Recent content by matt85

Looks like fun! But that RC car looks like a very expensive accident waiting to happen. Ive seen electric zip lines used to good effect for this sort of practice. Another good practice idea is to have someone run you to a point, then have the target charge. This would get your heart rate up and...

I would love to ride into space! Heck i would happily "settle" for a ride in a fighter plane! At the moment i have to make due with my zx-10r. Sometimes (when no one is around) ill whack the throttle wide open in second or third gear. The acceleration is a unique and pleasing experience.... I...

I easily burn through 1-2 audio books a week at work. Yesterday i picked up this one and have really enjoyed a slightly different perspective on an African safari...

My suppressed 45-70 Marlin/Ruger

Handle both guns and if possible shoot them. Both brands have good reputations with Heym being the more premium of the two.

Once you get into proper .458+ dangerous game rifes, weight and balance become more critical. Most modern guns are designed to be carried a lot and shot very little. This is why i prefer older guns... A 470 Capstick or 458 Lott rifle should weigh around 11lb (5kg). The gun should be balanced...

Creepy looking AI image!

While we do have Mountain lions in WA, they are far from the most dangerous critter here (they are just too shy). Black bear are more common and less shy but also unlikely to attack. I think rattlesnakes are probably our most dangerous critter just because they choose to remain still instead of...

I have not hunted hogs (yet). But ive known some guys who culled them for a living. 7.62x39 was their preffered cartridge. At least at the time... it was cheap, abundant, didnt deflect easily on brush, and provided good penetration on pig. I imagine 300 Black would be a fine choice in an AR. No...

Have never heard of a 450-500. I wonder if its something similar to a 500/450 or perhaps an unrelated cartridge? A quick google search left me confused :ROFLMAO:. I dont know much about the company, but their website shows some very nice looking guns. https://www.watsonbrosgunmakers.com/

Good catch!

To my knowledge prior to the wide spread use of smokeless powder, "500 Express" would have been the correct name for the "500 Black Powder Express". At a glance the gun appears to be from the mid to late 19th century. But im hardly an expert and the regulating load doesnt make sense.

The A-frame is one of the finest buffalo bullets ever made. I hope they never quick making them!

Did Swift stop making the A-frame? I hadnt heard anything about that.