Recent content by C.W. Richter

Also, with hunting abroad, it's not just the countries sometimes challenging policy hoops you must appropriately jump through, but now we have airlines that take issue with carrying firearms! Ensure that ALL airlines involved have no issues with carrying checked sporting firearms!!! Yet...

I have an older lyman (black) accutrimmer (not blk anodized aluminum like the newer ones, but blk coated steel) that was sold by stating that any cartridge will fit in it (incl. the 50 BMG) and it came with a .50 trimmer. I don't have a .50 (.470 yes-and I've been taunted but resistant several...

I'm only familiar with all the .338 variants. The gen 1 338 A-Square (belted) did precisely the same decades prior. The gen 2 version (Excalibur) outshined both by just a tad. Reinvention of the Wheel (like most ALL cartridge "introductions" these days-and for decades!) Some are even less...

I LOVE U. Roy's creations (esp. sm-mid bore!!! Some post-RIP,-owned a pile!) but in the mid-big bore dep't. he went too far (unnecessarily.) Unless profit was the only motive. LOL I "get" profit, but I'm more of the-provide what i need and you WILL profit type of guy. LOL corp. America (McDs...

pls tell us exactly what ammo you shot the steinbok with and at what range? if typ 150 grain that's what i'd expect. I LOVE the 300 WM. bullet selection is key. I used to shoot woodchucks at long range using the only real centerfire I had at age 16 (30-30, 16 ga or 300 WM!) so i handloaded...

the highest SD for caliber bullets (as others suggested-220 gr, 200 gr premium, less-expanding bullets should just punch right through as opposed to the 150-165 grainer low SD, high V.) There are also premium ammo-makers that will create solid ammo for you at a premium (i.e. >$100/box) IF the...

One more...i forgot I had this data loaded (same as the 35 W essentially). It'll do, but it's marginal IMO. Ty Herring at (the old, non-corporate sellout Barnes) LOLOL sent me some photocopies from old data using their 300 SPs and his quote was "keep the range to <150 yds" on the big PG I was...

i agree with you on-paper, but I took my .338-06 A-Sq (NON-Ackley) using 300 gr Barnes Original 300 gr SPs (2,440 fps) to Africa...I did get a whopper 2,400 lb Livingstone's Eland, Zebra, but did lose confidence in it when a perfectly placed shot on a Wildebeest (@ 275 yds off a cliff-a...

*With reduced loads, you'll hear two sighs of relief (one from the Gun and the other by You, the shooter!!) PM me as I have a .375-50 BMG semi for sale (it weighs 24 lb, has an integral drink holder and comes with a standard Zero-turn mower mount.)

Neck it down to .338! :p Wby actually stole the .338 A-Sq from Art Alphin (he created the .338-378 using Wby brass). In the .338 version he used a heavy stock, with a large surface area butt, a Decelerator pad, and having one-it doesn't need brake or reducers due to its proper hefty design...

'Have some .308 tracers and FMJ if you want to head out at night w/ the solids??

The SD of the .404 is unexpectedly better .340 vs. .305 but anything > 0.300 is just perfect for caliber. I personally like small bore wildcats made from the Jeff cartridge (WSM et. al.) The 350 gr .365 is 0.425 so essentially the same, but with considerably more V and resulting E. LOL...

Kenetrek Safari or Desert Hiker-MOST comfortable boots, EVER. Son still wears 10 y/o pairs when I get new ones. Doesn't have that re-purposed truck retread-meets '70s earth shoe look, either. The Corrie II hiker is even better in very hot climates in sandy environments (not a lot of rock...

yes-the HS is both pillar bedded and has a horizontal member between the two pillars inletted into the stock. 'Also forgot to mention that Mark Bansner makes his own HS-esque custom stocks (and he can do M70s no problemo.) As the trend has become lighter, lighter carbon wrapped foam, etc. you...

*i have pics of everything, but the cord to my ext hard drive recently broke and i'll have to get that replaced (why some things should all be standardized!!) the stocks/mag styles/inletting process. oddly the M70 is in the ele pic to the L