Recent content by SRvet

130 weeks…. Will be 2029 in all likelihood

Can’t remember the exact percentage but approximately 1/3 deposit and remainder on delivery which give time to save up. At least that is how has worked for me in the UK.

You asked to be kept updated so here goes… I’m currently in Ulm having visited the Kreighoff factory yesterday and again today. I met with Lucas from sales and Ralph the stock maker, both of whom were hunters and really, really good people. The capabilities of the factory is simply astounding...

What a great trip it was. I’m not sure what to add other than the story behind my management buffalo bull that @Lancaster eluded to in his vastly superior write up to what will follow below. As he said earlier we had decided that Kabous would take Nick in to look at the herd as the opening game...

I use 405 grain 45/70 bullets for cheap practice ammunition. I don’t worry about OAL too much and seat to the cannelure but try to match ft-lbs of my hunting ammunition so that the recoil will be comparable - building recoil tolerance is the main aim of my big bore training.

Are you surprised? Not a bonded core so highly likely to separate.

This depends on the shape of the bullet as well. A bullet with a round or flat nose shape and flat base will be shorter than a highly aerodynamic spitzer with boattail assuming the weight is the same. It is bullet length that determines stability and the required twist rate to stabilise

Welcome on board from the other side of Hadrians wall !

On the SAPS 520 form there is a section for barrel serial number and action serial number. Just fill in the action serial number and leave the barrel serial number blank. I have a rifle with only a serial number on the barrel so have done this several times

I buy keyed alike padlocks whic generally gives you 2 keys per lock - 12 keys in total for 4 gun case locks and 2 ammo case locks. You can have several keys in your possession at once! When you have to do the customs checks it is very quick to open each lock in turn. Massively quicker than...

Apologies if I am being pedantic but did you use the 250 grain TTSX with the polymer tip on the buffalo? How did it perform? Presumably the bullet was retained within the animal? I don’t recall the TSX without the tip being produced in that bullet weight. I definitely don’t recall there being...

Hey, we all know bullets can do some strange things when they hit… I suspect you have seen that more than most during your testing. I have some 420 g Raptors left so will probably try them again on plains game until my confidence in them builds. Thanks for the reply

@michael458 I used a 420g Raptor from a 458 Lott. Velocity was about 2350fps if I recall correctly. It was only one shot at one animal which as we know proves exactly nothing but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t underwhelmed by the bullet performance with the Raptor. This last year I went...

Simple answer is to buy what you want! For a highland stalking rifle for modern use, the ability to fit a moderator is essential. The presence of open sights interferes with that to some degree, either by limiting moderator choice to end of barrel rather than over the barrel designs, or by...

On large game I would suggest exercising caution with shot placement with the safari raptors. I shot a buffalo cow with a frontal shot and the petals never made it into the chest cavity to cause the damage where it is needed. The base did penetrate and left a narrow wound that needed a tense...