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I've already outed myself as now prone to simple light reliable handguns, no longer feeling unsafe without a thumb safety. However, I still keep the G30/36 and especially the G21 for so-called nightstand use...because (am I alone on this?) I've had occasion over the decades to shoot both .45ACP...

There are many service-size pistols I prefer to the G's, all of them metal. I had an odd think happen long ago: Immediately after my war year I was quite ramped up about "the pistol," whatever that was at the moment. Suddenly, though, pistols became for me just a boring but worthwhile tool...

The US Secret Service just decided that the Glock 19 suffices, and conceals well. Although I am a long-time 1911 shooter, I found the G19 a much better balance of size, capacity, weight, a grip that fits my hand, and reliability. There are so many choices, and selection depends so much on your...

"If you start very young, say 21 year-of-age, your chances of avoiding injury are BETTER." –Typed too fast! Sorry.

At least in the larger calibers the rear core used to be tungsten. The ATF warned them off that, perhaps in case the bad guys started using elephant guns. The old ones (+ ten years ago?) had superior penetration. It's been a long time, but I think they were called Safari Grand Slam. Any one...

One of my closest friends went the GT3 route. He very nearly died at the track. The car was never the same. Your friend was sensible. (GT3 $600 per tire five years ago, new tires every six months or less...) And I'm just going to say it: I'd guess Hem's wives got more dings than his rifles...

My M70 SG .30-06, built circa 2012, allows extraction and ejection of a loaded round. This is a safety issue, so I'm going to guess that yours allows extraction as well.

The current M70's (ca. 2018-19) are assembled in Portugal. I believe the action and barrel are still produced in SC, US. The stock is probably produced in Portugal. No?

I very much agree about the .404 Jeff. The .416 Rigby generates about 70 lbs of recoil. The .404 Jeff produces approx. 42 lbs with an same-weight rifle and bullet.

I don't know that you are missing it, but I'll ask: A 375H&H with a 300 gr bullet in a 9 lb rifle generates about 36 lbs of recoil. A 416 Rigby with a 400 grain bullet (to equalize sectional density/penetration a bit, in a 10 lb rifle generates approx. 58 lbs of recoil, and faster recoil than...

The RCMP conducted extensive tests of very-cold-weather rifle lubrication. They concluded that the best option is to strip the rifle of lubricants and give the working parts a light coating of EESOX.

When I ordered Leopold QR Weaver bases for my Model 70's, there were different offerings according to the action length, and (I seem to recall) for Pre-64 and new FN issue, versus the in-between production. I would double check what Warne model you have, as a first resort.

"Compared to Taylor's writing, I would have to come to the conclusion that Bell was a wanker." –Surely you jest! Taylor was a devil-may-care poacher during his African hunting years. He, unlike WDB Bell, did not keep meticulous records, nor did he have a plethora of reputable hunters...

It seems true to my experience that red dots are faster than iron sights. I'll confess to being so-called "elderly," 67, but not yet in need of glasses. I had extensive experience with iron-sighted military rifles/MGs, and then decades of upland bird and skeet shooting. I came to love "fast...

I have no opinion about Weatherby rifles. However, complaints by PH's seem to run to mechanical problems with factory loads. The Zimbabwe PH exam write-ups have twice pointed to these problems. I'll just repost here a site and quote (from Africanhuntingdotcom) from an administrator of the...

It's true that they just suggest that stepping down to a .30-06 with a 200 or 220 grain bullet is OK, that you don't need a big magnum. (Site and text below.) I suppose I was recalling AF&G's regulation for Bison, which they figure can probably only be met by a .30-06 with a 200 pr 220 grain...

The 30.-06 has 20% more powder capacity than the .308. This means it can power the large bullets (200 and esp. 220 grain) better. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, for example, states on its web site that the lightest rifle they approve of for big bears is a 220 grain bullet in a .30-06...

Edward, take my quibbles here with the knowledge that they are, perhaps, inspired by a decent glass of brandy: I haven't stopped a Cape Buffalo in many years, though I'm a devotee of the .375 H&H mainly as a stopper for big bears, for backing up friends who hunt deer and elk in the wrong...

Certainly SD is dynamic. That's why I hedged, writing However, given an appropriate well-constructed bullet (TBBC, A-Frame, etc.) I think sectional density plays a big role

I'm a current Supergrade fan, myself. Buy it, then pick up a McMillan carbon fibre wrapped stock (their lightest) for use when lightness matters. They'll make it "drop in". Have the bedding checked locally. I did that for my 7mm-08. Seemed sensible enough to me.....

Art, I like the use of gentle nomenclature. As an attorney, though, I know the thing will be labelled a "lethal weapon" in a variety of contexts. I like to call my rifles "hunting arms." As for the history, I enjoy owning firearms that have been used with certain knowledge, by experts...

Marianne or Ginger? Purdey London Best rifle or custom action, barrel, trigger, and stock, each purchased from top-tier makers and assembled by your favorite gunsmith?

Shallom, it is always interesting to pull together various takes on the .375 H&H. I'll leave aside opinions about the stopping power or the momentum involved for the various medium and big bore cartridges intended for use bringing down the big five. I have no experience with four of them, and...

The express sights on my Model 70 .375 (manufactured circa 2013) are too low to co-witness with either the Aimpoint Micros or my EOTechs. However, my EO EXPS3-0 comes with a quick-release lever mount. I think of this sight as my express sights, actually, but in the very rare chance that it...

Yep. But in fairness let your eye doc know that mass-produced green laser diodes weren't available when EOTech got going. The eye picks up the color green at a lower lumen level. EOTechs are available with a green laser diode now, but not, I think, in the EXPS3-0. Personally, I'm hooked on...

Trijicon RMR's are red dots (an LED makes the dot). Only EOTechs make laser diode-based holographic reticles. I sure you knew that. Just passing it on for others. (No doubt there's a Chinese version...with a laser diode). I occasionally use a transverse EO EXPS3-0 on my 06 and 375. They...

I'm surprised to hear anyone say "the wheels having fallen off the cart with regard to the brand" in regard to Winchester. The best rifles in a generation under that brand name are currently being produced, as regards steel, machining, and engineering quality. You can purchase a Winchester...

Fortunately, the single source LED powered model also provides auto-brightness adjustment, though electronically. I use that model on one gun (I'm mainly an HWS user) and offer only one caution about it: If shooting at night care must be taken to get the illumination of the dot back down to a...

I've been in that boat, Ole, in a different setting. I'm an enthusiast for moving to HWS's or other red dots for DG. I should tell you I'm old enough to find metal sights increasingly unsatisfactory. HWS's completely fixed that for me: I almost feel like I owe them! I've known several Ole's...

...and Bell wrote "no soft-point ever touched this gun!"

There are two things very different about choosing a red dot or HWS, when compared to buying a scope, and I think they are under-emphasized: With a scope you buy features, quality, clarity and other optical qualities of glass. We all are buying basically the same thing, plus or minus a few...

Matt: I agree with most of your views, but became habituated to EO's. I admit a bias.

Ole Bally: The size and brightness are under the purchaser's control pre-purchase. EOTechs in my experience have 1 MOA dots, and a ? 65 MOA circle, or two 1 MOA dots. Mine are all 1 MOA dot in a circle. I use the same reticle, approximately, in the illuminated VX3 1.5-5 Leupolds on two guns...

I haven't searched since I first found the Brenneke USA Black Magic Magnum 3" shell 1 3/8 ounce slug. It is excellent for the need you are forced to fill. I'd be shocked if Brenneke didn't import into Canada.

I was, some years ago, seen as an odd duck for putting an EOTech HWS on the front Weaver base of my .375 or .30-06 when I thought circumstances called for it. It seems to be (HWS or red dot) more common now. Very bad weather or close-in danger "call for it," I think. The choice between...