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LOL, funny you mention that; I've been looking at a swap-in ER Shaw barrel in 35 Whelen that Midway sells for Savage 110/111's for about $200 US. I think it would be a neat change and 35 Whelen would be a nice caliber addition to fill in the spot between my 308 Norma Mag and 375 H&H Mag. My...

Very nice! My late father had a somewhat similar looking one in his collection; my older brother has it now. We don't know the history of how Dad came to acquire it.

Everybody knows AR stands for "America's Rifle". ;-) (jk)

Now that I think about it, I don't believe I've heard "Rugger" in awhile.

I found this Savage 111 in 270 Win at a cheap price on the used rack at my local Cabelas a few weeks back. I bought it more for the glossy Leupold Vari-X IIc 3-9x scope than for the gun; but assuming this thing can shoot like a Savage is supposed to, then it is likely to become a workhorse rifle.

I can't believe I forgot about "Bruno". :cool:

Here's my list of mispronounced gun names. Can you think of any others? :) - Smithin Weston - Aero Percussion - Sig Saucer - Wing Chester - Holler & Holler - Rugby - Mossenberger - Rockin Rivers - LewJer - Bushmeister - Merlin - Normal (Norma) - Bursta - Walters - Ramington - Husker Varny

The original title was "Does sex matter?", or something to that effect. I thought it was genius. :-)

Man, that would be a great group even without that wind, but with is even more impressive! Btw, i have a few Safari Grades myself, and that's a good looking one. Have you looked up the year for it?

I would be interested to hear our members analyses on this. https://www.thedailybeast.com/putins-surprise-attack-leaves-ukraine-in-incredibly-difficult-position

Props to you, my friend, for knowing how to effectively title your post. ;-)

Perhaps Kristi Noem was fortunate enough to get some advice from Hillary about dodging sniper fire while in hostile territory. :)

I've seen plenty of videos online of people jeweling an individual rifle bolt; setting it up in a collet indexer and jeweling it with a drill press. I am now curious how the major manufacturers such as Remington or Winchester do this at mass production volumes. Do they have the same type of...

A vintage Interarms Mark X or Whitworth Express is about on par with a Model 70 Safari Express, and can be had regularly for $1,000-1,500. And that's for a factory sorted big game rifle.

Pondering the thought of Trump's potential VP picks, and thinking back to 2015, would anyone here have predicted the Pence choice? I'm pretty sure I'd never heard of the man before then.

My late father used to traffic in early 1911's and German Lugers back in the 1970's, and I still have his Buy/Sell journal from those days. I'll do everyone the favor of not posting the two and low-three digit prices he paid for those things. :)

Not just the right thing to do, reclassifying marijuana to Schedule II wins some easy and obvious political points. Trump could have just as easily done this during his term, but looks like Biden is taking this chess piece from the board...

This is the most solid 20 seconds of "cringe" I've seen in a long time:

"You will soon come to learn, young man, that most women do not find speed to be a virtue." - unknown

The way I look at it, buying separate sets of bags is cheap insurance against this kind of thing happening. Granted, it gets a bit more complicated with an international hunting trip, but so many of the stories arise from domestic hunting or range trips.

I just know of one too many many guys who "just knew" they had gotten everything prohibited out of their bag... until they found out they hadn't.

I have had a long standing personal rule to never use bags or luggage that I would ever carry on a plane for vacation as a hunting or shooting range bag, or vice-versa. Too many stories like this going back for literally decades.

Good to see well educated, independent, free-thinking college students refusing to be part of the herd. ;-)

That is a spectacular rifle, and someone is going to get a true heirloom. I was just at a gun store earlier this morning looking at a few new Model 70 Super Grades with AAA French walnut, and they did not have near the finer points that yours does at the same price point (and theirs came with...

I think i share much of that same assessment; and that he's just got a few too many factors working against him to make him a substantial contender. But he could definitely be a spoiler.

It's a good idea, but I've just got too many other projects on hand right now. I actually need to get rid of a few before getting anything else. :)

And now the kids at University of Texas have joined the fray (assuming these are even students): https://www.foxnews.com/us/ut-austin-protests-descend-chaos-anti-israel-students-yell-police-pigs-home

Great gun, and great seller! GLWS. :)

Ah, I see and thanks for that background. It makes a lot more sense now. :)

Exactly! The idea of going through the contortions of combining the 257 Roberts case, the Ackley Improvement, and then re-necking to 6.5mm makes no sense to me at all. Just get a 7x57 and be done with it.

Sounds good, and good luck. We are all in a constant learning process with our firearms (or at least we should be), and it is amazing the restorative work that some of the experienced folks can accomplish with wooden rifle stocks.

This recent thread contains a wealth of information that will help you: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/firearm-insurance-recommendations.81208/ I have a firearms-specific policy with Eastern Insurance, which is now part of Gallagher; and provides a lot of coverage for the money, plus...

Thanks for the @ mention; and to be clear, I very much consider myself an amateur at this. There are plenty of good videos on YouTube and other sites that will show you how to do this; but the basic principle is that you use a household clothes iron on top of a damp cloth, and exercise the...

It's just not the project for me. That particular combination of components and such an oddball wildcat caliber is just not very appealing to me, and I'm sitting on too many project rifles already.

Interesting find on the preowned rack at my local Cabelas store today. A Remington 798 that has been rebuilt with what appears to be a McMillan-type stock and a 26 inch E.R. Shaw barrel marked "6.5/257 Ackley". Never heard of the caliber, but based on a quick internet search, I think this is...

Sounds promising. I took a flyer on a few thousand shares of their stock a few years back, so hopefully it will actually (finally) turn into something.

Yep; I have two daughters, I'm trying to leave a few pairs of different things for them.

The latter; he stumbled across it. He is not even a safari rifle guy, but he called me from the gun show and told me about all the different things he was seeing there. My ears perked up when he mentioned the Whitworth, so after getting some more details from him, I recommended he pick it...

Thanks, and I agree. I have a Remington 798 in 243 Win with a laminate stock, and it's not as refined as the Whitworths; but it's a good shooter as my daughter's deer rifle. I also have a couple of standard Interarms Mark X rifles, and they are somewhere in between.

A few years back, I inherited a Whitworth Express in 375 H&H after my father passed away. It is one of my absolute favorite rifles for a number of reasons, not the least of which is just how versatile and timeless the caliber is. My brother is in town visiting for a few days, and brought along...

A pretty information-rich commentary from Zeihan today, and certainly confirms what some of our more astute members have said about the utter ineptitude of Jake Sullivan and the Biden admin at-large (along with the appropriate level of impuning the Russian collaborators currently holding a slim...

"Chicago Bears". ;-)

Microbed? I'm not familiar with what that is. What was the benefit that it brought for bedding?

I didn't realize that Howa made the 1500 in 375 Ruger, but this might be the most affordable option I've seen for getting into the DGR game. https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/howa-rifles/howa-1500.cfm?gun_id=102650099

Very nice! With that wood grain, schnabel forend tip, and barrel band sling mount; I think it has some nicer touches than the typical Mark X. Enjoy! :) BTW, the Mark X's started getting adjustable triggers sometime between 1972 and 1975. My 1972 Mark X has a traditional two-stage Mauser 98...

As a kid in the 70's and early 80's, I remember seeing advertisements in NRA's American Rifleman for the Bank of Boulder offering a free Weatherby Mark V in exchange for buying a Certificate of Deposit for a certain amount and term.

When you have ALL the stickers.