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"It's better to burn out, than fade away!" - The Kurgan (who might have stolen it from Joan Jett....) The Kurgan is much cooler than Joan Jett....

It sure is pretty!

Hard to pick just three!

I know they're ugly, but I'm building my second rifle with an A-Square Coil-Check stock. They just work at mitigating recoil. I was going to do a .460 Weatherby...and I guess I still could since I haven't reamed the chamber yet...and have a set of dies for it. But had settled on the .458 Lott...

I have one of the later MK XXII's...the bolt action which is really an Anshutz 164 (which itself is excellent...I also have one of them that's older than me in .22magnum) with a Weatherby stock in .17 HMR. I really like it. I didn't realize they only made them a couple years and discontinued...

I have an Accumark in .270 Weatherby and love it. It's a tack driver, and very fast. I shoot 130's at over 3300 ft/s with it. I've only ever had one deer take one step with it, and that was a bad shot on my part. Every other one they're dead before they hit the ground. I'd orignally bought...

I'm an aerospace engineer. Just got a Colt Walker. I love guns. Building a .458 Lott Enfield right now. Having a custom reamer made for it. Sounds like I need to open a bullet making company. I've read all the theory. It's not difficult. Could I sell enough big bores to you guys to make a...

I love Model 70's! I have a 7mm-08 Featherweight, a 7mm Rem Mag Custom Sporter Super Grade (killed my biggest white tail with it), a .264 Win Mag Super Grade curly maple (one of my favorites!), and a .270 Win Super Grade curly maple which is beautiful but seems to be jinxed as I never see a...

Rebated rim....

I like Talley, but my 'smith advised me not to use the QD type so mine are all bolt on and I carry a screwdriver...

I've contacted JGS and requested the drawing. Will let you know what they send me.

Wow! That's one big hole! I'm going to machine my action for scope bases and have a set of Talley's for it. I'll try open sights first and we'll see how bad it is before I try a scope on it :) I did spend the money and got a nice New England Custom Gun rear sight for it (along with their...

So I talked with my Smith today and I am going to spend the money and have a custom reamer made. It will be basically a .450 Watts with the case part extended slightly and the throat made to be close to the .458 Win Mag extended 0.3" and a half inch of freebore beyond that. Totally custom .450...

So .357 the mountain lion and don't call the cops. The End.

I like the Bombay Saphire. But Gilby's will do in a pinch :)

After all this, I'll call my smith. I might just pay the $200 and get a custom reamer made. :)

I hunt with an M1A (Civilian form of M14) National Match model that is about 14 pounds loaded with a full mag. You get used to it. My .375 Roy is 13 pounds loaded. Just gotta Hulk Up a little :)

My .458 Lott enfield. It's the only other custom biggie I have

That's beautiful! I was thinking to try to get one just like it but in .500 NE, but you've definitely upped the game with this one! Eagerly waiting for your shooting reports. Some videos would be nice :)

I really like .375 Weatherby, and it's what I built my custom Enfield "Hannibal" on. Mine has a 30" barrel, and some guys have said it's too long. But I see lots of pictures on here of guys with suppressed rifles that are longer than mine. I get 2889 ft/s with 300gr bullets. I don't plan to...

Really excellent info here, Riflecrank! Thank you! I copied all of this and sent it to my 'smith.

Matt, that is smart. So maybe I'd take my .458 Lott Enfield to compliment my .375 Wby Enfield. Makes sense if something happens to the big boomer. You'd have the Super Boomer for backup. I was originally thinking if I took two, it'd be the .375 Roy and a .30-06 or .264 Winchester for...

Been looking at some surplus Hummers to customize :)

Bearkat, that's what I drive! Take my 2500 Cummins!

Poco, I was figuring on doing the same thing when I finally get to go. Take my .375 Weatherby that I built and use 300gr A-Frames on everything. One gun, one load. Keeps it simple :)

I have my claw extractors beveled on the front edge so they'll snap over. But you "can" squeeze the middle of the claw extractor that is not machined that way to snap over the case rim. But I figure I'd never remember to do that if a big beastie is charging me, so grind the front edges so they...

I have a giant pile of top soil. Has worked for 25 years :)

This is kind of crazy. I went into a Rolex dealer on Maui and he had tons of watches...but I didn't know you couldn't actually buy one. I have a Breitling Super Ocean that I like a lot. I simply ordered it from a registered and verified shop. No fuss, no muss. Wear it every day. I like the...

You're right. It would just save me trimming cases that I form from Hornady Basic Belted Magnum :)

I may just wind up paying the extra $175 and having a custom reamer made that I will own. If I do, I'd rent it to guys on here. Have to see what my 'smith comes back with. Everything I read says all Lott reamers do the extra 50/1000" case length for the full 2.85", but the websites just show...

You need a barrel for that project! Give you a Lott to do! (Bad Dad Joke....) :)

Rez, I'd say you're about 90% there with this rifle already. The most difficult part is machining the feed rails. It's very tedious. My 'smith said he had to walk away from the project several times as it was aggravating him. But, he took mine from .30-06 to .375 Wby. Yours shouldn't need...

Of them all, the Ackley is probably the best. It's actually got straight neck, and you can fire the other two (three if you count the Winchester in there) in it. But I don't know where you get headstamped brass for it. It's why I went with the Lott.

Sweet setup! I love Model 70's! My own .375 is a little older....started with a M1917 Enfield action. Had to use an ugly composite stock, though, as the stock I wanted isn't made in wood anymore. At least not that I could find....replica of an A-Square Hannibal. Hard to beat a .375! Mine...

Heaviest I've ever used in .308 calibre is 200gr. Use the Sierra Match Kings in my .300 Winchester. Very accurate. 180 is the heaviest I've used on game. 240 is interesting :)

Well, I guess it's kind of bad to hunt children...... Being sarcastic...Ha ha! I read the article. But the headline isn't worded the best...made me think of "Lord of the Flies" :) So a 17 year old can't hunt there now? Good grief....

Hi Everyone, So my .458 Lott Enfield project is finally making some headway. Time to ream the chamber. So my issue is, the standard .458 Lott is 2.80" in overall length, which is .050" shorter than the parent case. Why did Jacques do that? All I can figure is he blew out a .375 H&H case and...

Wundy Bob! (Never did know what that meant....the one guy in the white outfit yelled it....probably Arabic for "Ouch!" ) :)

When I was deciding on a cartridge for my next Enfield project, I looked really hard at the .450 Ackley. It's a great cartridge. It's basically ballistically equivalent to the .458 Lott. But, it has a neck. There's this micro shoulder that it has, and then it's a straight neck. Whereas, the...

I called Ruger about it, way back. And they were mortified, and said "Mail it back to us NOW!" I bought it new, and it's been like that since day one. Call me dumb, but I was afraid of losing it in the mail. If you had the safety on when you shut the lever, there was never an issue. But with...

Hank, I could well be wrong. I read this book 40 years ago, as a teen. My dad had it. I read Jack O'Connor's book about "The Rifle" or whatever it was called about the same time. I thought it was the 1890's, and these two guys basically used the equivalent of an old English Warbow. I do...

My No. 1 is a .45-70. It's got a shorter throat than my Marlin 1895 Cowboy .45-70. It also goes off about 1/3 the time when you close the lever (the Ruger does), so I really need to get it fixed. Haven't shot it in probably 20 years. I'd like to do something with it. Thought about rebarreling...

I read a book, long ago, written in the late 1890's, from these two guys that went to Africa to hunt elephant with bows. One had a 200lb draw long bow, the other a 180 lb draw long bow. Their arrows were wood, probably about 1/2" in diameter. Steel broad heads. They both got elephants. I...

I think you are correct, but he loads it with smokeless powder and it's much more powerful than the original. A real animal. Uses 750gr bullets. Probably recoils pretty hard in a No. 1 :)

"No bucks, no Buck Rodgers."

JD Jones.... 50x3 1/4 Sharps 750. It's a beast, and he can build it on a No. 1 :)

Very nice! Is the butt of the stock larger than "normal?" I only ask because I'm building my second A-Square Hannibal clone and use a copy of their "Coil Check" stock that has the enormous butt so that it shoves your entire upper body and not just your shoulder. It really works. I also put two...

I pillar bedded my .375 Wby Enfield, cross bolted it, and glass bedded the action and part of the barrel. It's nice and solid. Will do the same on my .458 Lott Enfield build....

I'm going to make a set like Tally Ho showed. At least start with them. They really are a smart idea. I'd just never used them before...

I asked a question. I didn't brag up anything. I asked you guys for your advice about sticks or offhand. I guess we are done.