Recent content by JimP

I wouldn't expect any upgrades. When I flew over 2 years ago the plane was packed like a tin of sardines. I didn't see a single vacant seat in economy. That was on all 4 of my flights with Qatar. Dallas-Doha-Joberg and back..

If you put the ammo in the title you'll get those that are just casual viewers to look at your post. Just something as simple as "Need 470 Ammo"

As they say, locks keep honest people honest. If a baggage handler wants your rifle he'll take the whole case. He looks less conspicuous packing a whole case than he would packing a rifle.

My hometowns population was 750 when I moved here 37 years ago, now it's 9,000. I usually go to Denver once or twice a year and can't wait until I'm out of there driving up I-70 headed home.

One other thing, did you chronograph the speed of the factory round? If not, factory velocities are arrived at using a test barrel which is quit different than a actual rifle. That along with most post a higher velocity than it really is. When I built my load for my .340 Weatherby I sent a...

I'd start with trying another powder, perhaps some RL 17 if you can find it. A sticking bolt is a sign of excessive pressure or a chamber problem. But if factory rounds shoot fine then I'd suspect pressure.

A 30 and 357 Herrett and I just got a barrel for a 6mm-30 Waters for my Contender that I'm going to try out.

That is what I was saying in one of my post, forget about 1 lb bottles and think larger quantities, or even several 1 lb bottles. I haven't purchase a 1 lb bottle for my rifle powders in close to 20 years. I also would purchase primers by the 1000 when I saw what I needed. It isn't quite...

One problem with switching powders is that after you have built up loads for a certain powder you have to start all over with the new one and rebuild the load all over again. And you may find that you just can't get the accuracy with the new powder that you got out of the new one.

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 missed out last fall on a 5 lb jug of my favorite powder but I still have a couple of pounds of it left...

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Were you thinking about this post that has the video in it? https://www.africahunting.com/threads/you-tube-hunting-couple-brown-bear-gone-wrong.79860/

Years ago my brother in law and I were bivouacking at home during the general deer season. I would pick him up at 3:30 in the morning to get to where were were going. One day my sister looked at me and asked if I was getting tired of showing up at her house at 3:30 am every day. I just told...

I'm going to wonder through a Cabela's uses rifle rack in a couple of weeks, you never know what you are going to find in them. The last time that I was there I found a Remington Nylon 66 that I almost picked up.

You can even throw old time hunters into that category. I own a number of very nice wood stock rifles and shotguns. However my last two rifles have the synthetic stocks and I got them for a reason. You can beat on them, get them soaking wet, and take them out the next day and for the most...