Recent content by Nhoro

I use a Peregrine VRG solid myself but it wasn’t an option. They are easily available for me and the others are not. I would use 3,4,5,6 and 9. Haven’t any real knowledge. Wouldn’t use 1 and 2. Don’t really know much about 7 and 8. For me, reliable feeding is very important. Terminal...

The locking lever does not usually lock up centered. It is usually at a slight angle. I don't think there is a specific measurement but a stand to be corrected.

Get various bullet shapes and make up some dummy rounds with them. A flat nose solid is usually to trouble causer. Make sure they feed 100%. You can bed the rifle and put some threaded rod through the wrist of the stock if you like. I have a CZ with factory crossbolts. I bedded the 2 recoil...

But surely they are setting the barrel up in the lathe to take it down to the correct diameter for threading ? It would be a simple task to simply turn down the barrel for the sight ? Just a little step that might leave a shoulder but the sight barrel band will cover it up ? I guess it is...

Zimbabwe it is not common. I could probably organise some reloads or maybe factory if given a day or two notice. 458 win mag, 375 h&h and 458 lott are pretty easy. Factory ammo is readily available and reloads are common. 416 rigby and 404 are probably available but less common, probably...

I have refinished 3 rifles. I stained my 458 and .22 stock with food dye. Approx. 7 years later, both are pretty similar to when I first refinished them. I have had my 458 on a rack next to a Verney double and the finish was very similar in colour and texture. I also refinished my 30-06 without...

I would ask this question - what animal needs more penetration than a soft but less than a flat nose solid. Ellie cow is not a frontal on a big bull. So buffalo -use softs all the way. Ellie use flat nose solids all the way.what do we shoot with THE cup point- specialist texts heart shot on...

As a Zimbabwean who knows the drill- listen to the advice. Cheap hunts in poor areas with poor PH's will end badly. Your best hope is a bad hunt, your worst nightmare is that it goes wrong. And by wrong, I mean leaving in a pine box. I see youtube videos with illegal hunts conducted by South...

Mercury is 20% heavier and that is mostly lost in the container and space in the tube. The design is simple, AI will show you the pictures and explain the marketing. I essence, the mercury slops back and forth in a capsule with space back and front. This will delay the inertia of the mercury. I...

I have Express sights on my CZ 550 in 458 Lott. I had a brass bead added to the factory sight to make it bigger and more visible. Original is around a 2 mm bead and now I have a 3 mm or 1/8 " bead. Bullet hits centre of the bead out to 75 m or 80 yards.

Mercury reducers in general have Mercury slopping back and forth. A simple experiment with water and a plastic container will give the idea. The designers sell it to us as a benefit but elementary physics will show you that it is worse than a simple weight. There will always be a few milli...

Shorter knives put less pressure on the wrist and I tend to use the point and first 1/4 of rhe blade so good for opening the belly and skinning. Longer knives are slicers and better for processing meat and slicing steaks. So short for skinning and long for breaking down the carcass. Filleting...

Glad you got it off, the heat + oil usually works. The heat draws the oil into the threads and you can repeat the process several times. Often see bubbling coming out of the threads on bolts etc

I doubt anyone will ever pick it up, but you just need one clever customs agent and you will be in trouble. Or a leak which would be worse. The mercury is just a gimmick anyway, you are equally served by a lead or tungsten fixed weight. Not to mention that you are actually breaking the law...

Mercury reducers have no scientific basis for reducing recoil except the mass that they add. So my recommendation is to have a reasonable mass- you can add simple lead weights. I also believe that good balance is very important. Tail heavy and nose heavy rifles kick more. So balance the weight...