Recent content by baxterb

if I were lookgin at a 458 zastava, I would first make sure the magazine and receiver are sized properly for a 458 and not a 375. I have seen many 458s that had a huge mag box and receiver - was told they cut them all for 375s, not 100% sure that is true. I would prefer to have the proper size...

Not typically an engraving guy, but going full bore Africa (and God bless 'em for putting in the trees and thorns) has me nodding along. Very nice.

It’s being pressure tested big time by a lot of guys who wanted to play the game and taking the piss out of it because, well, they could. I think a lot of people want it to fail.but the Falcons keep flying and things move forward and none of the big brains know what will happen tomorrow as usual.

two exceptional books

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.

It is a great book. Very informative. I got one for a deal.

Cool rifle.

He was a writer who hunted, not a hunter who wrote. If he were the latter, we’d likely not remember his name.

One thing to note in that video is right at the very end you can see the two tracks of of the bullet path on the feed ramp into the chamber. They are symmetrical, centered, and it's worth noting we used a variety of bullets to test: 286 North Fork SS, 286 North Fork Cup Point, 286 Swift, 250 TSX...

Submitted for your entertainment and a little feeding at the end. I spent a few days with D’Arcy Echols and we worked on a 9.3 that started as a 30-06. Just an example of some of the work we did.

I think that was rechambered after the fact. All of the ones I have seen rechambered by CZ were stamped deeply.

Few days go…

Here is an interesting bit of info re: the reliability issue from my friend and lucky owner of that Echols 450 Rigby. The text describes the events in the linked video below. __ In addition to the normal range work, I have done a fair amount of practice with the rifle to get familiar with its...

Was able to get a few pics of the Echols 450 Rigby on an FZH I mentioned above: