Recent content by JimP

Walked into a truck stop a few months ago and there were long lines for the available thrones except for one of them. I went into it and saw that the paper hanger had been torn off of the wall. It didn't bother me since I was on a long trip and just happened to have a small supply of paper...

It's like saying that the .458 Win mag will never be a 460 Weatherby

On both of my hunts I have taken reloads in 20 round plastic boxes. Each trip I took 60 rounds over in a MTM style box that I lined with foam rubber to keep the plastic boxes from bouncing around. My first trip I shot exactly 20 rounds including sighting in, my second trip it was exactly 40...

What it is going to come down to is get some that you will use here in the US, and not just in Africa. You'll be hunting in Africa for a maximum of 2 weeks, unless you really want to hunt there. But you'll be hunting here in the US a lot more than just 2 weeks.

A lot will depend on what you use at home. If you have a nice pair no matter what the brand and you like using them then take them. On my two trips I used a pair of Leopold 10x42's. My first trip I had a pair of Cascades but I sent them to Leopold to get tightened up in the pivot and they...

I'd find out what the threads are before looking for a custom job

Most people would be surprised at just how many hunters do just that. My brother in law wanted me to load up some rounds for his 7 mm Rem mag. I told him that I wanted his rifle so that I could check a few things while shooting the loads. Turns out his scope was off 6". What really...

As the saying goes if you don't have a rifle in such a instance: Feet, don't fail me now!!!!!!!!!!!!

If there is one thing that is predictable in South Africa is their paperwork delays.

If your gunsmith tells you that rings with just a single screw per side isn't good enough for a 375 and that you need to go with a double screw set up, how about some mounts with 3 screws per side? Those single screw rings have been holding scopes on rifles for years. The whole thing is to...

It is much like a parent telling a young kid that they can't do something, then that kid finds out for themselves that what the parent told them was impossible was indeed possible.

It's just that you get better ignition and burn of the powder if it is close to the primer. So a piece of filler to hold the powder at the bottom of the case helps.

I'd take a picture of my Ruger Red Label 20 ga, but it's buried in the back of the safe waiting for next September

That's the problem with most that are saying that you don't get the penentration with a 45-70. Odds are they are experiencing factory loads with soft bullets and because of the liability laws the cartridge manufacturer has no idea if you are shooting it out of a vintage trap door Springfield or...

Years ago I was loading some very light loads in a couple of pistol cartridges. I couldn't find anything in the loading departments so I went to a old gent in a feed and grain store that let people use his presses and dies if you purchased the components from him. He told me to go down to a...