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Yeah, I could never come by in person. That would cost me dearly…. I have started limiting my gun shop visits as well. Last two visits led to two 35whelens, then I needed more bullets….you have stocked me up very well with oryx bullets…

Follow up on load info. Norma brass, CCI #200 primers, Varget 56.0, 250 Norma oryx. Last 3 I shot to confirm load were 0.675”. It was a nice little triangle. Loaded to fit magazine. Not sure how far off the lands it was. Avg 2466fps. The only load that was over 2” was the 225 ballistic...

Funny enough I was watching the auction to see what it would bring. Mine likes the 250 grain Norma oryx. Mainly because it was available right now. A trigger job will more than likely be necessary, or get a timney, you just have to watch fitting the safety stuff . I can try to look up the...

I really like the laminated stock. Good upgrade and it protects original stock from battle scars….

There are a lot of options right available on gunbroker alone, much less the other sources. I recently watched a tikka t3 that ended yesterday. I really wanted it, but other stuff is more important right now. I have a Ruger in 9.3x62, and it is my favorite gun. It shoots very well with...

They also make a vx5HD 2-10, one that comes with CDS z-lock and a cheaper model that has regular turret, which is cheaper. Same lenses as the vx6hd, which are better lenses than the older regular vx6 had

They still make a vx6hd in 2-12.

Check with your homeowner insurance. Usually they have a rider to add extra stuff and you determine what amount you want covered etc. mine was for a certain amount of firearms & jewelry

Be careful loading light with h4895 in straight wall cartridges. I tried it with my 9.3x74r, light 232 bullets and the minimum charge from a 250 grain bullet I had found. I would get hang-fires. Too much case capacity, and it wasn’t filling case enough in front of primer. I suspect it...

Brought this one back last year. It’s pretty good

I picked up some Cotswolds whiskey last April. We were stuck in a town called Burton in the water when the rental broke down for a few hours. What a great place it was. I should have bought a much bigger bottle

I flown to SA the last two years, I used filson bags first year no problems. The handles do snap together and take off the single shoulder strap which takes two seconds. Watching this closely as I planned on taking a duffle stuffed in backpack as carry-on, then sticking a blue wildebeest hide...

Dang, that is one awesome piece.

I have replaced all of my scopes to leupold CDS z-lock models of some sort. My favorite is the vx6hd 2-12. Perfect size and magnification to do almost anything. I have a 2-10 vx5 in my 9.3x62 and love it. My 300win mag has a 3-18 thou, and have shot deer out to 560yds with it. Low light...

It’s the lipsey model that just came out. I think I read somewhere it was a 12 twist? I did find a box of 280 aframes, and they did shoot accurately, but I don’t need to use those for anything here. I am going to try the cfe223 powder with 225 ballistic tips I have. See what it does. I...

Bob, I didn’t have good luck with the 225’s, but I didn’t try CFE223. I may do it just to see

Would you mind sharing your load? I am interested in trying some lighter bullets as well. Are they the tipped Barnes bullets? Mine really likes the Norma oryx 250grain bullets, the only Barnes bullets I have are the 225tsx, which I don’t plan on using

Welcome! Also a VA guy myself.

Very good point. Look on bolt, on bottom side near bolt handle, the last 4 digits of serial number will be there. They are faint but there

Do you have a way to clean up the action where the bolt lugs go? I have a tool I bought from Sinclair just for this purpose. It is a very tight tolerance in this area, and if anything is there it won’t close, if you force it it can gall the lugs, then it will forever be rough until fixed...

Thanks for the heads up, sorting out different arrangements now. Suck having to check another bag both ways. I am not really shooting that much this year. The rep may just take my ammo over when he goes. 20 rounds will get me thru easy. I hope

Mark, That’s for another personal experience. Looks like I will either talk to them when I go, or just check another bag and suck it up. It stinks that United only does one checked bag now

I tried following some of the other links they mentioned. It would take a deep dive, but I sure would like to know. I was going to take an extra empty bag with me anyway in case I get some stuff while there. It would be easy enough talking with TSA people when they check guns before going...

This from US customs https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1120?language=en_US

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/transporting-firearms-and-ammunition Please see the ammunition portion of the TSA link above. Fourth bullet point down. It’s allowed going there, but SA has different rules leaving country. I do not know what they would do for ammo in between flights in Africa...

It is my understanding that you can fly out of USA with ammo locked within the gun case, which is also locked, but flying out of JNB they will not, so I plan on checking a bag coming home or leaving my ammo with outfitter

This year United decided on overseas trips you only get one checked bag instead of two, so I plan on using one gun instead of two, and put this in my gun box, so it will be double locked. It has a small spot for a lock, and I will just cut a spot in the foam for it

I used a small MTM ammo can with lock and placed in my checked bag. They didn’t weigh my ammo separately in either trip for me, just the bag as a whole. I used a lock that came with a rifle, the long ones that fit thru an action.

I recently had an issue with a Redding part. Tapered expander came in and it was a standard expander. They couldn’t replace it, I had bought the last one. The gal on phone gave me Redding phone number, and I returned the midway part without any issues. I went to look at something...

Lots of options for scope mounting. They have the optilok bases and rings, they also make a optilok ring mount, that is a one piece design. Leupold makes a one piece ring set, and Talley makes a slip on base that is milled on top for whichever Talley ring set you need. Beautiful stock on...

We took our first trip for PG in 2022. Whole family went. I was 44. Oldest son was 12, youngest 7. My youngest shot his first animal there, a blesbuck. It took some work, he was surprisingly good at stalking, way better than I imagined, but lots of failed attempts. His range was...

Congrats and you will love it! I went for the first time in 2022. Wife and two sons (12&7)). We loved it. I thought my wife would hate it, and she really enjoyed it, and thanks to losing a game of uno at lunch with our friend she ended up shooting a blesbuck as an add on. We had a list...

so I have a friend that shoots lots of really big guns, 505gibbs included. I just texted him to confirm what it thought. It’s the primer. He found that federal match magnums are the only primer that would reliably ignite that much powder. He tried CCI & Win as well.

Yeah that’s awesome. I would love to have something along these lines

Could you post some pics of the scope? I am very interested in doing a couple of my scopes now. I looked at their website and it was only $100. They had like 90 colors in stock, but I just was gloss black

I will keep waiting on 225 a-frames to become available, I think they would be perfect.

Started with varget. I have tried 225 ballistic tips, Norma 250 oryx, and swift 280 aframes. So far varget 56.0 and Norma oryx are winning in accuracy. I start with two shot groups testing. If two aren’t close it won’t get better with three. Once I get decent group I go back and try a...

I think that a lot of us will be interested in the 9.3 if you decide to sell it! I just left the range with my 35whelen Lipseys, (yeah I shot it, couldn’t take setting it back) and it is getting very close to getting the final load/loads wrapped up. I am liking it so far!

I will look them up as well, thanks for the heads up.

I for one would also love to try the Norma oryx 286 grain bullets. I have been looking for at least a year if not more! The 232 grain did so well, I cannot wait until some make it to the market in US.

I have another thread I started about a particular bullet I was looking for information on in a 9.3x74r. Lapua Mega 285 grain. Unfortunately I was only able to try it on a coyote this year, which is just a little bit bigger than a jackal. It did open up on that animal, but the recovery of...

The load data in manuals is at a certain level for many reasons. How many rifles since 1905 have been built on actions that shouldn’t be pushed beyond original cartridge parameters? I don’t know Mauser type actions that well, but there is all kinds of information out there for them, and some...

I also found brass on gun broker. I ended up winning some Norma brass there, and I have not looked recently to see what’s available. Some of the manuals do not have data for it in the printed books, but if you look on their websites they will.

It’s a great round. I bought some Norma brass for my 9.3x74 at Ravens Rock Precision. They are in North Carolina. He also has some 9.3 bullets as well, although I think the only thing in stock currently is swift aframes. Several of the normal very large suppliers have 9.3 (.366) bullets in...

This one looks like a really pretty piece of wood!!! Congrats

Yes dry slowly. I have a deer mount in my living room now, that a friend gave me where I work. It sat underwater for 3 days thanks to a massive flood we experienced. The deer had fallen off the wall and was in the floor. Caked in mud. I took a waterhose to it, rinsed it off, it smelled...

I have 2 firings on my hornady brass, and 2 on a few lapua that I took to Africa last year. I shot them all once with a lighter load, then FL sizes them before loading for Africa. I have at least 3 on som wood my Norma brass. I don’t bother with 30-06, what’s the point with all the 9.3 brass

So the wildebeest hunt with him was a hurried stalk that only the PH and my son took. I wasn’t there but watched listened from a distance, and could only see part of the clearing the wildebeest were in. Son and PH stalked closer. Didn’t see them all way, but was looking when they shot. I...

Light load was Varget 53.0. Nosler has 250accubonds using Varget minimum load at 52.5, max at 56.5. The 232 with 53.0 were averaging 2277 in my rifle. I only have 5-6 left in the box, I just don’t use them. I had them for my son to shoot, he is only 13. I would use a heavier/faster load...

Nosler is in stock right now at midway midsouth and I saw another place somewhere today, but it’s price is very very high