Recent content by schmijar

The saying i was taught in muzzleloader shot load lore is "little powder, much lead, shoots far, kills dead"

I have no judgemental comments, i think we all know that could have gone really badly. I'm glad all ended well, and come on, life is about good stories, and that one is hard to top!! As the kids say, "but, did you die?" Thanks for sharing!

I haven't read this book but I can see the value in reading something not told by Corbett himself. It seems to me, based on things I've read about him, not by him, that in his writings he is almost supernaturally modest. Extremely understating the danger and his physical suffering in a very...

I'm not a collector at all, but the patina, the history, the name, the caliber, all in a rifle I could actually consider hunting with as intended. I was deeply, deeply tempted! But in my tax bracket it's better I put that money to work on a trip. Congrats to the buyer.

Thank you for removing this temptation!!

"Sorta" dire wolves, if you read closely. I have very mixed feelings about this stuff, I've been fascinated by pleistocene north American animals my whole life, part of me would love to see a live wooly mammoth. The other part, well, ya know, we've all seen Jurassic Park and know how this sh**...

It's really remarkable, I was skeptical of the hype but they work. If I hadn't at the same time discovered that in early morning low light I have astigmatism and the red dot becomes sort of useless I might hunt with it again! Instead I'm thinking of heading the exact opposite direction this season.

On a related note, I have 3 young girls and have been trying to gently get them interested in hunting. To that end, I bought a single shot .410 a couple years ago but they haven't connected yet, mostly because they rarely come with! But out of curiosity I hunted with it last year and dumped a...

3 more weeks for me to wait, good luck everyone!

This is the exact rifle and caliber I borrowed on my hunt in South Africa. Beautiful, glws!

Please report back!

Thanks @WoodFire this is what I was mostly looking for, any real world experience with E-tips on game. Or other suggestions for readily available hunting rounds.

The .275 loads seem much rarer to find than 7x57 however

A new to me 7x57 has arrived in my house, I need to feed it! Looking for any recommendations on factory ammo for hunting that's semi-readily available as I dont reload. I'm interested in 140 or 150gr bullets for now. I have gotten to like TTSX in my other rifles but can't track down a factory...

Thank you for sharing. I'm curious about the recoil training you mentioned in the video.