TSX, work up to what your rifle and shoulder likes ; ] I used Norma brass and FED-215 primers, a very versatile and powerful hunting round with rich...

Yes Sir, your rifles are most likely just fine as is, I'm no Gunsmith or Stock builder, but, if we could take an extreme example, if I tightly wrapped a large stick of firewood machine assisted with a chain or band wrapped it with steel flat strapping, I could drive with hammer and bar or...

OH, All two piece bottom metal Model 70 Winchesters have three stock mounting screws, the middle screw is for the front of the trigger guard and goes down between a recess in the stock at the rear portion that's cut out for the magazine box, the vaunted pre-64 Model 70's in the larger...

Here's a few little tips that can make a difference, save a few tears, and a sh-t pile of money too. ANY fine walnut stocked hunting rifle has to have stock mounting screw clearance, take rifle apart, get a small light and peer down the holes, you can see marring or rub lines on the wood, also...

Yes, I love many things about where Wife and I live, cant see or hear anything people-y from here, nothing behind this farm for 25 miles across the mountain till you get to another small town in OK and one more to the East over in AR, I lit here in 1998 at 35 years of age in preparation for...

I fully agree with all you Gents here who hunt fine weapons the world over, the only "Safe Queen" around here wears lipstick and dresses ; ] As far as currency, I have invested heavily in hillbilly metals, ""copper and lead,"" on a serious note, and in times of total collapse, a rich man would...

Lets try one more trip through before back on load shop shelf for another 15 years ; ] $150 bucks shipped Conus.

Dear God Yes! would have never worked myself to the point of poor Wife nearly having to rent a backhoe and buy up a bunch of flowers to plant my sorry ass to acquire them.

Beck, I have heard and read cats hate high velocity, you've got that well covered, on a 2020 Tanzanian safari I used my 400 H&H as my light rifle for all plains game, also had a Leopard on the list, knew well from load workup the tough 400gr A-Frames were only traveling 2400 fps, so with that...

Very nice PARA45, my 82 year old Mother called me over yesterday morning, she made me a 3 inch deep homemade pumpkin custard pie with a graham cracker and butter crust an inch thick and an ice cold tub of homemade whipping cream spun up somehow like cool-whip, Dang! I was sinning heavily yesterday!

Great info FWB, yes Sir, no holes burned in patches, also killed a couple chronos, fiber wads from a 50-90 Sharps will slap a screen dead forever ; ] Got a little Garmin that sits on a tractor tire now, I can blast 4 foot flames, wad stacks, round ball patches, even shotgun slug wads and sabots...

Hunter-Habib, I have read your fondness for the old Winchester 175gr bullet for the 7X57mm Mauser, a couple years ago I bought a new in it's box 1951 year model Winchester model 70 in 7x57, another man associated with the buy sent me three boxes of the very old Winchester 7X57 ammunition in the...

Nice, thanks for the lessons roklok, with my 58 both round balls exited those large Kansas whitetails, the largest one had to weigh 275 lbs, hit him in the ribs at 133 yards, the other very nice 20 inch wide heavy horned 8 point was hit on the point of his left shoulder quartering to me, ball...

^^^^^^^Happy Birthday Sir, if you don't mind, I'll join you, another bull-headed Capricorn here reporting for duty ; ]

WOW! thanks roklok, that 60 cal stone dropped that bear, great shooting and the very same thing I've repeatedly seen when the smoke cleared using my 58. Agreed alloy testing would be in order, harder alloy could always certainly be used with the first shot loaded in a clean bore if hunting very...

Opus X, Vintage 1991's are favorites. Everyday general smoke: Java Corona Maduro. Was at hunting camp catching a ration of chit from the health nut at camp, I said, hey bud, dying 20 years early is the best gift I can give my poor wife, it's the very least I can do for her having to put up...

To my mind the Holland & Holland Royal double is tops, mine is the only rifle I have that looks like it's running 100 MPH sitting on a table! Those Brits nailed that build.

roklok, Very nice, congrats Sir, that is a king sized load of great eating meat, I only have a custom 58 cal round ball caplock rifle, it's fixed sights are regulated and the rifle built for a full 140gr 2F black powder charge, the .570" round ball clocks 1890 fps, very accurate and did bust...

Yes, good luck DirtyHarry, You may consider having the rifles barrels ultrasonic tested, UT testing, I bought a '74 Sharps rifle with a rung chamber, took it to lab coat guy, he x-rayed? the steel, told me it was not compromised in any way. Shot the rifle that way for awhile, then sent it to...

Agreed Gentlemen, I'm about to be 62, go as often as you can, while it's still legal, while legal to import animals and while we still have the physicality, eyesight, stamina and strength for carrying and accurately firing our rifles. Firearm handling safety number one of course, but accurate...

Thanks for the history lesson Grand Veneur, iirc the little double I had was Austrian built, it was a handy very nice rifle, the brass was Norma 9.3x72 r I bought these dies direct from CH4D and had no trouble at all loading the Norma brass.

You're most welcome MG, Thanks Men. BTW, this 505 Gibbs and one '74 C-Sharps 50-90 2.5" rifle I have are the only two I have ever owned with whisker burns on their buttstocks, URF can confirm when he gets the rifle, and hopefully add plenty more to the walnut ; ]

Crap, that Elephant had enough of those chin strikes from that stick, even I know the very best old farm mule will one day kick the ever loving mortal hell out of someone when they've had enough undue BS, they'll pick the time, and they'll never forget.