Recent content by TXTad

Thanks. I just got a little lost in all the posts.

Which guns?

I believe they were 1 in 9.

I do wish they'd do another run of the .223/5.56x45 Africans.

The problem is that the Hawkeye action isn't long enough for the .300 H&H. I doubt they're going to resurrect the RSM at this point.

Same. :cry:

I agree with this, which is why I have both. I actually have two 9.3s: an early 2000s CZ 550, and the Lipsey's Alaskan. My .35 Whelen is a Lipsey's African. It occurs to me that having two 9.3s is an opportunity to create two loads. Maybe one with the Speer 270 gr for the CZ, and and the...

The proper number of firearms to own can be expressed by the formula: F = n + 1 Where n is the number of firearms that one currently owns.

Huh... I never thought about an M77 as the base rifle for my .375 RNE build, but that may make more sense than my somewhat beat-up old Vz24 action. I'm going to doubt that any M77 in 7x57 would have enough meat for a rebore, though.

In all things I yearn for the past. Modern fashions seem to keep on growing more and more debased. I find that even among the splendid pieces of furniture built by our master cabinetmakers, those in the old forms are the most pleasing. And as for writing letters, surviving scraps from the past...

When I first got my own guns and started shooting in the late 1980s, there was no shortage of local guns stores that were full of reloading supplies at good prices. We're close to a quarter century of chronic shooting and reloading supply issues. The disappearance of the LGS and the high cost...

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.375 Rimless Nitro Express

Yes, but that's how badly I want a .300 H&H.

Right now, I want a .300 H&H in anything. I would even take a Ruger American in .300 H&H.