Recent content by C.W. Richter

My thoughts precisely: 'Have 2 "Husky" chainsaws...the larger one, a 455 is ~25 years old, starts immediately and runs flawlessly. An old enduro riding pal swore by them (He had a 300 cc 2-stroke that was a torque monster. I vividly recall riding wheelies the entire time I'd take my son out...

Proven winners: IMR 4350 for the '06 and RL15 for the 375 (w/ CCI primers)

Anything Nos PT, Swift A-Frame 180, or even better...anything similar in 200-220 gr. I believe even Rem has 06 ammo for sale w/ 220 grainers (v. popular in AK. My son just saw a pile at a Sportsmen's Warehouse down S.) He will NOT be disappointed by using heavy-for-caliber bullets (high SD...

Big cased 300s, 338s, same in 358 (all using heaviest for caliber 220 & 250 gr), 375, 416 or 458. There are maneaters ready to visit you and your kill site. Being allowed to carry a sidearm (a la AK) would allow for other choices. Brown bear were everywhere on our trip to AK/BC/AB One kid...

A guide in Zim told me (essentially) the very same encounter tale-it was in the dark. He remained motionless and it eventually went away. Another crawled up into the bed of the hunting vehicle when it got run over by it. LOL The hunters needed a change of clothes when they finally got out...

Racing motorcycles (sometimes at speeds exceeding 200 MPH-LOTS of training beginning at age 6) on and off-road. Only crashed once by my own hand when following a friend/competitor too closely (enduro)...he broke right to clear a milk crate sized rock-i broke my ribs hitting that rock at ~40...

We hear what you're saying, but any protection (that seals well) is better than none! My 1 ear is prob 10%, but it's a combo of guns/brakes/loud engines/loud music/ex-wife. BP/Cholesterol meds poss. culprits as well (still investigating. The fact that the Dr. who peddles the aforementioned...

Very Nice! You don't say what cal (it says multi-implying diff bbls are avail,) but we'll have to assume .308.?

Kudos on Hooke'ing your rifle up! Although 'have had several gun-related spring issues over the years (nearly all w/ a mauser-style action, incl. M70s and variants), my favorite correction was using triple valve springs in a heavily modified Buick 455 race engine (it prevented "valve float" at...

Factory ammo. is widely available for 458 WM

Read up on what Kevin Robertson says about the (Safari) either in the perfect shot or africa's most dangerous-i forget which. It's similar to a Rem 700 in that it needs some "hot-rodding" prior to going into battle with it. It's an entry level factory gun. Get GOOD mounts for those buttes (if...

'Could say a lot more on this topic of consumerism and mand-made crap that goes completely against Nature, but the closest ever did I get to music in the field was going out grouse hunting with an old-timer and his dogs at one of the family farms...he's 200 yds away in secondary successional...

Precisely what i was going to say, and i have a Chatfield-Taylor! (Also much easier to get factory ammo in-country, when say your fav little box of handloaded goodies or expensive custom handloads goes missing in Namibia at the WDK Airport!!) LOL No performance advantage over any of the 416s...

Also, with hunting abroad, it's not just the countries sometimes challenging policy hoops you must appropriately jump through, but now we have airlines that take issue with carrying firearms! Ensure that ALL airlines involved have no issues with carrying checked sporting firearms!!! Yet...

I have an older lyman (black) accutrimmer (not blk anodized aluminum like the newer ones, but blk coated steel) that was sold by stating that any cartridge will fit in it (incl. the 50 BMG) and it came with a .50 trimmer. I don't have a .50 (.470 yes-and I've been taunted but resistant several...