Recent content by Riflecrank

95 y.o. Pop and 78 y.o. Son ... Pop was busy early in life, glad it worked out for both of them ! I have Remington M700s in 7mm STW, 300 WbyMag, and 375 RUM. Kept them because they are accurate.

Uncle Ed with Mauser not Remington: Uncle Ed taking 50-yard shot at hippo brain with Rem 700 "Super Seven" as he called it:

dgr416, On your latest stir of the kettle I was able to find the Youtube, thank you: There was some varmint shooting done with the Rem 700 "Super Seven" by the gal and Uncle Ed. But both of them used what looked like a Browning FN Mauser, I'd guess a .375 H&H, for all the buffalo and the...

One Day, Yes, atrocious to attribute camming power in extraction to the claw extractor when it is the "camming ramp" DOH! Mr. Pearce is usually better than that. But remember that the CRE feature pulls the extractor inward when the bolt begins rearward motion, and that little bit of extra room...

Steve White, Thanks for helping popularize the CRE distintion of the true Mauser CRF+CRE found on commercial M98s, CZ 550 Magnums and Mediums as well as their forerunner BRNO models. If it doesn't have the nonrotating "long claw" Mauser extractor with beveled tongue in groove running...

I cringe when I top off a CRF&CRE rifle by doing the "Mauser Extractor Side Finger Press" to pushfeed one more cartridge over a full magazine. But that doesn't stop me from doing it now and then, as long as that big, beautiful, non-rotating longclaw has proper temper of its spring steel. If it...

"As for brass shavings binding the plunger, blasting it regularly with Gun Scrubber, carb or brake cleaner helps. Use an appropriate size punch to work it in and out during cleaning. Then apply a drop or two of thin oil after using the spray." Yes, that is what I did ... Sharp, little...

CRF+CRE rifles would have to be the champs. Those would include the milsurp and commercial Mausers, Whitworth/Zastava,/FN/etc., and the CZ 550 Magnum & Mediums/BRNO ZKK602. Those have the tongue-in-groove bevel producing CRE. Controlled Round Extracting as well as Controlled Round Feeding. The...

Ditto on the thanks for the excellence from One Day. Another true Mauser 1898 feature is Controlled Round Extraction (CRE) as well as Controlled Round Feeding (CRF). Retracting the bolt rearward makes that claw extractor draw inward toward the central axis of the cartridge/bore, due only to a...

Yep it is a conundrum. Here is my first .510/.338 LMI, a hunting rifle with 24" barrel sans brake: Here is my second, for "long range"with heavier 25.5" barrel sans brake: And an idea for making the second rifle into more of a hunter: A switch-barrel in .375/.338 Lapua Magnum ?

That was a freaky test for low velocity .416 bullet expansion by the unintentional shooting of the unseen bull. Unintended consequences followed for about 6 months ...

50Gunner was indeed the first to take a cape buffalo with the 404-gr/.458 Hammer (Stone Hammer nee Shock Hammer). Hyde Hunter was second. Both used .458 WIN MAG rifles. Both were pass-through shoulder shots and the buffalo died promptly from one Hammer blow. Congratulations to both. It took...

Jeffery404's barrel profile for .470 Capstick: Sweet ! That would be easy for me to sand into a B&C stock for the CZ 550 Magnum .510 WIN MAG. Thanks !

JDN, QualCart is all I ever found for proper headstamp, saved for inspectors. I used Norma and Hornady basic cylindrical mostly. Great work using your 470 Capstick for DG and PG. Great North Fork bullets.

It would be easy to download that .495 A-Square to the level of the CIP-restricted .500 Jeffery, .495 A-Square at only +50K psi instead of +60K psi ain't all that bad. I actually got excited first over an M70 build for .495 A-Square. But then got the .510 WIN MAG wild hair, and it just has to be...