Recent content by DrBob

The present darling is the 10mm Glock. The 12 gauge slug is potent and one can dump more rounds into a bear with that than a DGR. There is killing power and then there is stopping power.

I carry a 45 Colt Ruger Redhawk with hard cast 360 grain warheads. Buffalo bore makes great solid 45s for the Ruger. I chose the Redhawk as it is bomb proof and at very heavy loads it is right up there with the heavy 44 mags. The 6" Redhawk in 44 mag is nice. The Ruger Alaskan is a painful...

My 470 NE Merkel doubled also. Working up regular loads with right barrel first. Pulled the trigger and found myself pushed back and starring at the ceiling wrestling the rifle...but didn't fall off the stool at the range! Happened several times. Sent it in.... came back with a much heavier...

Also, Boddington's stepson yanking off the extractor from a Mauser action from a "brisk" clearing of the action. I did upgrade my 700 in 416 to an M-16 extractor. Remington Custom Shop, prior to closing, was offering both the M-16 extractor and double ejection plungers. I really wonder what...

I use temp insensitive powders from Hodgdon to work up loads... in Alaska...where any temp is ... well.... not African. The Brits reduced loads by 5 grains for Kynock lammo to deal with that same problem.

The 300 Weatherby is a fine cartridge. The modern bullets have brought it to where Roy Weatherby would be proud of it. The old style bullets couldn't keep up. The TSX series, the A-Frames and Northfork bullets make it great. Potent but then take a look at all of the crazy overkill cartridges...

.No. 1s: 300 Win Mag, 416 Rigby, 416 RM, 458 Win Mag, 470 NE (Hamilton Bowen).

Paste wax (like Turtle Wax)... but don't buff it off. Take the can with you for touch ups.

If alone in the bush with no back up..... the 375 is a little too light ... although the Ghost of John Taylor may haunt me for that. That's what the PH is for ... insurance. A guide...yes.... but a definitive ender of bad things...yes. The 375 H&H is not an "under-gunned" cartridge... just...

In O'Connor's writings his wife often used the 257 Roberts ... the necked down 7x57. Yes, I bought a 270 because of Outdoor Life's editor but looking back, the best balance is the 280 Ackley Improved... again 7mm territory. It took a long time for me to buy a 30-06.... but anyway you cut...

Cor Bon used one of their Sledgehammer solids .... 405 grain.... passed through one cape into another with side shot. Best penetration speed was 1500 fps. This is nuts. This is the definition of killing power ...just poking holes in the right spot but not even close to a stopping round...

Now..now... he forgot that it's not dis-May but dis-July.

Ruger had an aborted attempt at the 404 but had problems. It would be good to revisit and make. Alas, making a good double would be a challenge but worth it.

Classic "tinned" cloth. That and Barbour... the original "GoreTex".

How do you know that the party is a formal occasion? The Carhartts are washed.