Recent content by matt85

Judging the past by modern standards will always leave a sour taste in your mouth. What was acceptable to a hunter in the 1890s would be wildly unacceptable today. Most of the famous hunters durring the golden age of African hunting would be despised criminals today. In the future, people will...

I've been checking them out on gunsinternational.

I used to have a Winchester M70 in 7x57, wonderful cartridge! Sadly, the rifle itself had problems and had to go.

Anywhere between .264"/6.5mm and .323"/8mm, I'm not being really picky. Game size will be ranging from coyotes to black bear (our black bears aren't particularly big). We have three species of deer that would be my most likely targets. I already have bigger guns that would easily fill the role...

Thank you, but in this case I am looking for a smaller caliber.

Yes, blue dot certainly tames the gun down a bit. Black powder ball loads aren't too bad though. The black powder bullet loads are stout and require the shooter to be on top of his game! I was using something like 260gr of FFg under a 1200gr bullet for regulation.

We posted at the same time, scroll up for stats. The gun is fully rifled. The velocity is an estimate and probably a bit low now that I think about it. My 1200gr bullets are leaving the muzzle at 1300fps with the same load. So, realistically they are probably slightly faster... will need to...

Oh yea, and for you big bore junkies who like stats, the above load is throwing a 900gr (58.3g) 0.850" (21.6mm) lead ball at around 1350fps (411m/s). The load would not be suitable for elephant but would likely be fine for everything else. For elephant I have a 1200gr (77.7g) bullet. But the...

Did a little target shooting today with the 8-bore. The gun shoots really well with a .85" ball over 67gr of blue dot. Here is one of the loads checking regulation at around 30-40 yards:

Just to be clear, I will require a single set trigger or double set triggers on the rifle. That is why I was looking at the Sako 90 Bavarian and Steyr SM 12 specifically. I'm not against an original Mannlicher if I can find one in good condition at a price I can afford.

Not a caliber I was looking for, but I might be interested. Does it have a set trigger?

I don't see a full stock option on the Sauer website, am I missing something?

Im in the market for a general purpose hunting rifle. Lately i was look at the Sako 90 Bavarian and the Steyr SM 12. While looking at those i stumbled across the full stock version of the Steyr SM 12 and ive got to say im a huge fan of the looks! Does anyone else make a full stock rifle like...

The Federal and Hornady bullets are going to be a very basic cup and core bullets. Good for targets and medium game. I would only use the Woodleigh fmj for elephant. Round nose solids make a small hole but will go through a lot of animal. The Barnes will make a good cape buffalo bullet.

Shooting light recoiling guns is not practice for shooting heavy recoiling guns. This is one of the reasons people these days struggle to shoot well with guns larger than a 375. Shooting a 30-06 and shooting a 458 WM involve some of the same skills... But not all. Recoil management is an...