Recent content by OxfordTheCat

Beg pardon, but love to see that rifle if you're inclined to grab and post a couple photos. Recently have picked up a Heym in 30-06, along with a companion but in LH that my father has, but a mannlicher stock in 6.5x55 or 9.3x62 would be ideal. Very nice rifles.

Once upon a time I used to butcher, so have an affinity for sharp knives and for maintaining them myself. Usually turned my nose up at sharpening contraptions. One of these Chef's Choice showed up as gift from her parents, and I'm actually really surprised with how well it works. This and an...

The demographics will change this outlook considerably. One of the reasons I had always been hesitant to jump into Rolex is because of how prevalent they are with kids these days, as well as my late thirties contemporaries: The first thing any nearly minted Finance or...

Not impossible, you just have to be invited to buy one: Requires a minimum spend on Hermes products before you reach the required tier. Ferrari is another company known for playing games.

Agreed: And to be expected with the extra fps behind it. My Leverevolution experience is limited to sending the 325 downrange out of a 6lb double, and the extra recoil on that was a big 'thanks, but no thanks'. Easy way to become content with minute-of-saucer!

I've never seen any practical reason to get into any of the Leverevolutions: The 405gr, even in the trapdoor load, is more than adequate for just about all North American game at the appropriate range - and certainly more than enough for Ohio whitetails. It's also readily available with a...

Let's clear the air here: Are you advocating that there is a legitimate case to be made for deliberately gut shooting animals, as the tone of this post implies?

I am looking for something to standardise my 30-06 rifles on, and was going to go with the 220gr Core-Lokts which do seem to be available here in Canada. I know in past posts you've been an advocate of the 220 CLs (but also that they were hard to track down), so I'm curious, did you make the...

Appreciated Tom. That's a work of art. Beautiful!

Hey Phil, Not sure if you found what you were looking for, but check Westley Richards if you haven't already: I was browsing the ammunition wallets a few weeks ago and found them modestly priced (relative to what I would have expected from WR).

One would think African game are Kevlar skinned and ceramic plated by the tone of some of these responses. 45-70, even in the 405gr trapdoor loads and without getting into any of the special snowflake hot loads, would be more than adequate for any African game short of elephant in the right...

Hi Tom - reviving this post after a couple of years, but I'd love to see some more pictures of that rifle if you ever have the time. Haven't seen anything like it. Gorgeous.

It popped up in my feed, so I embraced it as well. something-something standing on the shoulders of necro-posting giants.. I forget how the old saying goes.

Echoing this a little bit, even when it comes to a country, rules can be quite diverse. Having caught a little flak here and there in social settings for an interest in hunting and Africa in particular, I like the example of Sandhill Cranes. Those in North America might be familiar with them...

Avoiding killing ourselves off is very much the point: We're desperately trying not to be part of the 99%, and don't want to be the first of the 99% to do it on account of our own actions, rather than being drawn the short end of the evolutionary stick or subject to a cataclysmic volanic...