Recent content by Ruraldoc

Bump for a great rifle, in a great cartridge at a great price. I have a friend who has killed more a dozen cape buffalo bulls with 9.3x62. I have used mine on wild hogs and boy does it work. One cartridge for critters from less than 50 pounds to more than a ton, without nasty recoil. Plan...

Koxville must be a popular destination for some people. Just sayin

I wouid use 160 grain accubonds as my do everything bullet. I have used them used them on antelope, deer, mountain goat and elk at ranges from inside 50 yard to nearly 500 yards with perfect results.

The trophy bonded bullets plus the terminal ascent are the best all around hunting bullets made in my opinion. The front half expands readily and the solid shank gives deep penetration even if you hit bone. The monolithic bullets can fail to expand in situations where the velocity has fallen...

I really had good results with the 165 grain Trophy Bonded Tipped on Impala, Warthog, Blesbuck and a very large Waterbuck. All expanded well and all exited except for a shot on quartering away waterbuck. It was under the hide on the opposite side and looked like perfect mushroom with a long...

I said it because the gentleman said that handloading was banned in Zambia. Politics is run by people who enrich themselves and place burdens on everyone else. So the policies enacted by a few people, often with support of the manipulated masses, screw things up in many parts of the world...

I have only had one issue with reliability with a 7600. Once, after months of storage, the action was difficult to open. Sprayed everything down with Rem Oil and it has been perfect ever since. But it doesn’t hurt to keep a very light coat of Rem Oil on the locking lugs. Otherwise it’s just...

50 years ago Jack O’Connor wrote that he and Fred Huntington used 378 Weatherby brass to make 416 Rigby. At the time there was no Rigby ammo or brass.

I have trained tracking dogs for a large hunting lodge in Alabama. 243 is the worst offender followed by 6.5 Creedmoor now in terms of difficult tracking jobs. The 308 and 30-06 lead to easier recovery as a rule.

The most deer would be killed with the most popular cartridge. In the late 1800s that would have been a 45-70 or 44-40. In the early 20th century a 30/30, but after World War 2, the 30/06 outsold every other cartridge by a wide margin. In the late 20 th century, the 270 was enormously...

Just found this old thread. I have used a couple of custom 98 mausers with light contour barrels in synthetic stocks for deer hunting with handloads using 139 grain hornady bullets as well as 140 ballistic tips. Never lost a deer with this set up. Have a CZ 550 classic in 7x57 that I want to...

Wonderful custom rifle. Perfect Limpopo stalking rifle. Plains game and cape buffalo covered very nicely with one fine rifle. Send us pictures of your hunts.

Wow. Great Safari idea and price.

I much prefer the Ruger Bisley frame for shooting comfort with heavy loads. I have stainless Bisleys in 41 mag, 44 mag, and 45 colt. I have regular Black Hawks in 41 mag and 45 colt. The Bisley design is much more comfortable to shoot. Keep your Super Blackhawk original and find yourself a...

The Mauser 12 is a superb rifle. Great ergonomics, flawless function, perfect trigger and safety. Certainly one of the finest being produced today considering functional hunting rifles. My own 308 shoots bug hole groups( sub half moa) at 100 yards. I already have 3 rifles in 9.3x62 or I would...