Recent content by Bert the Turtle

I very much enjoy cheese. Particularly enjoy Mimolette. Haven’t had it in forever.

seems good so far in my 375 and about to start loading it for my 404. It has been reliably available, so I’m working on in for 30-06 as well. Doesn’t meter particularly well, but I’m in no rush so I don’t mind weighing charges.

To be fair, in 1840, every bear hunt was one shot away from killing it with a knife.

Correct. The LRX is designed as the Long Range X bullet. Dangerous game isn’t particularly dangerous at long range and is most enjoyably shot at close range. Although designed for other types of hunting, I do suspect it would be perfectly adequate on dangerous game. X bullets of all sort...

Don’t worry- the 300g TSX opens just fine! They do make a tipped 270g 375 bullet- LRX. Basically a TTSX optimized for BC

You’ll hear plenty of people say their Leupold is just as good as a Leica (Swarovski, S+B, Zeiss). You’ll never hear anyone say their Leica is just as good as a Leupold

Depends on what problem you are trying to solve. If you just enjoy having different guns to play with, choose whatever floats your boat. If you have a specific use case, that should determine the cartridge or at least narrow it down.

as others have pointed out, north fork is filling the demand. The market works. No idea why Swift can’t hire right now, but it really doesn’t matter. If there is a demand, someone is going to step in and make a buck.

Whoever took it was a thief but apparently a very conscientious one when it came to taking care of firearms! Best of luck finding the rightful owner/heirs.

I’d love to know how all these people figured out how to support themselves without jobs.

I think the owner just turned it into a $500 rifle

You may need properly headstamped brass to travel to Africa with it, but 200 once-fired cases will be a lifetime supply at least for hunting ammo if you get a custom sizing die so that the brass is barely worked. Whidden will make one for you using the fired brass as a template. If you are...

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My Garmin is incredibly easy to use and super portable. The convenience was worth the price to me. I just looked and see Oehler is still selling the 35p for $595. I can’t imagine anyone buying one nowadays when the radar units are so much easier. I doubt mine will ever come out of the case...

Years ago I took a handgun hunting class. Brought my 45 Blackhawk 5 1/2 inch barrel and some buffalo bore 325g loads. That combination is an eye-opener to say the least. The Smith and Wesson reps were there with their then-new 500. And free ammo. I ended up using their gun for most of the...