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I looked at 50 Alaskan but ultimately went with 50 Sharps and never looked back. More case capacity, heavier bullets with manageable pressure, somewhere less than 56kpsi. My latest iteration was 575gr Peregrine @ 2074fps average. Shot very well out of my Ruger No 1.

The initial carving has started at Treebone. The stock maker went down there to oversee the work that it starts out right.

I'll pile in with praise for Peregrine Bushmaster (VRG's) bullets. I took 2 buffalo last October; one with 300gr 375 H&H the other with 550gr 500 Sharps VRG-3's. Small sample I know but they did perform perfectly, one shot each, down and out. I also took VRG-2's (solids) but did not use them. I...

I've been discussing cheek tests with the stock maker, this is an example of what will be done.

Actually I'm not demonizing or praising DGX. I shot exactly one buffalo with DGX Bonded so there isn't enough personal experience to judge too harshly. I chose Hornady's DG series because it hit all of my desires; weight, large meplat, jacket construction and consistent geometry between DGX &...

I hope you are not talking about me because I never said that.

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I brought DGX and Woodliegh Weldcore for buffalo in 2022. The DGX worked considering I didn't get killed but the recovered bullets looked like the top was blown off and they lost over 100gr of weight. These were 500cal, 570gr traveling at 2150fps. The Weldcores worked better. I've switched to...

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Exactly right!

I don't have anywhere near the experience level that you do but this is exactly the reason that I prefer large meplat bullets regardless of the bullets construction for buffalo.

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Gawd I wish Ruger would make the 44mag carbine again. As far as I'm dreaming I'd like it in 45 Long Colt

Question; what is the difference between the Alaskan and Safari models? Just cosmetic?

You forgot the ever popular (with me anyway) 500 Sharps 2.5" (50-90 Sharps). So far it's taken 3 Cape Buffalo and a Bison. My most recent test was 575gr Peregrine VRG2 @ 2074fps; Ruger No 1.

Had "The Beast" to the range for the first round of testing after the rework on the throat; still shoots great! This target was killed by 575gr Peregrine VRG-2's fired from my 500 Sharps Ruger No 1, average 2074fps still with room to grow. I cheated a bit and mounted it's AimPoint H30L.

50-90 Sharps. Extending the throat allowed me the flexibility I needed achieve my target velocity when using monolith bullets.

Not related to the stock project but directly related to the rifle. I had a throating reamer made because I needed a bit more case capacity for monolith bullets. That throating work was completed today. This is the dummy round of what I was striving for; COAL = 3.36". In hindsight I should have...

To state the obvious, Ruger no 1's as they come from the factory are free-floated from the receiver due to the rather ingenious (I think) hanger. Mine of course is not because of the modifications that I've made. As you've already indicated, the purpose of the angled forend screw is to draw the...

The forend of my No 1 does not use the angle screw to the hanger. Mine has a block dovetailed to the the barrel similar to what you have shown in your image. The only difference is that the forend screw retains the Ruger angle. The rifle is a .500cal with a massive barrel, it does not have...

One of the features that will be on the new stock is a replacement fastener for the forend screw. Paul sent me some examples of fasteners to consider of which there are two that I'm considering; Crosspin and Deeley Release. The Crosspin approach is attractive to me because historically it was...

I have to agree, at least to some extent. I used DGX and DGS on buffalo with mixed results. I had no issue with DGS but around 100grs of the DGX (bonded) was lost essentially leaving only the shank. It worked but I will not be using them again. It's really disappointing because Hornady's DG...

YA HOO! Ride 'em cowboy!

Good question and one that I also have been wondering about. I shoot sporting clays weekly, not always with the same shotgun but I do have a favorite Beretta O/U that gets a lot of use. It gets broken down and cleaned after each session. For years I've been using STP of all things. I just...

That's what we need, more tipping. It''s gotten out of hand to be borderline ridiculous. Let's see, you charter a very expensive flight to get you from [pint A to point B. If that's accomplished great, that's their job. If not nobody is going to give you anything back but condolences.

Jeez-Az-Krist. I'm right handed also and my QD levers are on the left side, but really it doesn't a nats but if difference since I don't use the scope anyway.

I understand completely. I was curious because I like hunting bison but have only done so in the United States. I do like to read some of the hunt reports, and I do agree that in far to many cases the emphasis is not focused on the hunt but on killing whatever the person was after. Now that I've...

Is there a hunt report associated with this?

Yeah, well I thought it was an African Hunting forum also but (unfortunately) gone wildly astray of that goal; if it was ever that goal. Pretty easy to filter out all the chaff though so have at it. Hell, I didn't know there was any hunting left in Europe so ths may be interesting.

Ok, thanks. Nice engineering for a non-existent problem.

OK, this thread got way off track and I (at least) still don't know the answer about the the caps on the new Leupold Firedot scopes; do they or don't they have "child proof" caps (if there is such a thing). My Leupold VX6HD that is less than a year old does not. I "did the Google" for the manual...

I bought and still have a Browning A-Bolt 243, sweet little rifle. I bought it for South Dakota turkey and Whitetails; great for turkey (head/neck) not so much for Whitetails. Beautiful rifle though.

I have a Leupold VX6 HD 1x6x24 Firedot for my 375 even though I shoot with iron sights only, I got it for a situational option. Nice clear scope. In my opinion Leupolds are solid, I have them on other rifles where the scope is used, never a bit of a problem. Go ahead and spend $3000 on a scope...

I "did the Google" on him. What I found is that he got "the Chinese flu" bad about a year ago and that he is months behind. Thanks for thinking about it though.

These 3 buffalo were taken in Tanzania with my Ruger No 1, 500 Sharps 2.5" (50-90 Sharps).

According to what I've been told it will be about a year to complete. Clock starts now with the blank sent to George at Treebone Carving for rough shaping. George said it will be anywhere from one to three months depending on what has been previously contracted. I need this completed for a...

Not going to win any beauty contests there but either would put a puddy cat down handily as I'm sure you know.

I got an email back from the stock maker, he confirmed what a few of you have said about the grain in the wrist area as laid out on the blank. He apparently works closely with the people that do the rough shaping to ensure that the blank is setup properly "before any sawdust is made". Thanks to...

I'm really scratching my head over this. If you look at Nevada Mikes Ruger No 1 it hast straight grain through the wrist, so does my RSM. I'd always heard that a straight grain in this area was preferable, maybe I'm wrong. I'm going to hypothesize a bit. The tang of the Ruger No 1 is is quit a...

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I'll ask the stock ,sker about this.

I'll think about it. I do need to ensure the the little bit of heartwood does not become part of the stock. It doesn't look like a problem from the images but .... Nice. The shadow-line treatment will be on my new stock; you don't see that often. I'd like to see the rest of it if you have the...

Yup.

Why, what are you seeing that I'm not

No not yet, there's plenty of time to think about that. I do think 22-line would be about right.

Very nice.

Yes, a couple of times. I have another Ruger No 1 in .300WM. I bought the as a barreled action and had it stocked with a very nice hunk of Batstone Walnut. That rifle has a rollover cheek rest, palm swell and a beavertail forend; it's almost too pretty to hunt but hunt it does. I also...

I'm planning on returning to Tanzania in October 2026 for another buffalo hunt and have decided to restock my trusty .500 Sharps for that hunt. This is a bit crazy because the wood that the rifle is currently wearing is actually very nice but I just am wanting something a bit different. I...

I literally hate this s#*t; next, "Elephant with a poison watermelon".