Recent content by IronCowboy

Nemo arms does an AR style rifle in belted magnums, including .458win mag. ;-)

It ain't pretty, nor is the leather, but it's been working for me since I was a kid. About a months worth of work by this pistol over our hounds.

I've never had luck sizing bullets that far, 6thou diameter, but I do know if you want to go that far, you'll need to do it in multiple steps. Tend to see about 4thou be as far as I can size without things getting wonky, and even then, I do it in 2 steps of 2 thou each.

If you can't grab it with the collet puller, most likely you can't get a grip with the grip-n-pull without damaging the bullet either. Getting them started with the momentum puller then finishing with the others can work, but it's an extra step. I have all 3, use all 3, but most often, it's...

I think people pass it on because it's good advice, but not because it happens a lot. Bags do get lost, this happens with any air travel where you aren't loading the bag into the plane yourself (meaning: I've never lost a bag on a private charter). But I kind of liken the whole "use common ammo...

In general, I've been taught a rifle desired to be fast handling and well carried should balance somewhere between 5.5" and 6.5" in front of the middle of the trigger. Heavier bores, or guys wanting a little muzzle weight (I'm one of them) will favor 6-7". I tend to find 7" pretty muzzle heavy...

Momentum type puller. Get a brick, 3 foam ear plugs, a jug of lemonade, and get to whacking (1 ear plug is to drop in the bottom of the puller to protect your tips).

The other issue is the dishwasher will do little more than you could do by hand - meaning it will not clean the case interior or the primer pocket effectively. Just a waste of time as far as cleaning goes, and a great way to poison yourself. Vibratory tumblers can be had for $50, and they do...

I'm not really sure how they say the .416 Taylor can meet or exceed the 416 Rigby, when it's nothing more than a shortened version of a .416 Rem Mag, which doesn't always keep up with the Rigby even itself. Of course, does the difference in performance make a real difference? Eh, probably not...

I was perusing some of these "subjective opinion" threads this morning waiting for an airplane (.458wm = classic and non-military cartridge hunting battery threads, and another subjective opinion thread on a different site) and I thought I might throw up a question for the peanut gallery... If...

I may have to take you up on that, I'll even spring for the ammo! And if you ever decide to part ways with it, let me know! I got my first DGR when I was a poor high school kid, so naturally, I was looking for a poor man's DGR (relatively) - for which the Ruger M77 Safari Mags were a perfect...

Count me in the camp of those who don't get the point? There are hundreds of cartridges out there which were not developed for military application, so if you arbitrarily resign yourself to only that list, or even to the list of cartridges which don't even have a military parent or grand...

Yeah... So... I don't like you now... But my WIFE, on the other hand, says "thank you." I've been drooling over that rifle for a while now, just couldn't convince myself to spend the dime for a redundant rifle. But my wife was sure I was going to bring it home one day anyway. Now it's gone, as...

I know a couple guys who have mis-marked their rifles to match their brass headstamps. Apparently the import inspection didn't care to note the bullets weren't the right diameter, but the rifle matched the ammo... Box checked... Whether the label is wrong on the brass or the rifle too, as long...

9.5lbs before optics. You won't notice carrying half a pound extra in a safari rifle in the same way you might in a solo mountain rifle, but you WILL notice it at the practice range. I work up from there in weight as power/recoil goes up for larger and more powerful cartridges.