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35 Whelen: The latest SPEER Manual lists 57.9 grs of CFE 223 powder at 2451 fps while a max charge of 64.1 grs pushes the 250 gr Hot Cor bullet to 2664 fps. With Nosler Partition 250s, I stopped at 61 grs yielding app 2575 fps with a tough bullet for big game. This with the 24 in barreled...

Have had good luck with CFE 223 in the 35 Whelen-a 1950s pre-64 M-70, original bored and stroked 24 in barrel with the original iron sights. I used it with 225-250 gr Nosler Partitions. Have some older Woodleigh 250s also. Also a 1953 M-70 in 338-06 bored out to work with along with a couple of...

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In honor of Cal Pappas-NKWE Safaris

R- Those look like the right ones. I will try a PM. RM

Have Leupold & Lyman Alaskans-on a pre-64 M-70 in '06- Need a set of the 7/8 in rings that attach to the top mount- I have a set of 1 in rings to trade for 7/8 in rings-or purchase outright. Please check your parts shelves-THANKS Lt Col RM

In honor of Cal Pappas-NKWE Safaris"

When I am reminded of my State Department service and our embassy in Nairobi that was almost bombed out, I think of the two Patterson maneless lions sitting in the Chicago Field Museum a long way from British East Africa. I am also reminded of George Jacobsen a State Dept hunter who wrote the...

"Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter" by Bell describe the early days (1911) of African hunting, and the difficulties encountered. That a Rigby .275 along with an Enfield .303 were used with marked success speaks volumes about conditions and elephant of the period. This same early 20th Century...

In honor of Cal Pappas-NKWE safaris

Cal was a fine lad-we will miss him!

While this is an older commentary. it is not a bit stale... In London in the late Fall of 2001 while on leave, I went over to Holland and Holland, Bond Street. Sitting on a glass case was an unmarked leather case for a 450/400 3 in Nitro Holland & Holland double rifle. The weathered tag was...

This Model 70 Super Express closely resembles the pre-64 Model 70 375 H&H rifle I have owned for 35 years. Iron sights to back up the scope are always welcomed on a hunt in the outback. Carrying an extra scope and screwdrivers along with other gun-related tools are strongly recommended by...