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275 Rigby all day long

Good hunting!

Good looking rifle. JD is an upfront outfit to to business with. I've purchased two rifles from him.

IMHO you should worry more about proper bullet placement than velocity, weight and construction. My golden wildebeest was take with a 160 gr Accubond out of a .275 Rigby Ruger and my blue wildebeest fell to a 165 gr partition from a .308 Winchester.

Welcome from the upstate in Roebuck, SC

.375 H&H Browning High Power Safari.

I think a comment I once heard about British motorcycles applies here as well: “They were made down to a price, not up to a standard” As a retired engineer, I also happen to have a bit of experience in sheet metal work. To make the magazine in metal would add considerably to the cost of the...

This ^^^^^^ Harbor Freight mini cut off saw ~$33. I use it to make .300 Savage brass from .308. Cut close then trim.

Why?? You can never have too many rifles.

Some NRA Instructors offer courses in Metallic Reloading. Check the NRA site for locations and dates. This would give you instruction as well as offer the opportunity to have questions answered.

I had a similar situation. I used a pellet rifle in the back yard to practice putting the rifle on the sticks, stabilizing it and getting the shot off. I found that this helped on both my African hunts as the animals didn't seen to want to stand still while I fussed around.

I like to listen to audio books while driving in the car. You can also use the Internet Archive to download pdf files of said books then use a web site such as perchance.org to generate an MP3 file to listen to. May take a bit of cleaning up but I've had good luck. They even have a choice of...