Recent content by C.W. Richter

A guide in Zim told me (essentially) the very same encounter tale-it was in the dark. He remained motionless and it eventually went away. Another crawled up into the bed of the hunting vehicle when it got run over by it. LOL The hunters needed a change of clothes when they finally got out...

Racing motorcycles (sometimes at speeds exceeding 200 MPH-LOTS of training beginning at age 6) on and off-road. Only crashed once by my own hand when following a friend/competitor too closely (enduro)...he broke right to clear a milk crate sized rock-i broke my ribs hitting that rock at ~40...

We hear what you're saying, but any protection (that seals well) is better than none! My 1 ear is prob 10%, but it's a combo of guns/brakes/loud engines/loud music/ex-wife. BP/Cholesterol meds poss. culprits as well (still investigating. The fact that the Dr. who peddles the aforementioned...

Very Nice! You don't say what cal (it says multi-implying diff bbls are avail,) but we'll have to assume .308.?

Kudos on Hooke'ing your rifle up! Although 'have had several gun-related spring issues over the years (nearly all w/ a mauser-style action, incl. M70s and variants), my favorite correction was using triple valve springs in a heavily modified Buick 455 race engine (it prevented "valve float" at...

Factory ammo. is widely available for 458 WM

Read up on what Kevin Robertson says about the (Safari) either in the perfect shot or africa's most dangerous-i forget which. It's similar to a Rem 700 in that it needs some "hot-rodding" prior to going into battle with it. It's an entry level factory gun. Get GOOD mounts for those buttes (if...

'Could say a lot more on this topic of consumerism and mand-made crap that goes completely against Nature, but the closest ever did I get to music in the field was going out grouse hunting with an old-timer and his dogs at one of the family farms...he's 200 yds away in secondary successional...

Precisely what i was going to say, and i have a Chatfield-Taylor! (Also much easier to get factory ammo in-country, when say your fav little box of handloaded goodies or expensive custom handloads goes missing in Namibia at the WDK Airport!!) LOL No performance advantage over any of the 416s...

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...