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I've already outed myself as now prone to simple light reliable handguns, no longer feeling unsafe without a thumb safety. However, I still keep the G30/36 and especially the G21 for so-called nightstand use...because (am I alone on this?) I've had occasion over the decades to shoot both .45ACP...

There are many service-size pistols I prefer to the G's, all of them metal. I had an odd think happen long ago: Immediately after my war year I was quite ramped up about "the pistol," whatever that was at the moment. Suddenly, though, pistols became for me just a boring but worthwhile tool...

The US Secret Service just decided that the Glock 19 suffices, and conceals well. Although I am a long-time 1911 shooter, I found the G19 a much better balance of size, capacity, weight, a grip that fits my hand, and reliability. There are so many choices, and selection depends so much on your...

"If you start very young, say 21 year-of-age, your chances of avoiding injury are BETTER." –Typed too fast! Sorry.

At least in the larger calibers the rear core used to be tungsten. The ATF warned them off that, perhaps in case the bad guys started using elephant guns. The old ones (+ ten years ago?) had superior penetration. It's been a long time, but I think they were called Safari Grand Slam. Any one...

One of my closest friends went the GT3 route. He very nearly died at the track. The car was never the same. Your friend was sensible. (GT3 $600 per tire five years ago, new tires every six months or less...) And I'm just going to say it: I'd guess Hem's wives got more dings than his rifles...

My M70 SG .30-06, built circa 2012, allows extraction and ejection of a loaded round. This is a safety issue, so I'm going to guess that yours allows extraction as well.

The current M70's (ca. 2018-19) are assembled in Portugal. I believe the action and barrel are still produced in SC, US. The stock is probably produced in Portugal. No?

I very much agree about the .404 Jeff. The .416 Rigby generates about 70 lbs of recoil. The .404 Jeff produces approx. 42 lbs with an same-weight rifle and bullet.

I don't know that you are missing it, but I'll ask: A 375H&H with a 300 gr bullet in a 9 lb rifle generates about 36 lbs of recoil. A 416 Rigby with a 400 grain bullet (to equalize sectional density/penetration a bit, in a 10 lb rifle generates approx. 58 lbs of recoil, and faster recoil than...

The RCMP conducted extensive tests of very-cold-weather rifle lubrication. They concluded that the best option is to strip the rifle of lubricants and give the working parts a light coating of EESOX.

When I ordered Leopold QR Weaver bases for my Model 70's, there were different offerings according to the action length, and (I seem to recall) for Pre-64 and new FN issue, versus the in-between production. I would double check what Warne model you have, as a first resort.

"Compared to Taylor's writing, I would have to come to the conclusion that Bell was a wanker." –Surely you jest! Taylor was a devil-may-care poacher during his African hunting years. He, unlike WDB Bell, did not keep meticulous records, nor did he have a plethora of reputable hunters...

It seems true to my experience that red dots are faster than iron sights. I'll confess to being so-called "elderly," 67, but not yet in need of glasses. I had extensive experience with iron-sighted military rifles/MGs, and then decades of upland bird and skeet shooting. I came to love "fast...

I have no opinion about Weatherby rifles. However, complaints by PH's seem to run to mechanical problems with factory loads. The Zimbabwe PH exam write-ups have twice pointed to these problems. I'll just repost here a site and quote (from Africanhuntingdotcom) from an administrator of the...