Recent content by cajunchefray

Yes, blessed. I used to do something similar on our place years ago. Good targets. We had 200 acres, and I thought it was heaven. 150 yards was a long aim, and when actually shooting paper targets into one of the few ridges, 50 yards was a long shot.

I’ve been lucky replacing the front sight blade on later models Ruger #1. Easier on the new models

Pawn shops in my area have changed over that last 15 years, moving toward black rifles and polymer pistols. Bigger, new shops have opened, always focused on black guns, and a lot of shooting accessories and ammo. I shop these local places for accessories, and some ammo, to support the local...

XS Sights are nice. Using them on a Ruger #1 will take a bit of gunsmithing to drill and tap the rib. An XS sight for Marlin Lever actions is flat bottomed and can be installed with D/T. I had this done on a Ruger Number 1 years ago. While the XS sight is wider than the rib, it still the...

Is BLO, thinned a bit with Odorless Mineral Spirits, a good " refresher" on wood stocks? My Dad used this back in the day. I have a Whitworth Mauser.458 from the early 1980's, the wood could use a little refreshing, as the finish is not damaged anywhere, but just looks dry and dull. Not...

Stock fit for your young shooter is first. Is should be comfortable and their eyes align on the sights naturally, without contortion. Added weight can help, but the gun must be balanced for the shooter. Weight between the hands has been the English way for centuries and it works. When well...

My advice is to buy a .375 H&H, lay in some ammo, or reload, and shoot often (monthly or twice monthly). and Don't Look Back. Learn to shoot this type of rifle. It's not hard. 20 rounds a session is plenty, once you get used to it. A nice fitting rifle helps. I would look at Winchester M70...

This: "It has come down to the fact that if you reload and see the powder that you use sitting on a shelf you better buy it, not in 1 lb. bottles but in the 5 or 8 lb. jugs if they have them." I have 5+ pound jugs of 2 select Rifle powders. Given my "rationalized" rifle culling down to 7...

@EDELWEISS, I appreciate this thread, and your perspective of the history of the Rhodesian wars, the West's insistence, at a governmental level to impose their viewpoint and policies, in a country they no longer have control of or understand facts on the ground. The reality of Whites and Blacks...

Nice looking rifle. Good Luck With The Sale. Somebody here will be interested. A few questions that some potential buyers may have: Is that Swift .505 Gibbs ammo included in the sale? Is that rifle from the CZ Custom Shop, through Triple River Gunsmithing? Any factory and or gunsmith...

Supplement my ignorance. Is that a Cow Buffalo? Or some odd Bull? Still, nice hunting trophy.

I have owned the Synthetic Matte .375 H&H and the M70 Safari Express in .375 H&H and .416 Rem Mag. I think (I cannot provide exact measurements) that the late 1990's Synthetic Matte ,375 H&H had a slightly slimmer barrel, than the Safari Express, like the early 1990's Super Express. The action...

God Bless the Souls of those men and women, the Allied Forces, the occupied French, and those poor bastards in the German Army, Luftwaffe, and Panzers. The definition when SHTF.

It looks like a dovetail type fit front sight. Highly recommend a red fiber optic (or green FO) depending upon your eyes, and we are all unique in that respect. If not a larger white bead. A Ferlach gunmaker should be able to fit a Recknagel (sold in the US by New England Custom Gun). Good...

That's an unusual scope failure, that points to some misalignment of the rings. I suspect due to the machined bridge mounts not in alignment with each other, the barrel or both. I had a CZ 550 in 416 Rigby with this problem. My gunsmith used the alignment bars, as referenced by @Mark A...