Recent content by C.W. Richter

What distance do you plan on hunting with your 375? If primarily African PG/DG, you'll be lucky to be shooting 100-200 yds (with the odd 250+/- shot,) so pinpoint benchrest/varmint accuracy isn't critical. You might stretch some of the shorter ones back using max handloads and cheap, lighter...

Nos PTs are good for <450 yd shot accuracy (they're less dense, longer, better BC). Swift A-frames, TTSX or even TSX. All great for terminal performance, but out of all of 'em the NPs will likely group and perform better. Just not on DG, excepting big bears. And, DG will not likely be shot...

*Due to the lower V (longer TOF) and large surface area you will experience wind drift effects on the .375, so I'd also recommend a scope with windage dots off to the sides of the reticles. Those can be dialed in as well. Waiting for the shot is an even better idea, if possible. If I recall...

I recommend sticking with the heavier slugs (265-270) as the BC and SD are better and they carry energy better, out farther. Plus, it can easily be used for DG using the 270s (or quickly re-dialed in for other more suitable 270s, solids, etc.) The LRX will work, but not necessary at 400, and...

Wow, the above didn't look that way when I posted! lol You can figure it out (turned from rows into columns.) If you wish to make the reticles line up more closely to 300, 400, etc. simply adjust the sight-in height a bit.

260 Nosler Alliant/Herc Reloder-15 71.0 2,774 *69 & 70 also worked well w/ the 260 (about 100 fps/gr) 270 Barnes Alliant/Herc Reloder-15 77.0 2,845 4,855 Son and I have used the 270s extensively. It's the do-all round in 375, but probably excepting elephant. 400 yds is not really...

*As touched upon above, many loaner rifles are ones past Clients had to pay balances with when they "overshot their planned quota" and didn't have funds immediately available on the departure date. That said, many I've seen are nearly beaten to death, but paid for by others and not owned by the...

including how you were trained to handle rifles. Unless the PH happened to have a loaner rifle insurance policy from Lloyd's, the Client should pay. Now that said, there will be some booby-trapped/rigged rifles set up at the end of their long lives, for Client replacement! LOL I baby ALL...

sry these didn't upload on AH (slow)...

Some pics-the 1st being the maiden voyage of the 264 WSM to Africa (where more premium bullets 140 NP, 160 Woodleigh) worked exceptionally well on dik-dik, springbok, impala, warthog, bushbuck, hartebeest, gemsbok, a pile of non-trophy camp meat (including impala, gemsbok, plains zebra and...

We have farms (and friends/neighbors farms) with fields out to 1,500 yards, and my region has been known for rifles/riflery for 400 yrs so it's just natural to learn to stretch out and take game at longer yardages when necessary (i.e. a costly mountain sheep hunt or typically an Asian sheep...

In the last few years, all the neighbors' surrounding large property ownership information (on the GIS tax maps) have changed from John Smith to Smith Family Trust.

'Can be covered in a Will and/or sold off earlier in life and monies given to Grandchildren (as the "Kids" should be in good shape financially by that age.) I'm beginning to get rid of guns I'll never use again in my 50s and my finest hunting guns will go to my hunting relatives (children...

Too many variables to make an informed decision here, but that typically happens from too much pressure. IF the cases are undamaged upon reloading, but damaged upon firing, it's most likely a pressure issue. IF the bullet dimension is a bit larger, more neck tension creates more resistance...

Not knocking Barnes bullets, but because the copper is less dense than a leaded model, they're longer than traditional bullets of the same weight. (A 140 barnes would eat up case capacity, especially on the smaller 6.5s. They even groove them such that the extra bearing surface is reduced.)...