Recent content by yumastepside

As a leatherworker, it always amazes me how knife makers put these beautiful and often very expensive custom knives into a cheap and nasty sheath....doesn't that sort of quality deserve better ? Roger

A little off topic here.....but does anyone know where I can buy, borrow or whatever, a 9.3x74R Improved reamer ?? Roger

All of my 98's have the aftermarket FN style safety on the left hand side so that I can push it down...off safe..with my thumb as I grip the stock....right hand ones seem awkward to me. Roger

Its just one of those things.....don't care its impractical......just want one !!! Roger

Small bit of information for Ontario Hunter....the reason the British Enfields were so fast to fire was because of the 60 degree bolt lift......check out " the mad minute. " Roger

All very interesting.....but I'll stick to my oddballs.....7x57R in a No.1 Mk 4 Enfield, 7-30 Waters in a Cadet and my Arisaka actioned 284. Roger

Lots of rimmed cartridges have been fitted to bolt actions, the 788 Remingtons for example...44 Mag, 30-30, etc. I have built a 9.3x74R on a P14, originally for the rimmed 303 British. Finn has a 9.x74R in a slant box Rigby....I think its more a matter of preference than anything... Roger

Siamese actions are pretty much limited to 75mm / 3" overall length rimmed cartridges. If your interest is the 416/348 ( or 416 WSM ) check out Blueflyer's posts... Roger

Flipper...is the one on the right a .400 Whelen ? Roger

The 375 x 2 1/2" Flanged Nitro Express, to give it's full name, is not actually a 303 blown out to 375, it is actually a straight walled case about 1/4" longer than a 303 and about 30% more powerful. From what information I can find it was developed by Holland and Holland before their 375 H&H...

Here is part of an Email Chris sent to me during construction of the rifle... ....and some in the white pics... Roger

This is one built by Chris Dawes in Canada.... Roger

They're called a Sam Brown Stud. Roger

The two grooves above the cartridges in the above pic are to thin the leather slightly at that point to help the leather bend and to help stop the leather cracking on the other side from continual opening and closing

I'm an Australian and I've always wanted to hunt Pronghorn....now, as I am not an American citizen, what is the procedure to hunt Pronghorn, or any other game animal, in the United States ? ( also with my own rifle if possible ) I have friends and relatives in the States...can they take me...