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I use Fed 215s

It’s a shame the pith helmet is so derided. I mean, a light, solid material to block the sun, that does not transfer heat like thin material, and that sits off your head to allow airflow…not a bad design…

480 Gr soft/solid 458 with the win mag cannelure. 250 Gr for the 318 WR. 225gr 358s

Spomer is getting good at click-bait titles.

That is very cool. Herne tells some interesting stories of Bryan and the Mau mau among other things. Shame his interest in Africa will end with him.

I believe this is a Dumoulin action. The bases, taps, and front notch looks exactly like others I have seen.

Probably best to read Echol's own thoughts on it - I'd never get it all right ;-). but i can tell you they are very nice - I've handled four of them. http://echolsrifles.blogspot.com/2023/02/from-note-pad-to-concept.html

Trader Keith’s is good. I also use a fixed-length leather sling I made from an old belt. It also works very well.

Echols essentially did what you said - he took everything he liked from many action designs and made his own LX-1. It's very neat.

I flew through Dulles once using a bag that had been used as a range bag while shooting clay pigeons. The lady rubbed the cloth all around it, put it in the machine - positive for explosives! Suddenly I realized why. I told my wife not to say anything. She ran the test again - another...

What will be the Result of Banning The Sustainable Use of a Country's Renewable Natural Resources? In reality, this is what were are talking about.

It's worth remembering criticism of idiotic killing is not new - Denys Finch Hatton wrote several article for the Times of London about some of the crap going on - this was 1929.

Yup. Meateater’s goal is to be a 100 million dollar company. They are heavily financed by The Chernin Group - essentially they are getting people interested in the outdoors to sell them stuff. That is a far cry from when rinella wrote his first book.

Agree. I have long been against the 'as long as its legal' trope. You carry your ethics with you - and ethics should always be well above the law. The law dictates the lowest acceptable form of behaviour, not the highest form of ethical behaviour. We should always be concerned with the latter...

My understanding is Makris, via his advertising agency and the NRA were simply passing money back and forth and having a good time on everyone else's dime.

a very long time ago I worked at an outdoor store in Idaho and we had the occasional celebrity hunter come in and the fawning and red carpeting for these people was unreal - and yes, I’m surprised they could get in the door with such inflated egos. One thing to consider too is that things show...

I think you'd be better off paying a lot of money and hunt with Phil Shoemaker. He's not on TV, unless a YouTube interview counts. I know Steve's brother Matt - I'd love to hunt with him, but I ain't paying for it... and it would never be televised... ;-)

very cool. are you recording the conversations?

Welcome back.

Duane Wiebe has probably made one.

Oh my.

Greeting from Idaho! Had the pleasure of visiting Northern Sweden many years ago - Lulea and Pitea to visit a musician friend of mine. Lovely place and people! Are you familiar with Ronnie Eriksson or Ramblin’ Minds?

This is precisely what I shoot in mine and the groups are that good or a skosh better. But I sympathize with the OP - I’ve thought of making it into something else…but I’m growing tired of tinkering for minimal gains.

I was going to mention this..over the years I’ve heard of many people doing this same thing with similar results. The published FPS of a lot of the old stuff was ambitious at best.

How was it made into a 300 H&H? What did it start life as?

When i see a long serial number like that with NO G, I think assembled in Portugal.

damn neat. never heard of them

Can I ask which base you are using? Weaver?

I’ve seen a really lovely Echols 450 on an FZH with a peep. Others with RMRs. Either seem like the right way to go.

Welcome @Cherokeetracker from an Osage ;-) This is a great place to hang out.

Echols designed and is building his new LX-1 action for his Legend and Classic rifles. A magnificent ‘new’ CRF. He is fully in the game. But they ain’t cheap…

Wow. That elephant followed for a very long time. Very sad.

same here - I never really considered myself a birder, but 11 days in Kenya cured me of that. The birdlife there was unbelievable.

I can't think of many things that enhance being in the outdoors, for any reason, more than a good set of binos. Waterfalls to waterbuck, moose to mice, falcons to flowers... I've gawked at all of them through binos.

That’s interesting to see you used a cup point on elephant. Looks like it did exactly what it was supposed to. Well done.

I have heard 'selective' hunting here and there. It is still differentiated and not as strong as just hunting, in my book. I was talking with a non-hunter co-worker once who used the phrase trophy hunting once, and I asked her to define it. She used the common definition. I told her legal...

That's my style of double - lovely. I have a friend who has a very similar one to that in 450 NE. Enjoy it.

I know Woodleigh talked to Reloading International at SHOT and I hope they can make a deal soon.

HA! That is EXACTLY what our friend told us. Can't tell you how many times we've sat down and I've looked around and seen no other white people and said, "This is gonna be good." Usually the sign of a good pho shop as well. We miss those restaurants big time.

This is why, when I went to Kenya, I insisted we drive everywhere instead of fly.... you can't learn a country from the air. I loved every one of those 1500kms and your wife reminds me of our very good friend who still lives in Seattle - she's Chinese but grew up in Malaysia. She is our...

Interested to see the list/prices.

Wow. That’s cool. Classy…

Many years ago I picked up 88 Barnes 450gr FN solids for ..50c a piece. Never knew what kind of bargain I got ;-)

I’ve seen pics of a 450 FN Barnes that went from a cow’s forehead to the root of her tail.

Very cool Express rifles... they were the first time as a young catalog ogler I had ever heard of the word 'Circassian.' Fast forward 40 years and I was installing a phone system in a historic house in Seattle and noticed all the interior exposed timbers... you guessed it, ALL circassian...

This is also on my list to get - looks great. If you don’t mind spending a little money, get Tony Seth-Smith’s For the Honour of a Hunter. That is a remarkable book

I’ve gotten an absurd number of books off of eBay and it’s the first place I look.

Jim Corbett had special disdain for people who hunted over water. I won’t do it, nor shoot from a truck.

How has that Seiko 5 treated you accuracy-wise? Staying on time pretty well? I like the simplicity of those watches. I currently wear an old Swiss Army watch and love it to death but I also wish it was an automatic.

Exactly. When we try to defend a term/activity that THEY define, we are conceding the definition to them. When done properly and sustainably, we are just hunting. Whether if it’s in the UK, America, or anywhere in Africa.