Recent content by cajunchefray

I agree with @Nyati on this. The PAST Magnum pad works, but uncomfortable, for me, it rides up on the shoulder, and I have to readjust every couple of shots on the range. Also, as others stated, it is thick and affects the LOP, on some rifles affect the gun mount. For a strap on pad...

If you really want a double, go for it. However, @HunterHabib is, as always, correct in that you will have to do some work in finding the proper regulating load, for a particular double. I went down that route, and probably shot 200 rounds, to find the load my 450/400 liked. It was regulated...

I always learn something about firearms, and hunting on AH. Appreciate the expertise. I have a soft spot for 1911s. Have owned a few. A special one I have handled, a 1914 era Colt 1911, carried by a pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille 1916. Shot down over Verdun. His surviving brother had it...

Now I understand why my doctor recommended a prophylaxis of Doxycycline rather than Malarone. Doesn't work well with alcohol. My doctor travels internationally twice a year, to some really off the trail places, and researched Limpopo, and the relatively low risk of malaria. However, for...

I use black electrical tape, from the hardware store, to make a 3" cross on a white paper. Helps me align the crosshairs, not canted and resolve the aiming point. Once scope is sighed in, I use a 1" black aiming point, tape or Sharpie, and shoot for accurate shot placement. I think...

Looking forward to reading your autobiography. CR

I was wondering the same about that stock, great with stainless action for an all weather rifle.

Good advice. My wife might count them.

Yes! A flight of eight P-38's, from Guadalcanal, intercepted and shot down and killed Admiral Isokoru Yamamoto, over Bougainville, Papua, New Guinea in 1943. Yamamoto was the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack. They got him. The flight of eight P-38's flew over 600 miles, one way, radio...

I worked with a fellow, that in a past life was ground crew for SR-71's. The fuel tank seals were designed to completely seal the fuel tanks at Mach 2+ speeds, as the heat caused expansion of the seals (gaskets), no leakage, and range achieved. At ambient ground temperature, the seals were...

The P-38 Lightning. Kelly Johnson's "Skunk Works" first genius design, a great fighter plane in WWII, in both Europe and Pacific. Incredible seeing this old warbird fly.

@Milan, appreciate your discussion of various CRF actions. Good food for thought. In current mass produced rifles at a price point, I like the current Winchester M70. The machining tolerances are good, although the wood finish needs some work.

Excellent details. A Krieghoff double is a great rifle, this brand the first double I got to shoot and led me down that road. 450/400 is a favorite round, understand why you are selling the.458. It is a nice rifle and the wood is very nice. Good luck with the sale.

@Hunter-Habib, Thank you for that insight. I really appreciate this. Sounds like a different reality for different folks in the real- world. Some shooters are good and some not. The variance from hunter to hunter, recoil, versus shot placement is very interesting. When moving up from a...

@HunterHabib. Thank you for sharing your real-world experience with elephants, backed up by photos. It is fascinating that safari hunters, like yourself, with varied elephant hunting experiences, end up wanting and recommending .500 + bore rifles. Has this been your experience with your peer...