Recent content by Ontario Hunter

Anyone who can't change his firing pin and magazine spring, or bed his rifle shouldn't have an 8th grade diploma. Okay, maybe that's a bit harsh, but it's not rocket science. Changing a tire is about as complicated. Just make sure to remove the firing pin spring clip in a closed uncluttered...

Technically I am a multimillionaire ... just counting investments not real estate and other stuff. But I don't have a lot of "other stuff." Don't need it. I drive a 2004 GMC with 190k miles. I shoot two WWII rifles and a cobbled together old frankenstein A5 shotgun. I'm an empty nester with...

That was my last safari and likely this one. Object was to cull a cow buffalo and anything else that needed to be shot. No luck getting a shot at the buff but that was okay. Hunted a new property with lots of animals. Struck out at two other new properties that needed a couple of old...

That'll work. From the bench? Is it a new rifle with barrel still in need of break-in?

Identical to the bullet placement, penetration, and characteristic mushroom of the 375 H&H Barnes slug retrieved from my buffalo bull. Except I was only shooting 250 gr bullets. My bullet lost just two grains after impact. My PH had those loads gassed up. 350 gr seems excessive. I would be...

He did indeed have a handgun when captured after his train was derailed. He was sent to a POW camp and pleaded to authorities to be released as a non-combatant journalist. His plea was rejected on the grounds that he was in possession of a handgun when captured, making him a combatant. He...

Sorry. I missed something in that post. Those load quotes were for 404 not 405. Guess I should start drinking my coffee black. :D The point being only that for 404 IMR4895 produced a lot more shove than A4350 with bullets almost 100 gr heavier. Shocking difference actually. I think I fired...

Very nice. I shoot Barnes 400 gr with 80 gr Accurate 4350 and it groups well with manageable recoil. No chrono but I estimate 2200 fps. At fifty yards bullets literally on top of each other. At 100 yards it's ~MOA which is about the best an old man can ask for. Definitely minute of buffalo...

True. I was giving him some perspective on maybe what to expect with 4895 powder. Seemed to snap my head back much sharper with 307 gr bullets than 400 gr Barnes pushed with with 80 gr Accurate 4350. Much sharper!

Here's the 1898 photo of Churchill. Note that the lanyard is attached to the butt of the handgun on his right side with butt facing towards the camera. This means Churchill would have to use his left hand to draw the handgun, presumably to free up his right hand to draw the sabre on his left...

According to his bio, Churchill was back in London by October 1898 when he started writing his book on the Sudanese expedition. By then he'd decided he'd had enough of Kitchner. Then he was off to India by December 1898 to wrap up his military career where he was enthusiastically involved in...

Exceptional hartebeest. Very tall rack. And the wildebeest has incredible thick bosses. How did it score? Beautiful kudu. Not a monster but in my opinion few of the +50" bulls have as pretty horns. Many have tight curls or goofy spread. Yours is just right. Congrats.

FYI I tried 89 gr IMR 4895 with 307 gr 404 Hammer bullets (per Woodleigh manual for their 300 gr bullets) and that load beat me up badly. According to Woodleigh it sent them at over 2700 fps. I think that might be a good velocity for copper bullet. Just don't understand why they thumped so...

How much powder and what kind of Hornady bullet?

Hmmm. The November date of the invoice not agreeing with Churchill's account of having used them in the September battle is interesting. I wonder if he could even have returned to London by November? It seems strange that Rigby would sell him the guns and not make out an invoice on the spot...