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I fat fingered the caliber. It should be 416 Rigby.

I love my 415 Rigby Heym Martini Express. Even with this large cartridge it cycles smoother than any other bolt action rifle I have handled. It also is a true minute of angle shooter with almost all loads I have shot in it.

When I type in 450 "Nitro Express" in the search block that appears when the site opens, all the 450 items such as dies, loaded ammo, rifles, and brass come up.

I have had the same experience with Bell 470NE brass. The second one I fired with a light practice load split about a quarter of an inch just above the rim. I have had good luck with Midway for Hornady 450NE brass. They are quite often out but seem to rapidly replenish their stock. Right now...

Welcome from Grand Prairie!

My Heym Martini Express 416 Rigby is the slickest cycling bolt gun I have ever handled in a large caliber. I am told this is due to each Martini Express action/magazine being machined for the particular cartridge the rifle will be finished in. This also protects the bullet noses of the...

I like RMR mounted as low as possible on the rib of my Heym 470. I wanted to keep it low to be as close as possible to the iron sight line (Less perceived recoil and faster sight acquisition.). Even then, I added a stick on 1/4" thick rubber cheek piece. If I were doing it again, I would have...

On my Heym 416 Rigby I have a 1.5-6 x 42 Zeiss Victory HT (No longer manufactured.) with an illuminated dot in Alaska Arms quick removable rings. There are several reasons I settled on this combination. 1. The compact eyepiece of this scope allows it to be mounted about an eighth of an inch...

Have you looked into the Lee crimping die? It is a collet type crimper that will actually create its own cannelure in a bullet which does not have a cannelure.

Being from North Texas, are you a member of the Arlington Sportsman's club?

For making parallel lines on a chalk board.

Ice tongs.

When a post failed (Post broke through the notch.) on a Leupold QD ring on one of my 300 Win rifles I went to Alaska Arms QD rings. Absolutely secure and return to zero. With stout rings like the Alaska Arms the next point of failure becomes the mount base to receiver screws. Most of the...

I took a 13 footer with a spine shot with my 300 Win loaded with a 180gr Barnes TSX. The bullet shattered the spine and was deformed but in one piece when recovered. I was also hunting Leopard and my PH suggested 180gr Nosler partitions for the cat as they expand quickly. My PH felt the Nosler...

On my first hunt the PH jokingly told me they would credit me $10 for each one I killed outright, $20 for each one I wounded and it crawled off, and charge me $50 for anyone I did not shoot at.