Recent content by PCC600

Yes Bob I’ve even shocked myself with such thoughts . If only you’d referred to your thongs as “Pluggers” like we do up here in sleepy Queensland then all this misunderstanding could have averted .

Gee I’m glad you clarified that your thongs are actually a type of footwear . You had me worried.

The old Red Belly Black snakes are very passive . Actually very beautiful . Brown and Tigers can be nasty . A Brown somehow landed of the bonnet of a tractor I was driving in mid 1970s . I nearly shit myself . Fortunately it disembarked quickly . A Tiger killed a beautiful Spaniel next to me on...

I own and reload big bore rifles . 600NE , 500NE , 505G , 425 , 416 Rigby and 404J , 450/400NE . None require fillers to work perfectly . My reloads are all based off information provided by Graeme Wright’s excellent “Shooting the British Double Rifle “ and the Woodleigh reloading manual which...

For the life of me I cannot see how milling away part of the action improves a rifle . Doubt it makes it cheaper either . Your timing is wrong about the use of standard actions for Magnum calibres . The issue related to zero availability of Magnums post WW2 and zero availability of Magnums due...

Post WW2 Holland and Holland made many rifles using the P14/ M17 actions including ones in 404J. They are excellent rifles .

And yet as soon as the Rigby licence on Magnum Mauser lapsed in about 1912 - Jeffery started using the Magnum action and Mauser Type A 404J rifles were always built on Magnum actions . I do not think using the Standard Mauser action has much to recommend it . They were cheaper than Magnum...

Sadly I think H&H has gone backwards under Beretta . Just look at their hideous “Noble”o/u .

Glad I ordered my Shikari 3 years ago . It was a lot cheaper than current pricing and a lot shorter waiting time compared with now . My guess is they are selling like hot potatoes . Obviously a lot of double rifle buyers prefer them to the other brands out there in the market .

I can never understand why people pay more for weaker high grade stocks . An $8k premium sounds ridiculous .

Yes there are some incredible English rifles over here . Generally a well kept secret . We punch above our weight on this front .

I have no doubt the Shikari can use monometal bullets as can older doubles . But it depends on the bullet design . Forcing bands and a slightly tapered rear end on bullet willl not stress the barrels . Hand loaders can easily manage these issues .

You bet - I’ll need a big strong fellow .

Yes Mark - I win . Cheers Mate .

Mark - I wear the same gaiters . And for what it’s worth your legs look better than mine !