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So many good movies mentioned, but I wanted to add: The Flame Trees of Thika 1981 mini series with Hayley Mills Story is set in and around the town of Thika in Kenya's Central Province. The story deals with the lives of British settlers in this part of East Africa in 1913, when the country was...

Try neck sizing alone and see if it still does it, if it does, it is likely that when the shoulder is being pushed back, it is ever so slightly belling out and expanding the case just under the shoulder. You can measure this to verify. Cause is that the sizing die is a bit oversized below the...

My father left me a nice pre-64 Winchester model 70 Westerner in 264 Win Mag, which I'm very happy with. Shoots amazingly flat, bucks the wind like a champ and hits hard. A true 500+ yd rifle that still has the punch to get the job done out at that range.

404 Jeffery would be a fine choice for that action.

I use a Winchester 1895 in 405 WCF that shoots 350 grainers very well at 2250 fps, and if I need more lever power, I have my Turnbull converted Winchester 1886 in 50-110 that pushes out 525 grainers at 2100 fps.

Makes me wonder if there are any good stories on African explorers or hunters using the Spencer?

Hornady is not sa good quality as it was 10-15 years ago. I think they outsource it now and the quality control has slacked up, along with the brass a bit thinner. It's still good, but just doesn't seem to last as long as their older stuff, say 10-12 firings vs 20+ in 9.3x62, 9.3x74R and 405...

As stated above, the 9.3x62 already has a short neck and not much taper, so little to gain by improving. If you want more, your only real options are to open the chambers up to a larger round like the 9.3x64 or 9.3x66 Sako. The '64 will require the bolt face being opened up and maybe a...

Almost sounds like you have dreamed up is the .369 Purdey Nitro Express, just a bit longer case. Why not go with the original classic round and take advantage of modern powders and projectiles to enhance the performance.

The only charge that I stopped with a handgun was a big angry ground squirrel charging on me full tilt with its mouth open. I never expected that! After kicking it away a couple times I finally drew my Ruger Single Six and ended the attack with a single .22 LR Yellow Jacket at about 1 pace away.

I would build a 10.75x68 on a Browning/Winchester 1895 action. I'd use a 24" medium weight Lothar barrel, fitted with Recknagel 2 leaf express sights and band swivel, a generous forend and buttstock to hold on to, with less drop, 14 1/4" pull, leather recoil pad on fancy dense grain European...

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I'd go and find me a good old 38-55 lever gun. Been getting the job done for well over a century!

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I've also known only one person who owned and fired a 460 Weatherby. This was back in the mid 80s in Alaska when big bores were generally limited to 458 Win Mags. He used to brag how it put out over 100 lbs of free recoil. Funny thing was, is that he couldn't hit a d_mb thing with it. He...

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My vote goes for the Mannlicher Schoenauer and Savage 99, both with the original rotary magazines. I also like the original Sako Finnfire.

I'd like to see the following see the light of day again: 250-3000 Savage 264 Win Mag 300 H&H 8x64 Brenneke 358 Norma Mag 404 Jeffrey 50-110 Win

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I believe that the. 475 Turnbull was inspired by the .46 WCF. Too bad it wasn't released to the public. Would have made a good option back in the day for those who liked lever guns and wanted more than what the .405 WCF had to offer.

I use a Sig P220 ST for Super. The factory barrel offers plenty of head support, so I was lucky not to need switching it out. I tried the heaviest Wolff mainspring, but due to the larger diameter wire needed get the added resistance, it was starting to bottom out early on the spring under recoil...

I emptied and reloaded the dishwasher. Table wear first load, posts and pans second!

From my outback adventures, I noticed the fox, dingo and feral cat are now all close to the same size and color. They all must be close to filling the same niche.

Lever guns are notorious for vertically stringing shots with different weight bullets or velocity. In saying that, you can say they are velocity sensitive, so all things being reasonably the same, a lower velocity load will print lower on the target, and as the velocity goes up, so does the...

I would have to turn to my Winchester M1895 .405 WCF, loaded with quality 350 grainers such as a Swift at about 2250 fps. This carries about 4000 fpe, with a bullet having near .300 S.D. Should do the job on anything that I'll likely ever be going after.

Stylish looks of course... That or a beer opener!

A tried and true Winchester model 1895 of course!

Short of elephant and large rhino, the .405 will do fine, so long as you modernize the loads with premium bullets and powder. If done right, you should be able to get 350 gr. Swift A-Frame up to about 2250 fps without too much trouble, and at a reasonable pressures. I've taken 4 large buffalo...

I've tried using both the 9.3mm Gator and the .375 Hornady gas checks. They both fit the shank well, and I can't tell any difference accuracy wise.

I would buy a box of each of the following 45 ACP +P, shoot them for reliability and accuracy, and go with what my pistol liked best, with reliability being foremost: - Grizzly Cartridge; 230 gr FMJ & HP at 1000 fps - Underwood; 230 gr FMJ & HP at 1000 fps - Buffalo Bore; 255 gr Hard Cast at...

I think that I'll get an H&K model HK45C Compact. It was developed for the US Navy Seals and is called the Mark 24. They developed it for extensive use of +P and +P+ ammo, and had Winchester developed special purpose 185 gr FMJ at 1250 fps and a 230 HP (Black Talon?) at 1080 fps. These...

I have one of these moulds with the gascheck. I cast them with alloy 2, sized .368", lubed they come out close to 290 grains. My go to load is 14.5 grains if Rx Green Dot, giving me close to 1600 fps in my 9.3x66 Sako. I like to lay out clay targets at 200m and lobb these in there after I get...

Could "MR" just be their abreviation for "Mauser"?

I've always liked using either the FN 98 action, or the Win 70 pre-64 action to build serious hunting rifles. For the FN 98's, I like to install the 3 position Winchester type safety shroud on the bolt. Both designs tried and true over the years, with all the bugs worked out.

After a nasty mountain lion experience, my wife tried a few different handguns out, both revolvers and auto loaders for her backwoods trail gun in Montana. She settled on a S&W mod 60 .357 mag with the 3" barrel. It is simple, easy to shoot, light, compact, easy to carry, and as such, she...

I believe that they were originally intended to be used in the 7 mm Remington Mag at full hilt. Back in the 80's, one of my friends used them in a Rem 700 with a full case of H870. If I remember right, he got acceptable hunting accuracy (1 1/2"-2" groups at 100), but nothing stellar. When he...

Yes, I believe it will do 200 yds comfortably, but 300 yds is a stretch for it. I think 250 yds is a good limit for reliable shooting for that rifle cartridge combination. You're basically limited to iron sights using a cartridge with the trajectory similar to that of the 30-30. I've sighted...

Try both and go with the most accurate.

I think you already know what you want. A .375 would perfectly pair up with the 450/400 for anything, anywhere.

Lots of already built 375s out there. Save yourself a head ache and pick one that suits you.

If he had to choose a dangerous game caliber under the 375/9.3mm size, it would be a the 358 Norma Mag. With the right projectiles and loads it would give up little to the 375 H&H.

Most of the .375 H&H AI data is fairly old and powder characteristics have changed since then, even if it labeled the same brand and type. I would recommend using newer .375 Weatherby Mag data (since they are similar), like on the Hodgdon website and start low and work up.

I've seen some very nice Browning and Beretta O/U double rifles that came with an extra set of 20 ga barrels. I would go with one of those setups. You have a choice of 7x57, 7x65, 30-06, 8x57 and 9,3x74 on the rifle side, plus up to 3" loads (slugs, buck and shot) on the 20 ga. That pretty much...