Recent content by JD Noblin

It's the factory Weatherby stock that I had cerekoted and some webbing added. For a factory stock it is pretty nice.

For a "heavy" plains game rifle, I recommend the 338 Norma. I have one in a Granite Mountain Action with a 24" barrel and it pushes a 250gr Northfork soft right over 3000fps. When I hunted Africa with the 338 Norma, 99% of plains game hit with it literally dropped straight down. The sole...

A few years ago I built a 470 Capstick using a Weatherby Mark V Safari 375 Wby that was laying around. Spun off the 375 barrel and sent it to Mcgowen to make a 470 barrel with the same profile. Had to tweak the mag box to handle the straight wall 470 case. No other changes had to be made...

Sorry if I was confusing. I made a generalized statement that was describing two separate hunts, one in Tanzania and one in South Africa that ended up the same way....both far away from the truck with low ammo. Now, buffalo is my favorite DG to hunt so recently I have been adding more buffalo...

For DG, I go ultralight on everything except for ammo and water. I used to only carry a small amount of ammo (<10 rounds). However, after two buffalo hunts went south on me and I was left with only 2 rounds and 5+ miles back to the truck in DG territory I swore to myself I would never be...

I'm a total geek for wood and engraving on firearms. While perusing the European website for Steyr I noticed it has a custom shop in Austria. The US-based Steyr office confirmed that its could import a full custom Steyr to the US from Austria. I then worked with the custom shop to pick wood...

Here is my Steyr SM12 9.3x62. Have not had time to finish load development for it but hope to soon.

I have mounted optics on 30+ Sako 85 375s, 416s, 450s and 500Js and in my opinion, the lowest and cleanest looking QD mounts for a Sako 85 are the Talley mounts using the 4-screw rings w/ QD levers.

Congrats on that Weatherby! I am SO JEALOUS! I would have snapped that rifle up as I love both the cartridge and Weatherby Mark V rifles (especially the German ones). I have both a 6.5x68 in a Heym SR30 and a 8x68 in a Steyr Custom Shop. Norma makes 8x68 brass and its readily available in...

For my 350 Rigby (and 318 Wesley Richards) I imported both dies and brass from Northern Shooters Supplies in Australia. It's not cheap but at least you have what you need. https://rssvd-eflvr.volusion.store/default.asp

For pants I wear the Kuiu Tiberon shorts as they allow a lot of airflow. For shirts I wear Tag Safari cotton shirts that my tailor has altered to allow more airflow while keeping out bugs. Professional dancers use a very fine mesh cloth that is super-stretchy. This cloth can be purchased at...

I have used The African Market located in Texas and can highly recommend the company. The African Market can do just about custom anything......wood carvings of all kinds, doors, chandeliers, sconces, lighting of all kinds, furniture, etc.. The goods are made in Africa and shipped to the US...

In cowboy action shooting the goal is to insert both shotgun shells at the same time into the chambers with one fluid motion....this is my goal when it comes to loading two 500NE cartridges in the Heym. From my CAS experience, I have found that when loading two into the chambers at the same...

I am a Cowboy Action Shooter and I use the skills from reloading the S/S shotgun to quickly reload my Heym 500 Nitro Express. I use a leather ammo carrier that my leather-worker made for me which is the same style as my CAS shotgun carrier. After I break open the double rifle and the empties...