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I'm not coming from the left - au contraire. Among my long association with US forces including Korea and Asia, I have a lot of respect for the lower ranks, especially the Marines and Navy crews. Included in my close association to the US Military, I'm sure the crew of the SubRon 14...

Dream on. I've been close around the US military to know the difference. Tell me about the political leanings of the current Chiefs of Staffs?

Used on Texas hogs, no matter how big, the beast won't require any dressing, just several bags for the mincemeat. Post pics pls.

I will put blue whales on notice

He thought he was Luke and used the force

The US armed forces have been purged of any conservatives. In their place are the woke, the weak and the wankers

The term transgender is an oxymoron. No mammalian, including homo sapiens, can change sex no matter how many male or female bits they cut off. A more accurate term would be mutants. However, if you are in fact, a fish, you can enhance your feminine side and go for it. Men pretending to be...

They like plastic because it goes with their plastic phone, plastic wallet, plastic cards, plastic watch, plastic & vinyl car, plastic pneumatic Priscilla wife. Plastic utensils from McD's are treasured keepsakes.

Not only do gaiters keep the twigs and shingle out of your boots, they give some protection in Australia from snakes, which are aplenty, and a lot of them very venomous. In NZ, hunting the higher ground you come across a sweetie called Spaniard Grass so gaiters are essential. The ones I had were...

I buy my hunting shorts shirts and jerseys from the Salvation Army stores - they only last a few months after bashing through matagouri (thorny bushes on steroids). Boots are a different matter - you can never spend too much on good quality boots and I've never come across these in a SA store.

Baldwin is imho an extreme left-wing anti-American dirtbag. His left-wing buddies will make sure he doesn't suffer.

The influence the convict army of the Wagner group could diminish now that Putin has stopped supplying them with weapons although I understand N.Korea is outfitting this criminal group

The political mafia in Congress

There could never be enough 404 shooters !

Hawk also make soft bullets, with a good range for the 404J i.e. 300gr 350gr 400gr 450gr. Worth a look.

Thanks for the info

2 questions on the 425WR: Are the modern rifles control feed or push? Apart from Westley Richards, who are making them these days? Thanks

I've been through 2 major flu pandemics, 1957 and 1968, caught both and survived. The 1957 one put me, a fit healthy young bloke into hospital with 4 hourly penicillin injections (to stop developing pneumonia) for a week semi-conscious. In 1968 it was like a bad dose of the flu and kept...

Yup, gotta keep me mate Bob happy :)

In the late 1950's in NZ, two very common calibres sold were the .270 and .30-06 both very accurate. Who are these "many" ? think we can rule out NZ, Australia, USA, Canada, South Africa and other lower African countries, so do the "many" come from Europe?

I usually take my Casio ABC watch for its compass and baro but it stays in my pikau bag because I don't like watch faces reflecting light everywhere. Used to be able to get a leather or nylon cover that the watch fitted into, protecting and covering the face, and it opened/closed off a stud but...

I think because it has been around for a long time, and it is one of those calibers that just ticks all the boxes and does the job on DG without fuss or bother. Game wardens in Africa have used them on everything up to and including elephant, with the original loads of 400gr at 2150fps. Compared...

That's good factory ammo. Norma (and others) tend to decrease velocities but those ones will do the job. Also Norma brass is good brass

I chose the Rigby in case you run into a good buff up there in the Territory. A .404 Jeffery would have been my preference if it had been listed - 300gr CE and 400gr Swift bullets. The 300gr can be downloaded and useful for any large boars you may also run into. I believe 400gr Swifts off the...

I'll keep that in mind. Back in the late1950's I had a little Browning takedown semi-auto 22LR - used to carry it in a backpack when I was out fishing for trout. Cheers

Gidday mate. Haven't gone into that yet, still sorting out other stuff here. I've owned 3 x .22 mags, a Stirling HB, Norinco, and a very accurate Anschutz. I no longer have any of those. Single shot mags are not exactly thick on the ground so the other choice is a b/a and I may have to pick one...

He might have friends in low places

After a spell of being a MIQ prisoner, I eventually got back to NZ last December. Current plan is to build a .270 Winchester using handloads. Along with that will be a rifle for small stuff. A few years back I bought a cheap-as Chinese .22magnum and took it to pieces, finished the rough...

Agreed. I killed a decent total of red deer and wild pigs using this bullet (Norma). One entered a small hind's backside and kept going until it hit the diaphragm and exploded shredding everything north.

Somebody hands you a gun, you aim it at a nearby person and pull the trigger. The buck stops with you Baldwin, you were in control of the set, you didn't check to see if the gun was loaded, you probably didn't know how to, you didn't follow any firearms safety, you are guilty of manslaughter...

You could say the same about the 404J with a 257gr or 300gr for PG and a 400-450gr for DG. Both calibres are that versatile.

Stock bedding and free-floating can make a huge difference imho. I once took a crappy rifle with a crappy stock, which couldn't hit an elephant if you were standing in front of it and by working on the wood to metal fit turned it into half-as-good-as a target rifle. The second thing I found was...

Being a handloader you are spoilt for choice and can get the max out of the calibre. the 165gr & 200gr from a 24" barrel is what I hope to take to SA to cover PG.

that's another option

A calibre that won't wreck your shoulder or make you flinch, but will knock the average sized deer on its backside, I would recommend the 7mm-08 as a starter. From there you can move up to the parent cartridge .308 for a bit more grunt, then perhaps a 30-06 or 35 Whelen for the bigger stuff. It...

gotta love that state !

Having a fair idea of how the devious democrats think (well the Obama shadow govt anyway), if Joe goes, under the 25th or something else, I suspect they will find a way to remove Harris as well, because that makes the speaker of the house the President. Hello Prez Pelosi and VP Butthurtgigg

Check with your PH, he's sure to have a 458, 500 or something he can lend you for the big guys as a backup, and how many in Africa DON'T have a 30-06 as a knockabout rifle?. Consider taking your 404J with Swift factory loaded A-Frame 400gr softs and their 400gr solids and a packet of 30-06...

If only one rifle I would either take a .375H&H or .404J. The .404 is a lot more versatile than people think with a range of handloads or factory loads from 257gr to 450gr which will cover everything that walks crawls or slithers on this planet.

I borrowed one for a while when my other rifle needed repair and I found the .270 was perfectly adequate for deer pigs and chamois. the 130 and 150gr ammo knocked them all over and the longest shot I had with a 4x32 Kahles was just over 200m on a good sized stag. Hit in the boiler room he only...

That's a good cartridge, I remember when they first came out. Both Oryx and A-Frame have a 180gr @ 2953fps which is no slowcoach. Buy the damn thing !

No Bob, your foxhole mate is wearing lipstick and winking at you.

Now you tell me !. My ears are hurting. No I didn't. These days if someone told me the planet was round I would immediately rejoin the flat-earth society.

That's telling the socialist bitch but he will most likely go along with the pro-Biden Joint Chiefs. Apparently the Marines have to take transgenders forced on them.

And if you ever get sick of the thirty ought you can always rebarrel it to a 35 Whelen for very few dineros and start a new adventure

I used to use 150gr in 30-06 but found they caused too much damage, but this was before A-Frames and Woodleigh. Changed to 180gr which were good and less damaging on deer. Used some 220gr bullets for large red stags but the 180gr would have done the job anyway. Perhaps a good combo for the...

In most countries it's called money laundering. They're crooks.

I believe there is a Swift A-frame in 165gr, and good 200gr bullets for that cal are gettable.

You are being too kind Sarg

Won't see that in the US, democrats are the party of the rich, supported by the corporate rich and are not short of a dollar themselves (Polpot Pelosi). How many Congress members go into politics without two pennies to scrape together and comes out multi-millionaires?. Bernie's never done an...