Recent content by skydiver386

I'll take them.

@Crishuntbrasil I think you could have made friends on this forum, but you tone is making mostly enemies. When you find yourself in a deep hole, the first thing you should do is stop digging!

To much is better for stability than not enough, both for accuracy and terminal penetration when the bullets strike flesh. The standard 1/14 twist is fine for lead core bullets, but I think a faster twist is nearly always better for Barnes X and other mono bullets. I'd go with the 1/12.

Michael, until I read your post, using a 300gr .458 bullet on Buff would have never occurred to me. In calibers like my 450 Rigby, velocity with a 300gr bullet could be pushed well over 2500fps, and for me, this is uncharted territory. For most of us, including the OP, using what others have...

I have thought of African Teak. I'm sure it would be a strong wood, but I've been told it might not take most gun finishes. Teak is most often kept in a natural surface and oiled when it starts to dry out. I'd have to look into this a bit as I may be wrong. My only experience with it was on a...

Looks like some Bastogne walnut blanks. Depending on whether it was flat or quarter sawn, you'd have some really nice looking figure. :E Hmmm:

There are to many variables. Old school had to deal with corrosive primers and very erosive powders. Lead deposits were more of a concern than copper fouling. Barrel Steel and the type of rifling were different. I'm with @Bob Nelson 35Whelen when it comes to barrels and cleaning. A hand...

Most of their products are pistol bullets. Their rifle bullets are lighter weight 300 grain and not the 500 grain .458 dia. that would be appropriate for Buff. I've wondered how these exact bullets would work, but until they make the right diameter in the heavier weight, it wouldn't be a good...

I have seen really rough factory barrels improved with proper lapping, but I've also seen barrels ruined and made oversized from aggressive lapping. That's why a bore scope and proper tools are essential. You want to remove just barely enough material to smooth out any tool marks and NO MORE...

I have a question for our members on taxidermy on European species. I'll be hunting with Marius @HUNTROMANIA for Chamois and Red Stags, but haven't pinned down a Taxidermist yet. I briefly spoke to Bob Vitro the owner of True-Life Taxidermy in Middletown, NY and his crew at the SCI in...

I think on everything from Kudu on down you'll be in great shape. Wouldn't hunt Eland with it, but for most Plains Game the 140grain from a 7-08 should work great if you put it where it needs to go. The shot placement on some African game can vary from North American game, and the small book...

Contact Wayne at American Hunting Rifles, or Tim and Jerry at Matrix Gunsmithing.

Very well said. There are tools and methods that apply to all firearms in order to avoid damage to the crown, throat or lands of the rifling. There are also proper cleaning methods that apply to each bore condition and age, etc. Firearms that normally use lead bullets with no jacket, like...

I bought one from member @krish just over a year ago. Not sure if he might have another to sell. There are a few companies that bought up the remaining supplies of CZ 550 receivers, and the asking price was $1500 last time I looked.

BUTT... It's the improper use of a cleaning rod that can damage the throat or crown of the rifling. As some have already posted, bore guides are essential and never clean from the muzzle end.