Recent content by OldCombatEngr

Excellent. How accurate does it remain?

Thanks. We know that's what sometimes happens. Disappointing, but still enjoyed the experience.

Excellent advice. Thanks. I will contact him about a buff hunt early in 2028.

I appreciate your observations. Thank you. Agreed, the old .45/70, now about 153 years of age, remains worthy. In a Ruger No. 1, we can safely push a 500-gr slug at 1,750-fps; and the recoil tells us it is hard-hitting. I expect a solid bullet at closer ranges could safely take anything in Africa?

Because of our post-WW2 economic dominance--thanks, in part, to not sustaining gross damages on our soil--the competition that would have otherwise kept us more competitive did not exist. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and union leaders did not (seem to) need to think as competitively as they...

In a modern lever gun, not a costly M95 antique, probably, were it available. That or a .358 Winchester. Only with my own money.

I would expect elk hunters to handle common fully loaded .308/.30-06 bolt rifles (18-20 ft.-lbs. recoil) for 40 rounds with little difficulty at the range. I think 40 rounds was required for quals with the M1 Garand .30-06 in WW2 and with the M-14 7.62mm when we shot that rifle in 1971. Neither...

I re-read Elmer Keith's books and remain convinced he is correct about bigger bores and heavier bullets for elk and other larger game, although we know many have been harvested with smaller bores. With the right bullets loaded fully, .30/06 180-grain or equivalent weight and energy, say, in a...

Sad. Overall for North America--and maybe if I ever got to Africa for medium game--I consider it an excellent cartridge--just as good now as for my first centerfire in '67. Seemed to always shoot fairly well with any reloads from 110-220 grains. Hemingway did great work with his G&H Springfield...

I, too, was thinking of the 35 Winchester. With some old M95s still chambered for it, pressures would need to remain as they were, so it offers little more than the .358 Winchester, which I would love to see in a handy bolt or lever carbine with express sights as a timber gun.

When I read "dead," I figure no firearms--except, maybe, custom--manufactured for it.

I am now seriously looking into the East Africa possibilities.

You betcha.

We know that all it takes is one smile from Fortune.

Happy for them. Good bear activity when the weather was like it should have been in late spring. Michael is over 90% these past 40 years. Lousy weather made a difference.