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I agree. Right there with the most reliable.

This being the original question that started these very interesting conversation’s, my penny’s worth. Let's consider the most common issues encountered by bolt actions when hunting DG and the pressure is on. Magazine floor plates that jump open under recoil and spills cartridges all over...

A piece of info that you might not be aware off. The M'S Magnums were produced with 650mm = 25.6” barrels and when the factory were requested to shorten the barrel on the .458Win Mag they refused to do so as the long barrel ensured that the M'S was the only factory build rifle that could obtain...

That is the way the M'S rotary mag was designed. Absolutely calibre specific and in later years it became one of the drawbacks of the M'S. Even smal conversions became hazardous because of the magazine design, such as converting the 6.5x54MS to any other 6.5 or the 8x56MS to the 8x57 Mauser or...

Hi Sourdough Gert and I know each other quite well, as I reside in Pretoria and I followed his progress with the exporting process etc. Congratulations with your purchase and I trust you will be more than satisfied with the rife and its handeling. Is this your first and only M'S?

As you may have noticed, I am not very active on this site. However, when M-S is discussed, I do pop in from time to time as I am a collector of MS rifles. R.e. the 458 in MS - I have 2 of them the MC and MCA models. Both in excellent condition, especially the MC model which has only fired 4...

Amen

Thanks for pointing out the typo, obviously should be 6.5x54 for the Mannlicher.

My personality is such that I tend to wonder a bid “off the beaten track” Hence, I prefer the 7x64 Breneke to the 270 Win for plains game. For thin skinned game in bush veldt the 6.5x55 Mannlicher Schoenauer with 160gr bullets has hardly an equal. Penetration is fantastic with little meat...

When the pro’s and con’s of calibers are argued around Africa’s campfires, it goes silent when the 9.3x62 comes up for discussion. Because there is noting to argue about. Full stop. Sarel (Hunting Africa for 60 Years)

Luchy you. Don't shoot them, keep as collection.

Nice choice HWL (Georg) I support your 6.5x54MS loaded with 160Gr roundnose bullets you can take all thin skin game including Lion. Then a hammer drilling in 9,3x74 the smooth bores being either 16g or 12 g. The problem in your era of choice is not caliber choice but bullet construction for...

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Hi Clodo Any possibility that I can take that trigger and plate off your hands. I bought a very nice 270 full stock with double triggers, albeit, one trigger has been removed!! I don’t mind the single trigger but the plate now has an empty hole and I would very much like to replace it with a...

Hi John. I collect MS's for on to 25 years and do have quite a few in most of the calibers. The rifle that knocks the fillings from my molars is the 9,3x62. It is so light and the comb is sharp enough to cut your cheek if you not careful. The other calibers up to the .458 WM is easy on the...

Haha. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Woodleigh bullets. My son swear by them in his 8x68S. However, I never had any use for them. I hunt Africa’s thin skin game with “ordinary” bullets and have standardized many moons ago on Sierra Game King in calibers such as .308; 30-06; 7x64...

drew 416 : Regard yourself lucky to know such a wise PH "A good Zimbabwe PH I know get's the shit's with me and my friends as we always show up with those "bloody stupid round nosed Aussie things"! He would prefer we used Barnes TSX or Trophy Bonded Bear Claws."

Hi Ed Your PH gave you good advice regarding the bullets to use and so did Michael. I can add very little to Michael’s sound advice other than, that at 74, buffalo hunting in Africa is not going to be a walk in the park, especially if you want to do it the walk-and-stalk way. You MUST get as...

Amen!

Hi Bruce. Not punch bullet but punch hole. That’s my understanding of the way the hole in the tip of Barnes X bullets are made.

My experience from 60 years hunting in Africa is that the principle of “horses for courses” can also be applied to bullets. For general plains game hunting, with non magnum rifles, on the Africa open plain, where shots are often in excess of 200m, a well constructed bullet with a good BC is a...

Hi Frederik I am a Mannlicher Schoenauer collector and reload for all of them. I have never experienced such excessive headspace as indicated by your pictures. I also suspect that your cases are not to speck. If you do have a factory cartridge, compare measurements especially the case length...

Brian - Fantastic picture. Guard this peace of history but also put it to use. It is a cartridge that can kill what ever comes your way and only lacks penetration on Elephant and Hippo. In which part of the word do you live?

It is a simple question, albeit without a simple solution. To tackle an Elli with an expanding bullet is not a clever thing to do, same applies when going for cats with solids. However, in this unrealistic scenario I would opt for Barns X/TSX. It is deadly on all DG. But on Elephant, go for...

What a fantastic welcome, I already feel at home. (Gert, goed om jou hier te sien). I will post some pic’s, one at a time with a few words just to give some explanation of the relevant circumstances. This one shows me “The Great White Hunter” (haha) with a nice Kudu bull shot with 30-06...

Thanks guys for making me feel welcome: What are my favorite game to hunt? I was 9 years old when I hunted my 1st Kudu bull, all by myself, using a .303 with FMJ bullets. I have shot plenty since, however up to this day, 60 years later, the Kudu still remains my holy grail of hunting, albeit...

Hi to all comrades in arms. I am a Namibian and South African citizen. I was born, with a gun in hand, and raised on a farm in the north-western part of Namibia known as Damaraland. I now life, part time, in South Africa. I have hunted in various countries including the US and Canada. I...