Recent content by dlmac

Where in Zim and who are you going with...if you don't mind my asking. Going on my first African hunt in Aug also in Zim... if eyes and health hold out.

The clinic was in Clarkston, WA. Looked at the clinic in Elk City. The hospitals we used we at Pullman, Lewiston (St. Joe) and Clarkston (Tri State). The first wolf I saw in Id was outside Grangeville. We also decided to work there in the mid 90's.

We have a cabin 6 miles southwest of Dixie....Lots of snow this year. The Moose are coming back, the elk are a little slower. Still plenty of black bears and a few Griz. I once hired a fella from Cottonwood to work at our clinic and one of my patients was the camp host over there.

Wife and I lived in Clarkston of 9 years(had a medical clinic there) and have land in Dixie, Idaho. I am a luck man and my Wife hunted and travelled with me in the Pacific Northwest. Will have to get your book!

I have a connection the the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and Dixie, Idaho. Now in MN in the summer and the Rio Grande Valley in the Winter. And Dixie, Id sometime in between.

The rifle has a back up lyman peep sight.....just to slow (me). I thought about drilling it out to make a larger aperture. Wonder if it could be fitted with a real ghost ring.

I would like to thank all for the mass amount of information and opinions. My eyes are an issue, like most of the other respondents. What I get out of this is, it is a personal choice and firearm dependent. My choice of mounts would have been something else, but I have a 375-338 on a 1903...

I used Coppersmith for my Russian far east hunt and glad I did! The hide was salted and not tanned, the Feds took exception to this and called it imported meat. Coppersmith did a shell game for 3 months until the bear hide was tanned. The Feds made 3 trips to my Taxidermist, on the 3rd trip...

A little late but welcome. I down in Southern MN.

more like a small ring polish action. Looks very much like a 96.

You are correct.

The Picture itself is a wonderful tribute to your Father.

The 1640s are just 98 mausers, easy to find. It is the 1900 series action that is hard to find. I found the ramline stock and a couple of charles Daly...theses are much better than the ramline and not as tachy feeling as the houge.

With all the work, you are right it is diminishing returns. I do enjoy different "things"

I had a 35 Brown-whelen that loved cheap speer 250 gr hot cor RN. I was getting 2675 out of a 24 in barrel. It was a great moose and bear rifle. I was stupid enough to sell it and have regretted it ever since. It actually had less felt recoil than the rem 750 in a std whelen