Recent content by Jim Golden

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    What would you build with a CZ 550 magnum action?

    My P14 Enfield is already barreled with a 26" McGowen barrel and chambered for this. Will be my second Enfield :)
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    Ruger M77 love them or hate them?

    I had to look up what an "RSM" and "RSI" were.... I have a M77 Mk II International which I think is the RSI with the full stock in .270 Win. As mentioned above, the trigger is horrible on it. I've killed one deer with it and it basically sits on the shelf. But, I see that Timney makes a...
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    One Rifle

    Well I just ordered two boxes of the 350gr TSX bullets from Barnes. I'll load up them and some 300's and test them on something....not sure what...to see how they hold together. What do the .378 Weatherby guys shoot that hold together?
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    One Rifle

    Oh, I see Barnes has a TSX in 350. I'll get some!
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    One Rifle

    What 350gr bullets do you guys recommend? I'd throated the rifle out extra long just for 350's, but I worked up a load I liked with 300's and never got around to the 350's.
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    One Rifle

    Those are the two bullets I've loaded. I'd hoped they would do the trick :)
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    One Rifle

    Hi Gang, I've been on here for 2-3 years and made a lot of friends. I've still not gotten over to Africa. I read everything and lurk a lot....I want a Dagga Boy. That's it. Anything else is secondary. As some of you may have read before, I built a rifle on a M1917 action in .375 Weatherby...
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    New to Me Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54

    Today I got out my case trimmer and grabbed a case out of one of the boxes of Norma brass that look older than me. Before doing anything, I mic'd the case. It was actually slightly longer than the loaded ones I had but still under the OAL length on the drawing. But, not by much. Before...
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    New to Me Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54

    Well, the plot thickens. I'm not 100% sure what's going on yet, but I almost suspect this rifle has a tight chamber. I have cases that Tom gave me (the owner I bought it from) that he had resized and I mic'd them. They seemed pretty much right on the money with the exception that the overall...
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    New to Me Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54

    Thank you! I have wanted one of these for a long time but never saw any for sale until just recently. I just measured the barrel and it's 17.7". I would have liked double set triggers, and I wish it still had the steel butt plate. At some point in the past somebody put a rubber pad on it...
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    New to Me Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54

    I tried this and it did exactly this!
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    Will reloading disapear with the new too lazy to do it generation

    Long ago I went to pick up a girl at her house to go on a date. Her dad was cleaning his Hawes single action .44 magnum revolver (she laughingly told me later that it was to see my reaction). I told him "Interesting, never heard of that brand. Looks like a Ruger. I have a S&W M-629." He...
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    Greetings from South Africa

    Howdy and welcome aboard! You already live in the right place...time to go for it and share some pictures with us!
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    New to Me Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54

    I'll try that. I've got a bullet puller.
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    New to Me Mannlicher Schoenauer 6.5x54

    The gent I bought it from just gave me a box of 50 loaded cartridges (he'd handloaded). They are Norma brass with Hawk 160gr round nose soft points. They don't feed right. If you push the bolt slowly, it just locks up. You have to slam the bolt rapidly to get it to close. I measured the...
 
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