Recent content by cmk

Hah! Found it. Not quite as I remembered it (and was posted a few more years ago than I thought). But very nicely done. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/my-trophy-room-guest-lodge.41501/page-2#post-431531

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I agree, and I have both. For the heavier bullet weights (156gn/6.5 and 200+gn/06) Norma MRP is what I have been using. I still have a few cans left, but after that it is going to be something similarly slow-burning. Norma 204 is probably the likely candidate.

Don't think that you need to, but I have no personal experience with Talley mounts. If it makes you feel more confident in the setup, then by all means go ahead. It's a tool (but a nice one), not a vintage antique heirloom. :-)

I sure hope that you find a suitable powder, the chances are good you will. As for MRP (and RL22), you're probably out of luck. Eurenco Bofors (the actual manufacturer) is no longer producing that powder. If you're lucky you could probably find some retailer that still has it in stock, but...

I have 4 Sakos in different chamberings - all with the tapered dovetail - and have used a number of different scope mounts over the years (Optilock ringmounts, Optilock w separate bases + rings, Leupold ringmounts, Leupold QR bases + rings, Original Sako steel ringmounts, Warne ringmounts, Warne...

Hmm... I think @Philip Glass might have had something like that made. At least I have a vague memory of it being posted here a couple of years ago. But.. the more I think of it, it may have been an Oryx - mounted as Euro mount, but with the skin attached. And more of a skull cap than a full Euro...

FLS, but not more than necessary. More of a shoulder bump, really.

I dunno 100% what Sako load in their factory ammo, but I suspect either their HammerHead or Super-Hammerhead bullets. 2800 f/s sounds a bit optimistic for 200gn in 30-06, though. The former is a simpler construction, cup-and-core-ish. The latter is ...partially bonded IIRC. I think that both...

The 200gn Oryx is my go-to bullet for 30-06. I load it to a moderate 740 m/s, i.e. a little above 2400 f/s. Taken moose, red stag, fallow, roe deer and badgers. It just works. No bullet recovered. Not taken it to Africa, but I would trust it for plains game up to, and maybe including, eland...

3 minutes... that didn't last for long.. :cry: Oh well, now I won't have to swear over how expensive overseas shipping can be. :)

Aah, no. Soccer IS football. It's the same thing. The other thing is "hand-egg". ;)

Huh!? In my ignorance I thought that 458WM brass was easy to find. Sure, 416, 338 and especially 375 might be more common. But reforming from Lott or 264 would seem like making 308 brass from 260 Rem. Or so I thought...

Mneewell, the "J" is indeed a misinterpretation of an "I" in the Germanic typeface, where the capital "I" looks very much like a "J". The "R" (or lack thereof) indicates whether it is the rimmed version or not. And the "S" for "Spizter" designates the .323 bore. Without the "S", it should be...