Recent content by EfRed

All honor to your Father for his courageous service. That broom handle pistol is what Churchill carried in the battle of Omdurman. He credited it's quick reloads with saving his life. I always wanted an FN FAL but the timing never worked. I ended up with an M17 S from K&M in Arizona - a...

George Fraser, an excellent English author, wrote of his experiences during WWII in Burma, where he'd been issued an SMLE and grew to love it in combat, as did most of his squad members. Some heroic action caused him to be promoted, and along with that responsibility came a US issued Tommy Gun...

Agree on speed and availability. But manifestly disagree on the shooting ergonomics issue. I find the Mark V stock to be an absolute delight if shooting with a scope. Rifles designed for iron sights tend to have a lot more drop at the butt, tend to accentuate felt recoil for medium...

Thanks for teaching me a new word: veneur! I have a 340 Weatherby and a 330 Dakota - the rifles are much different by the exterior ballistics are about the same. I really like the cartridges, prefer to the 300 mags. The 338 Winchester is absolutely good enough, more available, and cheaper in...

Tit for tat, huh? As the only arsenal of freedom in the world, the US must maintain adequate manufacturing capabilities to meet the needs of an immediate war. The US can't rely on another country for this. US industrial capacity has bled out to other countries over the years, many of them...

Just a heads-up for .500 Wyoming Express users: ARIA Ballistics Engineering is now supplying ammo for it, with a solid range of bullets available. That said, I have to admit that I've ordered from them today but haven't received anything. I'm assuming they'll deliver and the ammo is of good...

Good to have a Husqvarna. I have a 1640 in .30-06, a very simple rifle with plain wood and a stock that looks like it was cut from a 1" board. Nevertheless, that rifle comes to the shoulder perfectly. It is also pretty light. I like it a lot.

Nice to have the Hornady load available, but I load mine down to about 2200 fps. Hornady is also guilty of trying to make the good old 35 Whelen into a 300 Weatherby, loading a 200 gr bullet up to 2950 or so. If ther's one good load for the 35 Whelen, its either the 225 gr Federal trophy bonded...

Sorry about the disappointment, but I think it's a result of wrong expectation. Same weight bullet, same velocity, same rifle weight and stock = same recoil. The .404s reputation as lower recoil option stems from its initial loadings of a 400 gr. bullet at 2100( or so) fps. Modern .404...

....but I think the Weatherby Mk V is a cock-on-opening action, so the rifle will be cocker while you're doing all this back and forth. Not sure it's any safer. Weatherby manuals do caution to unload through the bottom.

I see Elmer Keith there, with the hat.

If you lose your ammo, you can shoot 375 H&H in the 375 Weatherby. The ammo availability issue cuts no mustard.

On Midway USA, I think you can still get two reloading manuals for all the Weatherby cartridges. Of course, they're old. Data likely interchangeable with .375 Ackley Improved.

I've leaned toward the 375 Wby because I can see no down side (I'm a reloader). If you need the extra velocity, you can have it. Nothing says you must load it hotter than the H&H. I also like the 375 Ruger, because it can be had it a shorter, lighter, handier rifle. Nothing wrong with the H&H...

I've read that the 35 Whelen is the most efficient cartridge. I wonder if what ever drives that also drives the velocities that can be wrung out of it ?