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Congrats Matt !!!

Difficult to answer to be honest as I have had shots out to 220 yards with only partial expansion and others with full and in some instances I had pass thru's without bullet recovery (At the risk of sounding too biased the pass thru's happen more often than not with Barnes but the really long...

OOPS , sorry - saw the reply after posting this :oops::oops:

Sure Witold will reply but the 602 is the Magnum length action(My 375 also on a 602) , 600 is short action (308 etc) & 601 (270 / 30-06).

Seen folks doing some amazing stuff with 250grn Barnes TSX's from their 375's but I stick to 300Grn (TSX as well) - have a Leupold FX3 6x42 LR on it and I know my drop up to 300 yards and my load aligns to the "dots" provided in the LR reticle for 200 & 300 yards respectively. Guess this is a...

Yep fully agreed - the only element still short on the recoil & a good Single Malt is a Cuban Cigar IMO ..... but not everybody smokes so that one is a personal choice.

zephyr - Do you use any filler in the case with the 350's?

The 458 Express is basically a stretched Lott (The Lott being a stretched 458 Win (3" case on the Express) :) ) , it is great in that it allows you to push the 458 faster and at lower pressures but brass is fully custom only. As to the original question - Yes IMO - A Lott is a lot of really...

Beautiful rifle , great caliber - She will serve you well !!!

no experience with 350's so will keep an eye on this thread - please update with your results , should be good! I load 450Grn TSX on the Lott and they work very well (I run them at 2450Fps , can probably push them faster but no need IMO) they are reasonably flat out to 200 (I do not need more...

I load 450Grn Barnes TSX & Banded Solids for the Lott - not too concerned about recoil to be honest but it does give the ability to "Stretch the Lott's legs" a bit away from just being a stopper/ DG rifle (I have hunted Eland , Impala, Warthog & Duiker (Solids worked a charm) with the Lott...

Great thread to read and congrats Adrian .......Nice problem to have in deciding what to buy :D , Glass wise Zeiss,Kahles , Swarovski (Although if the cost differentiation in your end of the world is similar to ours then this may not be an option) or a good old Leupold - they have always served...

Tx everyone for the responses , based on the above I will try Accubonds (Use them in the the 308 and they are accurate and perform very well terminally) & Swift (Gonna test the Scirocco's out of my 270 in a week on a plains hunt) first before the Bergers as I typically eat what I hunt so bullets...

Does anyone have any experience with VLD's on the 338 Win? I am a Barnes fan but for some reason my Rem 700 does not seem to like Barnes :cry:. I load for all my calibers and mostly Barnes and I have tried every possible (at least in my mind) combo ranging from 185 TTSX up to 250 TSX and...

Use them on my 243 , deadly accurate with sub .25 inch grouping from the 100grn SGK's , don't push them hard though speed is around 2700Fps but never had an issue (largest animal taken are Kudu cows) , plenty of Blesbuck & Impala though. Good bullet but think they may be a slightly "soft" for...

Absolute best value for money where meat is concerned and it is good eating- I am having the one in the pic made into flat-skin rug as the "stripes" are a golden brown colour (Cannot see it in the picture unfortunately) and the stripes are very "vivid" (For lack of better description). It may be...

Love hunting Blue Wildebeest - Challenging as described by most here AND some very nice trophies here as well (Congrats to all). Pic (Not a great picture but typically hunting alone and then taking pics at almost last light just before loading seems to mess up pictures someting fierce1) is of a...

Well said Jaco!!!(y)(y)

I have the Alaskan version of the 416Ruger and I am very happy with it , think the guide version would be even better but that is probably due to me not being a great fan of synthetic but the stock is decent.

Rifles not yet but bullets yes - the one main reason I started handloading - in both cases it was a combination of two high a velocity with soft bullets (In my case PMP 168grn on the 30-06) and thinking that in the Kalahari all animals will be way off in the distance - Now I load premiums and...

Some really beautifull trophies here !! Still on my wishlist .....went on a hunt for one last year but sadly it is hunting and not shopping so did not find what I wanted ......but it will come.

Agree with Hunthard on this one - being raised from a young age in SA with hunting as a regular activity it would be expected to see an increase in the cost of hunting (I remember my dad statement about an impala costing R350 , although I canot repeat it here ;)) , especially with international...

hmmmm "The hunter appears a dandy, armed mostly with too much money and too little character and sanctimonious in describing his or her accomplishment" Right - leaving that there (You did that on purpose 375 Ruger Fan :sneaky:). Reasonably good article - one correction Lee do make a factry...

Philip would appreciate your report - I would like to use the VXR I have on the Lott at the moment with Leupold QD's on the Alaskan (I will carry either of the two so makes more sense to use the scope as opposed to leaving it in the safe) - Granted will have to check / adjust zero after swap but...

The first animal taken with the 416 Ruger

Wouter that is some good advice I had to learn the hard way - never been touched by a scope (thankfully) and all mine are scoped as well but "riding the recoil" by adapting your stance does make it a lot more manageable and fun to shoot to the extent that I can run 50 rounds of Lott without any...

Had a similar experience of a brake on a 338-378 Wby - Thought I blew an eardrum , suffered tonitis for two damned weeks after that little excercise and decided that I WILL NOT hunt with someone using a break again nor have one on any of my rifles. In short if you cannot handle the recoil move...

Hi Wouter - I recognise both names (Johan & Andrew) mainly as they contribute to the local gun magazines quite often - would love to gothe double route but from a cost perspective it will be out of reach for me for a while still - As for using the big or bigger bores (y) - Why own them if one...

Indeed - number of hunting buddies have the guide version in 375R , must admit not a fan of the porting / break integrated although it does work well especially for muzzle flip which is certainly a challenge on the Alaskan with the short barrel. Cannot really say whether it counters recoil as...

Shuter - while waiting on Bob's response here is my 2c worth regarding the Caprivi in 458 Lott - I have owned mine now for a couple of years , which happened by chance as I was in the market for a Lott and could not find a Cz at the time , found the Kimber after a gunshop advised they only have...

Yeah I was very lucky in finding the Alaskan & it seems the 416 , the 375 Ruger is very popular - I was informed that Ruger has stopped production of the Alaskan (Not sure how true that would be). I sawthe Alaskan at a dealer , called back the next day and it ws sold - six months later I found...

Thank you and yep , that is a sure thing :LOL: - just need to save up some as I think a 500Jeff Custom built would be the right medicine .......but then there is the .505 gibs......Ok I am stopping now :ROFLMAO:

Very new to this forum but glad to see "The disease" is recognised here !! (y) I started like most with a .22 many many moons ago , moved up to 243Win, followed by 270Win , 308Win & 303Br those again followed by 338Win , hunted with the 338 for quite a while and then it indeed did happen the...

I am based in South Africa and recently bought a 416 Ruger (Alaskan) , took me some time to get the load sorted but now using barnes 350grn TSX at a speed of 2360Fps - Went hunting last week and took a Waterbuck Cow and Blue Wildebeest with the "Little" Ruger - Great rifle , nice & compact for...

Own and use a Kimber Caprivi in 458Lott - Love it!! Fitted a Leupold VXR 1.25 - 4 x 20 with Leupold QD's , tested them a number of times and are repeateable. Is it light for the calibre (weight wise) possibly but trade-off of carry vs shooting comes into play plus the stock design is good so...