Recent content by Ontario Hunter

I survived three retina detachments in left eye ... barely. I don't get much from it now but depth perception. Also several laser patch ups to both eyes and those are extremely painful. Torture actually. If you are near-sighted or diabetic, you are high risk for detachments. At age 31 not...

I leave the bolts in rifles and actions closed. The attached bolt handles help keep the rifles positioned in the case. My case is single Pelican and I may travel with two rifles in it or one so no custom cut foam. I quick detach scopes and add slipon recoil pads to keep muzzles from rubbing...

Something is amiss with that scope/base setup. Look at the one-piece base setup on my vz.24 Czech Mauser above. Your rear ring is mounted way too far forward. The base seems very short. Note that the back end of my base is mounted much closer to the bolt handle. It is an older 3-hole Weaver...

Hang in there. Better steer clear of the pollen and cat hair for a while. Sneeze before you're healed and you could blow your brains out. :D Kidding aside, I will be looking for a report from you tomorrow. We're pulling for you!

No and no. I prefer to hunt alone. And most who have hunted with me preferred that I hunt alone. :D

The bigger the bell on the scope the higher it must mount on the rifle. A low mounted scope will acquire quicker, especially if the gun is wearing a low profile European style stock. For buffalo you don't want to be hunting for crosshairs in an angry bull is incoming. 3-9 is plenty. I shot...

What mount and rings are you using? I note the forward ring is extended. Not sure why extended ring would be needed with a straight tube scope? I could not find anyone who made extended quick detach rings.

Deep seating the bullets can be self-defeating. The more room in the box, the greater potential for bullets to become seated even deeper due to recoil which can alter zero. Certainly debatable how critical this would be for gun and ammo designed for less than 100 yards. I modified my...

Guns will have souls if I get to know them intimately ... and if I know someone before me has known them intimately. I can only imagine the life my two rifles had before me during WWII. That gave them a soul before my hands ever touched them. And my hands have only added more soul for my...

Interesting. You have the barrel off so try this just for kix. Remove the extractor from bolt and fill the bolt face with spacer. Then cycle bolt forward with 375 under the rail. I'd be interested to know when the cartridge jumps the rail. I am surprised you could get one cartridge to stay...

No new guns for me. Last new one was A5 Light Twelve I bought at Seoul PX in 1972. I haven't shot it in years, choosing instead my heavier 1971 A5 Magnum Twelve I bought used (very used!) about twelve years ago at a gun show. My rifles are both WWII military guns that I rebuilt: 30-06...

You can always opt for an extended ring or (shudder) mount the scope on a rail. My Nikon 3-9x on Springfield 03A3 also has a short tube. I originally opted for extended forward ring for proper eye relief, but wanted to switch to QD rings when I added iron sights to the rifle. Unfortunately...

Typo. That should read 2300 fps. I doubt a 404J case could pack enough powder to push a 400 gr bullet at 4300 fps.

I seem to recall one former member Von Gruff put a lot of gas behind his 404 handloads and never had issues with his standard action failing. Hornady supes up their factory ammo to 4300 fps and I haven't heard any complaints about rifle failures. As @SwampTrooper indicated, it is possible to...

I think larger ocular bell may have something to do with increasing eye relief? Online I picked up a simple Bushnell 1-4x30mm with no objective bell for my 404. Some kind of promo deal and the price was so low I figured I had nothing to lose. Capped turrets and simple dual taper crosshairs...