Recent content by zephyr

If your camp has WI FI you can also use tghe Wi Fi calling on your phone

We are all built differently.. and one stock does not fit all.. When building my DGR, iron sights only, spend an hour or two with the gunsmith on stock fit getting the drop and cast to my liking Boone66 is on the right track remove some wood, while your lowering the comb ...IF... needed you...

smashing your middle finger on the back of the trigger guard. sounds like you need to explore your rifles length of pull

A side note to taking Doxy .... Doxy has the tendency to kill everything in your stomach I always take a probiotic when taking Doxy to keep my stomach in order

Have always taken Doxy

Someone did well

Don't think you need anything bigger than a 6x on a 450 Rigby

After re-sizing the 375 H&H brass in your 400 H&H sizing die you will see a slight visual wrinkle in the neck this is left over from the 375 shoulder. My first loads with the re-sized brass were a bit softer then yours using the same .411 Hornady 300gr SP as the price was right... Those first...

I am Right handed but left eye dominant shoot but in your 5% that shoot left handed, but may prefer right hand bolts with left hand stocks..... My custom 505 Gibbs built for me on a right handed GMA Action has 3/8" cast "ON"

Murray Leather ...slides and Belt

Rookhawk "What I can say is horrible things happen when we deviate from the plot. You are welcome to disagree as to causality, whether bullet diameter, powder type, metallurgy, or wad". Are you referring OSR

I will agree with rookhawk's assessment on British vintage vs newer Double Rifles, but then again I'm somewhat an English gun snob... Where I will disagree is his comment on bullet construction and older doubles Below are links to a study on Bullets, Barrel Strain and Double Rifles...

Well done !!

I take great pleasure hunting with my "expensive" rifles and shotguns. If wood and metal get worn the gun is refinished; wood, checkering, blueing, and they carry on. I was once chastised for carrying an English shotgun into our rough New England bird coverts by a gentleman driving a brand new...

What powders were you considering ??