Recent content by Huvius

AI, for better or worse, is here to stay... In the OP, this was said about the Rigby: Obviously, AI missed the comarison entirely... As for the "classic" British styling, I'd say that generally, the Heym is more in tune with the majority of pre war British sporting bot guns. Rigbys look like...

That's exactly right. I had an original 350 Magnum for a while and it took a long time to find brass and dies. Some company must be making some now for Rigby to offer a new rifle in the 350. It is a great cartridge though.

This will work acceptably if you need just a couple thou removed, but what it really does is reduce the depth of the primer pocket as it thins the rim. The correct method is to thin the rim from the other side (front?). You can do this by putting the brass in a drill press chuck or lathe and...

That room is absolutely lovely! Excellent display.

That is a great deal for new brass! Krieghoff sells once fired Norma brass for $1.50/rd if one wants to go even cheaper! https://www.krieghoff.com/product/once-fired-brass-norma-500-416ne/

No real reason not to. Even if you don't have it stamped or engraved as a Lott, 458WM will shoot just fine in it as well.

Here are a couple examples of this on original rifles. I believe only the early Rigby bolt rifles were sighted this way and many simply had the ramp soldered to the barrel without using a band. A lot of the .275s were that way. W.J. Jeffery used the sleeved sight quite a bit. You can see that...

The front sight is “sleeved” onto the barrel, meaning the ramp is integral with the tubular sleeve and this is soldered onto the muzzle of the barrel. The line is the joint where the sleeve meets up to the barrel. In the old days, Rigby and every other maker, would insure the joint was super...

A strip of semi dense foam is what I did. No electricity needed!

This statement seals the package deal for me! If it's that rare, and you hold back on or want too much for the dies etc., then the buyer of the rifle has his own custom made, you now have dies that nobody will buy. Your desire to squeeze out as much profit as possible could land you with some...

They have a rebounding hammer so the safety blocks the hammer as well as the trigger so there is no worry of a bump on the hammer firing a chambered round. Seems like a reasonable modern touch I guess. I imagine that these new rifles serve a little bit of a different purpose than buying an...

I was thinking the PH (guy on the left) had a misfire or something but then eventually got off a shot! Pretty exciting stuff!

I love the idea! If the rifle digests the ammo you are talking about then I dare say that not too many folks here could argue against the idea. Also, I had no idea that these were as reasonably priced as they are! The Deluxe takedown at $1700!! That’s a LOT of rifle for the money and and...

I'm looking forward to your report! I had a 12b Pedersoli SXS once and thought the double rear sight was a bit goofy. I sold it, regrettably, and now the supply of the 12s has dried up considerably! I really regret not working with that gun more to see what was possible.

Kynoch used their "Cupro nickelled" bullets in a variety of diameters back in the teens or a little earlier. These were steel jacketed / nickel plated. The Kynoch diagram for the 375s (flanged and belted) specify "Envelopes C.N.S. Cupro Nickelled Steel" and this is from 1912 or thereabouts. Now...