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My 2007 3rd addition Swift Manual does not have the 300H&H

Sadly Winchester's new Safari Express series 375H&H 416Rem 458win mag all use the same long action giving the 458 the short straw or in this case the long action... The upside is that the new 458 win is easily changed to a 458 Lott

Fatback... Is your 458 built on a Standard action or Long action??

Last two Safaris I shot a total of 7 animals 5 were off hand

Congrats on a great looking Buff and with a Bow even better!! Below is what folks are talking about when they speak of a white face and thinning coat

I have shot 2 Tuskless, both inside of 20yrds and hope to shoot more One with a Double in 450NE the other a 505 Gibbs One a Frontal Brain the other a Side Brain Chasing Eles with a Double Rifle is the classic way to go caliber 450 and up Bolt guns just as fun anything that start with a .4 and...

My 505 which I had built for me on a GMA action is a "Right"handed Bolt built for a "Left" hand shooter ... Meaning the stock is bend for "Left" handed shooter or has Cast On... The gun weighs 11.5lbs loaded and yes you can carry it all day

Big fan of CEB Bullets... Yes shot a Buff with my Gibbs in 2022 using CEB 485gr Raptor... Frontal slighlty quartering 35 yards enter just infront of the left shoulder exited behind right rib cage .. Also a Tuskless with CEB's 525gr Solid side brain and a Bush Pig with the CEB 525gr Solid

I would stick with a S&W it will be a better trigger either single or double action.. If it will be a range toy only stay with a 6" Barrel as it will give you a longer sight plain and hence better acfcuracy If you look on Gunsinternational you will find a myriad of 38's stainless or blue

does anyone wear the Courtney Hunter

How do their sizes run ?? I have been wearing a 10 wide Merrill

If I had the wherewithal to purchase a bespoke Westley Richards I would be hard pressed for a "moment or two" whether to order a Side Lock or Drop Lock... Westley Richards and Drop Locks go hand in hand...Removing and holding one of their jeweled Locks in hand is a treasure indeed

Shorts and Gaiters for me .... Keep them simple ..No Zippers or Velcro one more thing that can go wrong

Attached find pressure and strain data compiled by Michael McCorry and Sam Rose using his 470 with various DR bullets found on the market Perhaps some empirical data will help you with your decision You will find the lowest pressures belong to CEB and Northfork bullets Woodleigh's Solid had yet...

Like a more simple Euro mount

The biggest problem with stuffing too much stuff in a Tuffpak is having to unpack and pack while the agents are standing over you My first adventure traveling with a Tuffpak I used one of their long duffels that you put the guns in and clothes put it was a pain to get everything back in after...

Sorry what I wanted to say in the last sentence.. With properly constructed Solids like CEB sand Northforks "SD" in not a deciding factor

"If you want more velocity use a 458 Lott.....with 500gr bullet to keep the sd...." SD was more important with poorly constructed round nose bullets .. Properly constructed Solids like CEB and Northfork is not a deciding factor

505 Gibbs 535gr CEB Solid 2300fps

I take Doxi as an "antimalarial" will also cover you for anything else including Tick bourn ailments

Bush Pig 505 Gibbs 535gr CEB Solid 2300fps

Do you have the Woodleigh loading Manual??

*I have had tremendous success shooting both Plains and Dangerous Game with CEB Safari Raptors and Solids... Buff and Ele plus numerous plains game using my Gibbs 450NE made in 1903 and other Bolt Guns . **The Bullets were easy to regulate shooting the 480 Solid and 450 Raptor ***My suggestion...

410 is not a gauge but the actual bore size .410 dia Most Miroku Barrel constrictions would be marked with a series of asterix *, Full **, Mod *** IC ****, Skeet

Congrats ... Life is too short to own an ugly rifle Pick it up everyday .... throw it to your shoulder a couple dozen times everyday Hell WDM Bell did calisthenics with his rifle Discover reduced loads using Trailboss, 5744 or H4895 Surprised the "All you need is a 375" boys have not commented...

what you have not mentioned in this exercise is what distance you would like to have you sights zeroed... I would assume that your Rigby would be different than you 375.. By using a trajectory calculator such as JBM https://www.jbmballistics.com/ you can figure out where you bullet is...

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Have you ruled out the Firing Pin and or Spring causing light Primer Strikes Have a SC Win Mod 70 that was experiencing light Primer Strikes a new and stronger spring solved the problem

....IF.... I were to use a Red Dot this would be my choice as BeeMaa says farther away from eye both eyes open away from the action so as to not get in the way with loading and low to bore axis so cheek weld will be more natural

I had a 505 Gibbs built for me on a Granite Mountain Arms African Magnum Action which is a DSB a quarter rib to one standing Express sight .... Have no desire to mount a Scope or Red Dot I'm 66

"I remember noticing that the first time I saw that episode, and saying to my wife "Who leaves a Blaser R8 hanging on hooks above their doorway?" That's about all they are good for

Gotta Gibbs 450NE made 1903 shoots better than I do

uplander01 .... Perhaps the metallurgy has changed some .. Accuracy and the Regulation of Doubles whether New or Old are still regulated the same way

Velo Dog Says"Double rifles are unique if not strange behaving contraptions." Doing anything different with a Double can change POA POI... I have shot dozens of Doubles for a good friend and gunsmith who sadly is no longer with us Things that I have seen change a Double besides different loads...

Fitting A Double Rifle to one self should be no different than fitting a shotgun..Proper Length of Pull, Drop and Cast. If you are a Lefty like I am are you use to shooting break action shotguns with right handed top levers if so do not switch the top lever ... What I have done to make a used...

the most Famous 500J the Utube Video the shooter is a little off with his Ballistics https://www.kevindthomas.com/post/chimpongani-fletcher-jamieson

My son in law suggested I change the JPEG quality from high to medium ..Sucess... Bastogne Walnut 14.5"s with 1/4" cast, I wanted the heaviest piece I could find for overall weight, GMA African Magnum action, Kreiger 24" barrel quarter rib, 1 standing sight, NECG Masterpeice banded front with a...

Trying to .... for some reason when I try and attach a file or upload an image the upload gets hung at 98% could be my internet which is wickedly slow

Be-Spoke...made for a particular customer or user... If you are starting out on this adventure of having a Rifle made for you, research and asking questions is half the fun.. As a retirement present to myself and prior to a DG hunt in 2022 I had made a 505 Gibbs on a GMA action. This was truly...

Knife design a collaboration with knife maker Jim Bensinger... 8"s overall length Pattern Welded steel with Water Buff scales..It has been used on numerous game from pigs to elephant ... with 2 sets of witness marks on the blade's spine fore and aft for fine and gross work

An fine example of that $1 steak knife found in every skinning shed plus the river rock used to sharpen them

I enjoy hunting Tuskless Eles (though I am not running as fast as I use to) the ones that I have shot have been processed where they fall leaving nothing but a wet spot at the end of the job, Everyone chips in; PH, Appies, Trackers and upon their arrival camp staff. So yes I use the knife on my belt

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Daniel Carey I'm 6'1" my 505 has a 14.5" LOP

I use to finish all of my Big Bore range sessions shooting a box or so of .22's. This re-established proper shooting technique that may or may have not been compromised by shooting a Big kicking gun ... Then I discovered reduced loads using Trailboss or 5744 and mostly Cast Bullets, now I can...

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Have always wanted to put a Buff skull inside a plexiglass box to use for a coffee table

Check your length of pull .... If you bought the gun used The LOP was made for someone else.. A proper LOP will move your hand back and you will not need a trigger gaurd

Dacron vs Foam..... Bunches of years ago found a Michael McCourry pressure test on all of the various fillers out there. Foam created the least amount of Pressure Dacron one of the highest since I am shooting a 100 year old gun and wanting to give it the best chance ot last another 100 years I...

I'm old school... RCBS 10-10 balance scale, large Lee dipper, may takes a couple of scoops for my 505 Gibbs... if needed I can tap in a grain or three from the Dipper to finish... I can Weigh, Dump, and Seat a bullet in less than 30 seconds