Recent content by 50Gunner

Very Nice! man I'd check barrel twist rate and see if it'd stabilize the 175gr North Fork SS's loaded to 2650 fps over the very temp stable 6.5 Staball powder, would use on ALL plains game without worry, that includes one ton Eland bull, they will not walk off a deep slug hole double shoulder...

Whichever rifle is the most accurate and the one you shoot the best, only way I'd pick the 300 WM is if heavier plains game were on the list. 150gr in the 308 and 200gr Partitions in the 300 WM are tailor made for this, you'll quickly blow the front core in the near shoulder, tiny hide kind...

I think both look great together, reminds me of when little Wife asks, "Do you want ribs or pork chops?" Yes! ; ]

Wow! very nice, Congratulations, don't know if you're going to load your own or buy ammunition, can tell you 750gr Barnes banded flat nosed solids and TSX's are absolute dangerous game wreckers at 2076 fps from my V/C 577 with 26" barrels. Guessing the two shots I would have been told not to...

Hey Matt, PM Buckstix and see if he has any star crimp dies left for your 8-Bore, if not, he may be able to make you one. They give a very nice multi sided star crimp that closes the case mouths holding the round balls very firmly in place.

318AE: Indeed, have referred back many times over the decades to the wise words of my old handler, advisor, Bossman: "Never fail to start at the start" I treat each barrel of a double rifle like it's a completely different weapon, because it is ; ]

Sir, I have no idea on build times, have always bought used double rifles, have also never been provided with load data/regulation loads for any, never had any issue quickly developing accurate regulation loads, simply looked at water tables then picked a powder and the bullets I wanted to use...

H-1000 is THE powder for hi-po 6.5x55 Swede loads. Newer SC FN Winchester model 70 with 27" 7.5 twist barrel, 147 ELDM's clock 2950 fps over 51grs H-1000, took doe with final tag last season, 534 yard rain shot from covered ground blind, tight in white patch at shoulder crease, she fell...

The 250gr Hornady Monoflex would be a low recoiling high velocity king for deer hunting, minimum or max load of RL-7 or H-4198 would put you in very good country, you can push 'em over 2900 fps if you choose, that's easy 400 yard whitetail hunting if you know your drops or need to make a shot on...

No doubt about it good Sir, we are being surveilled and have been for a good long while, my Wife is a runner and buys all kinds of ladies sportswear, was showing a buddy where the Hodgdon's load data site was as well as the JBM ballistics site. Some ladies running bras and shoe adds...

Yep, to hell with that ai garbage, along with siri, alexa, and that goofball roomba vacuum, thought i saw this i-phone move on it's own one day, was a half tic away from pitching that communist made piece of trash in the microwave and zapping it's ass ; ]

You bet Tanner, a lot of Staball powders of differing burn rates out there today, I'm certain you will check, but make sure you get the 6.5 Staball for this application. It is slower burning than all the 4350's, even slower than RL-17, is a very compact and dense ball powder, absolutely perfect...

I would have to land squarely in the middle of the double rifles I own, my 11.75lb Alfred Schilling 500 Nitro with 26" barrels would do to ride the river with, a simple German boxlock that swings and points like a bird gun, both 570gr Barnes banded flat nosed solids and TSX bullets at 2150 fps...

My 7mm Mashburn would be the smallest bore I'd pack for a Western elk hunt and go up from there: 300 Win Mag 300 H&H 338 Win Mag 340 WBY 358 Norma mag And yes, the great 375 H&H Mag. The thread title gave me pause, an oxymoron if you will, I guess indeed some estrogen laced biological males...

Funny stuff, regardless of what a man acquires monetarily, if he's honest with himself and others, we all remain poor in knowledge, life is a never ending learning curve, I have found the more I learn, the more I realize what I don't know. And have no envy for those that pile up 100's of...