Recent content by odonata

There is nothing that you posted that I disagree with & you make a lot of valid points. But purely for aesthetic reasons, in this particular instance I would not be inclined to modify the visual configuration of a full-stock stutzen-style rifle to accommodate a suppressor. It's a case where...

The only rifle like this I've ever bid on was a customized Dakota 76 in 7mm-08. But the other guy had deeper pockets & wanted it more. One of the hurdles here is a lack of options for southpaws when it comes to model selection & caliber choice: The 6.5x55 got the nod because I've killed more...

I've seen online sales where it's quoted at 19". Google says 20". I could actually live with the 6.5x55, 270, 30-06 or the 9.3x62. It's the big magnum rounds with a larger amount of powder that I seem to keep coming across so that's why I asked the question. The reason I asked about faster...

One reason for asking the question was on the off chance I stumbled across a left-handed one at an affordable price, would it be worth buying it because I could turn it into something usable? I like them but spending a lot of money customizing one would probably be a deal killer. If I could find...

I own a Ruger No. 1 RSI in 275 Rigby that I'm fond of hunting with. It's short, slender & a good choice for a lot of the short-range hunting I do in the cluttered southeastern woods. It's a pleasure to shoot but I've always had the impression that it was louder & a bit snappier than my slightly...

The spotting scope specification / comparison PDF lists it as Japanese components assembled in the USA.

I had a fellow soccer dad from my daughter's team who restored a 36' Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus sailboat in his barn in Arkansas. Later I helped him sail it down the Mississippi River to New Orleans before he started a 3-year meander across the Atlantic & back. I used to fly to various ports & spend...

In the early days of the public internet (i.e. less than 30 years ago in 1997), a now-defunct eBay-style website called uBid.com popped up liquidating consumer goods at cheap prices. So I dialed into my local internet provider using my trusty 9,600-baud US Robotics modem & bid $83 on a $395...

There were a lot of alligators where I grew up in south Louisiana. But the only reptiles we usually found in the backyard were green anoles...

I read a report about muskox & caribou hunting posted by @kevin masters last month that was an enjoyable read. I wanted to make sure the OP has seen it as the information might prove useful. In one of the replies he mentioned using a suppressed Sako 300 Win Mag...

There's 20 pieces of new .300 Dakota brass available on GunBroker right now: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1209550747

My current limit of 200 yards was chosen mainly because of the brushy woods I normally hunt in makes longer shots than that a rarity. So instead of going out to a friend's farm in central Arkansas to practice shooting at longer distances I will almost never encounter, for the last few years I've...

"Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!"

Tinkering with my rifles has always been a winter pastime as I like to have things to keep me busy when it's cold & dreary outside. I'm watching this particular project with much interest especially since I have what could potentially be a good donor rifle for something similar. My Uberti in...

As anyone who has read my posts is probably aware, the rifles I favor are narrowly defined: Basically left-handed models in a long-action classic cartridge with walnut & blued steel is my thing. Initially I started off by buying Ruger No. 1's (I own four) but later I bought a LH Ruger M77 MkII...