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Those GS custom projectiles are from South Africa and gaining a steady following,

Thinking along those lines will have me with only my 338! It will duplicate and do what both the Whelen and 350 can do, thank goodness my wife doesn’t know this.... it’s one of those really cool useful cartridges and of all the 35’s is the one that interests me the most... something different...

Custom Winny left hand is the only rifle left on my bucket list ... as a fellow lefty I understand the difficulty to put a LH custom together ... keep us posted

Linecreek, please feel free to post some pics of your progress! both me and (i bet) Shawn would like to see it come together. Close up pic of your enfield action would be a good start ... i'm not a demanding type of guy at all:rolleyes:

Engraving is amazing... 1000 pix per square mm!

Ja Jaco, we are desperate for members:rolleyes: I’m in... will post pics as soon as I get them both back

I have a sickness for odd calibers Sako ... realised I need at least one "off the shelf" caliber and the 338WM does all my bigger and longer range stuff. 6.5x55 vermin and medium game and my 450/400 double is almost paid for(y) No doubt the 9.3's are excellent ... if I ever get one it will be a...

Glad you have a gem of a rifle with that reliability Chris, love the Rugers as well ... i'll do some checks on mine ...maybe a video ... maybe ill eat some humble pie:oops:

there is some good info on the Nosler forum ... apparently the later BT's are tougher than the first ones ... apparently the lighter for cal projectiles retain the same jacket thickness than the heavy weights in same cal, for the better .... apparently most of the changes was in the bigger cal's...

awesome rifle Walker ... I did email them once hoping they would do the colour on one of their base line rifles but unfortunately this is unique to the CBE

Thanks mate, always wanted to duplicate that colour for my remmy, goes so well with tungsten cerakote

Walker...Any chance we can see a pic of your rifle? That stock colour is unique, only seen the pic on their website.. would like to see it in sunlight

Agree guys, this is an awesome place.. miss Africa already..

Shootist 43 is spot on Doc, Nathan’s “on game” experience is as good as it gets. I was also considering the BT for my Swede but concerned: If a quick expanding pill hits bone at longer range you could have trouble with decent penetration. From field shooting positions, aiming to slip one past...

Good point about twist rate.. I think I had a look at your progress pics on your 404... you must be excited about that build... Winchester m70 action ok?

Excellent choice!! I had a Tikka in 6.5x55: Projectiles: Partition and SST’s , stick to 140g Case capacity: believe it or not is greater than the Creedmore Tapered case: easier extraction with stiff loads Penetration: exceptional Game: stick to deer/ medium antelope size under 300m unless your a...

Interestingly Craig Bodington in his book “American Hunting Rifles” showed that most push feeds work perfectly upside down. I know a gunsmith with a lot of dazzle who told me that to ensure the CRF starts with the cartridge being captured by the extractor and therefore is attached to the bolt...

Thanks Shawn, my thinking is along the lines of a more traditional action, Winchester or k98, even Montana which comes in left hand is ideal. The 350 just doesn’t seem right in a 700! My thoughts originally is also to stick with a traditional load.. not needing to hot rod this one since my...

Sat up in bed one Saterday morning with a jolt.. thinking: Porker your an absolute genius! Why not convert a 35 Whelen to 350 Rigby by cleaning up the chamber of the Whelen? If that’s possible, only thing to consider is if you can squeeze the 350 into a standard action. Any thoughts?

Hitman, you have to be nice to me.. I’m new here! Sorry for late reply, I’m not always near civilisation. To clarify and hopefully not detract from your excellent find... Ruger has never marketed the Hawkeye as being CRF, only stating it has CRF extraction. Considerable work goes into making...

So... Ruger uses the terminology “ controlled round feed extractor” .. very clever, that big claw looks the part... look at the bolt faces of the 275 lipseys and your hawkeye. .. also feed a round from both and stop the feed before the bolt head disappears, pull the bolt back and see if the case...

Thanks guys for the welcome

On a different note ... apparently the Lipseys exclusive is controlled round feed? Like the old Mark IIs, unlike the current Hawkeye's. Can you confirm this Hitman? That alone would fire my jets on this sweet little rifle.

Thanks RW, awesome kudu in your avatar ... yes, there is a few fox whistles made here that work a treat ... I had limited success in Western Australia using a "cocky in distress" CD due to not being subtle and playing it continuous .. the whistle will be the next option ...

that blesbuck was actually 18 an 1/4" ;) ... every inch counts as she always says... thanks for the heads up KOWAS ... but will be anchored in South oz for a while with the new job. Hey Tim... any annual hunting/SHOT shows here in SA? or even a big military swop an trade? Thanks for all the...

Not a stranger to this forum, just been lurking and reading many of the excellent topics that frequent here. Relocated from South Africa about 5 years ago to Australia. Hunted plains game for 10 years in SA ... meat only but proudly boast an 18" blesbuck among 2 other trophies. Rifle's are...