Recent content by Riflecrank

Polish the ramp and rails and feed job is complete with the .300 WIN MAG M70 action from Portugal rebarreled to .458 WIN MAG.

Very cool U.S. Enfield 1917 .458 WIN MAG Full Stock. Here is No. 14 of my .458 WIN MAGs, arrived a few months ago, No. 6 Pac-Nor Sporter contour of 26" length and 1:10" twist, on a Portuguese Winchester M70 donor rifle: I doubt this will become a regular production item, but above box label...

Snowwolfe is referring to this Custom Shop model: Custom Shop 2006 by SN. A call to BACO/WINCHESTER at 800-333-3288 is required to track down those M70 Classics by serial number.

Sir Jerry sent ammoporn with redeeming social value: Bertram Brass does good for .577 NE 3". Note the resemblance to .45-90 2.4" loaded with 350-gr/.458-cal TSX-FB bullets, scaled up to 750-gr/.585-cal TSX-FB in 3" brass. Heh-heh-heh.

Made me laugh, so true. Add North Fork, CEB and Hammer Bullets to that list. List is getting pretty long.

50Gunner, aka "Ser Jerry" of the Square Table, has been my collaborator for over 5 years as we confirmed each other's findings in working up loads for the .458 WIN MAG. Here is the pinnacle of .458 WIN MAG do-all, his handloads: The Shock Hammer is now called the Stone Hammer, maybe...

Noted. The soft Woodleighs are best used in the antiques and low velocity big bores. No limits to MV on their HYDRO brass solids, but the CEB brass solids are better.

Nope. The DGX and DGX-Bonded are accused of being erratic in their expansion, sometimes asymmetric, lopsided, too little on one side, too much on the other side. Prone to veer off course because of bad steering. Steel jacket and lead core don't work well as "soft nose" whether bonded or not. DGS...

Every good citizen of the USA should own at least one gun for every anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That will be 250 come July 4, 2026. One can never have too many books or guns.

Randy Garrett figured it out already. https://garrettcartridges.com/45-70-540gr-P-Hammerhead-20-CTGS_p_29.html 540-gr Hammer Heads of BHN 25 and gas checked, driven at about 1550 fps MV from a .45-70 Gov't. Vince Lupo had an exit on the side brain shot elephant, and a dead elephant...

Cartridges line up fine in the Win M70 Classic RUM-boxed 404 Jeffery. Without the windows it would hold only two in the box for RUM or 404 Jeffery. Extractor was fitted to "Norma 404 Rimless NE" (404 Jeffery) brass by Rusty McGee, GUNSMITH. I always provide feed dummies using preferred brass...

ftrovato's Barnes Banded Solid .416/400-gr makes me wonder if the Barnes "bronze" differs much from the CEB brass, metallurgically. I suppose the impact velocity would be of interest too. The ogived-FN nose of BBS versus the CEB BBW#13 FN nose shape is another worm in the can.

Fordy, Your posts ring clear as a bell here. Grumpy gumpy cleared that up with his reference to David jr, as I infer it. However he did type "458 wind bag" so your suspicion of his meaning was warranted. Three-figure tally of bovines, camels and horses for the latest walk about ? I hope the meat...

I forgot to answer that, corrected here. 1.) No modifications to the RUM M70 magazine box to be perfect with 3+1 for the 404 Jeffery. Roomier and slicker feeding for 404 Jeffery if any difference. 2.) GUNSMITH Rusty McGee did enlarge the bolt face to perfect for the 404 Jeffery. He has also...

Thanks for the appreciation of Bubba Gunwerkes. The example 404 Jeffery African Sheep Rifle's M70 RUM box, like roklok said, these windows are rectangular cutouts at right and left sides of top of box: Magazine battering by bullets in recoil do not deform the front of the magazine due to...