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Very nice rifle. I know you are proud to own it. In a new, very strong rifle with modern steel such as yours, I see no reason to limit your loads to the anemic pressures and velocities of 120 years ago. It just doesn't make any sense. Loaded to pressures which are standard today, the 7x57...

I would buy their powders if I could find them. Instead, RL powders are everywhere.

I have owned both, as well as a .35 Whelen. The .35 Whelen has less recoil and muzzle blast than the .338 Win Mag in a rifle that weighs 1 pound less. The .338 Win Mag has slightly more muzzle energy. The 9.3x62 splits the difference between the .35 Whelen and the .338 Win Mag. in terms of...

Suggest you check cartridge overall length. This happened to me with my Rem 700 Classic 300 H&H and several times with MS's-8x56MS and 7x64 specifically. I reseat the bullets just a little at a time and this, so far, has always solved the problem. Good luck.

Thanks, I have one round of Kynoch .256 Gibbs Magnum. My .257 Roberts brass formed in 6.5x57 dies and trimmed to 2.163" measures the same as the .256 Gibbs Magnum round. As far as feeding, I have tried it with three rounds and all was well. I believe the rifle was reworked in Great Britain...

I am sure it is 6.5mm rather than 7mm. It is marked "For .256 Gibbs Magnum only" on the receiver and has British proof markings. I did buy a nice Mannlicher Schoenauer Model 1905 that was rebarreled to 7x57. It has both a pop-up tang receiver sight and a Lyman 36 receiver sight. 7x57 is my...

Thank you. I opened the necks on some old .257 Roberts brass and trimmed to specs. Then I loaded 42 gr IMR4350 behind a 140 gr Hornady Amax. The cheekpiece is too high to see the sights so I just fired two rounds holding the rifle one handed. The brass came out kind of mottled, as if the...

Just ran into this with a 1903 Springfield I just bought. FL resized twice fired Federal 30/06 brass and it just doesn't fit in the 1903. Went to some W-W oft fired brass from the late 1970's, FL resized, and all is well. No idea of what the difference is as I haven't taken the time to...

I personally would select a 160 grain Nosler Partition at @2700 fps.

If memory serves, and sometimes it doesn't, Sir Alfred Pease, in his "Book of the Lion" (I hope that's the correct title) also uses a 9.5x57 ms. He also recommends a .256 Mannlicher for lions. Bell used a .318 WR some but, due to faulty ammo, retired it from elephant hunting. In all my reading...

George Eastman (Eastman/Kodak) took a Mannlicher-Schoenauer 1910 9.5x57 MS on his 1926 safari to Kenya (and also to Tanganyika, I think). He shot lion, buffalo, and a wide assortment of PG with it. He spoke of no problems and on his 1928 safari down the Nile to hunt in Uganda and the Congo...

Echoing the "similar but not the same" chant. Supposedly H4350 is rated slightly slower than its IMR brother. But my last pound of H4350 was ever so slightly faster than my 15 year-old pound of IMR4350 and my newly purchased pound of IMR4350. I suspect the lot-to-lot difference of the H...

Beautiful rifle, perhaps the finest rendition of the Mauser 98 action, in beautiful condition in the finest, time proven caliber. I salute you on your wonderful find. As far as cost: When you buy high quality, you are unhappy the day you pay for it and happy every day you own it thereafter...

I, too, shoot a lot of rarer calibers. On some of them, ammo is simply not available. On others, the ammo is inordinately expensive. For instance, .218 Bee ammo is $85 for 50 rounds. I can make my own with components I have had for some time now for about $9.00 per box of 50. No brainer...

Before I went to Zimbabwe in 2001, I set out to develop loads for my Ruger 77 .338 Win Mag and my Remington 700 Classic .35 Whelen. I was going to take the one that shot most accurately. I had heard how good Barnes bullets were (these were the "old ones" like you have). I spent $200 on 225...

Beautiful rifle in the finest of calibers. Thanks for taking the time to show us the photos.

Not to be contentious but Bell stated he shot over 1000 elephants with the .275 Rigby, not the .318 WR. He liked the .318 but his ammo was bad so he used it up shooting ducks on the wing while on vacation on an island on Lake Victoria. Also, Bell was a very good businessman and very thrifty...

Great info from a trusted source, Ross Seyfried. Thanks for taking the time to include all the info you did.

Several years ago, on a dreary, overcast late March afternoon, I did low-light resolution and brightness testing on some of the scopes I owned at the time. I'll highlight to shorten the story. Resolution: All at 6x Docter Optic 6x Docter Optic 2.3x10, Kahles 2-7x36 AH Docter Optic 3-9x40 Nikon...

For over 30 years I owned nothing but Leupolds. Then I decided to look around. Surprise!!! There are other scopes out there that offer tremendous value and equally good optics. I'm not dissing Leupold-I still have six of them. What I'm saying is it really pays to look around. Burris...

Photos, please. Especially of the 30/30. Thanks,

Nice looking rifle. Looks like it got the job done. Yes, the sectional density of the 400 grain 410's is way above .3. And it's interesting you are getting 2080 fps in your '95. FWIW-I was reading that, with a "fat belly" Winchester 94 in .444, pressures of 55,000 were possible but not...

I just purchased a Mannlicher-Schoenauer 1903 rechambered to .256 Gibbs Magnum. Despite the midleading ID in COTW, which states the .256 Gibbs Magnum is a reworked 6.5x55 Swede, the cartridge is a 6.5x57 Mauser with the neck shortened to 55mm. The rifle, which I don't have yet, has a 21.5"...

One possible sign you are at maximum loading is when adding more powder yields little or no velocity gain. You said you were seated @ .020" off the lands. What was your OAL at this point? I guess I'm wondering if you have a long throat, which has the effect of increasing case capacity, which...

My understanding that, in a Ruger #1, you can max load a 400 grain bullet to 2100 fps, which is the equal to 450/400 3", 450/400 3 1/4", and .404 Jeffery factory loads. Few would argue their effectiveness for over 100 years, now, on Cape buffalo. As you mentioned, best not try this in a Model 95.

Glen, I am sorry to hear of the death of your father. I have read his articles and books for many years now. Interesting co-experience. In one of his books, he wrote about shooting in Africa, with a .338 Win Mag, a tensed up animal-a warthog I believe. When he shot, it was like a spring...

Corbett's double rifle went for...........................$230,000 this morning. I guess my bid of $7,800 didn't quite make muster on this one! Elmer's items went for, to me anyway, very high prices. Besides lots of guns there were huge lots of ammo, brass, and bullets, mostly for large...

rookhawk, Don't you know that if it's on the Internet, it has to be true? You've got me worried that the $9485.76 I sent to the lawyers of the Nigerian prince who died and just randomly left me $43,005,009,869,444.00 might have been wasted.

A quick, handy hint. I keep a bore light at my reloading bench. After I have charged the cases with powder. I stand above them and shine the bore light down over the cases. This always gives me enough light to determine all cases are charged and that the powder level is even in all of them.

This may have been stated but just make sure your case headstamps match the rifles you are bringing.

I, too, would suggest you support our fine sponsor Norma. From what I have read, their Oryx bullets would work great on the game you are planning to hunt. Give them a try. You won't be disappointed.

I may have missed it but are you using Nosler factory loads or are you planning to handload the Nosler bullets you have listed?

Actually Bell liked the .318 but he had acquired a lot of bad ammo for it. He ended up shooting the bad ammo by shooting birds on the wing at long distances with his .318 while on vacation on an island on Lake Victoria. As far as I have read, Bell never had any unexplained failures with his...

Beautiful rifle and I commend you for actually taking it afield and using it for its intended purpose. Thanks for sharing your hunt experience with us.

Very interesting info and a lot of work. Thanks. One point, and this is just from my somewhat raggedy-edged memory and is up for discussion. Taylor put together his KO factor and stated this was valid only for solids when used on elephants. That was its only intended purpose and...

Don't know of issues. I believe there are only two adjustment knobs, one for windage and one for elevation, just like on a scope. I work with receiver sights on my 4H kid's guns, No problems unless the stamping for "R" or "L" or "Up" or "Down" is hard to see.

Second on NEGC

Mine doesn't go down the hills, no matter how slick nor how deep the snow is. I'll stick with my saucer sled. It always works.

Also take a close look at the Burris Fullfield II line. Tough as nails, as per testing of John Barsness. Great customer service as per the only time I have had a problem. Great optics, resolution, and light gathering, as per my low light testing on a dark, rainy March afternoon four years...

Grumulkin, don't know of the Federal aluminum loads but the CCI Blazer stuff, at one time at least, used an odd-sized Berdan type primer that was proprietary and not sold to the public. This prevented reloading, which was CCI's intent. I have shot CCI Blazer ammo for years. Never a glitch. It...

That's a very vague way of putting a question; kind of like saying "I'm looking at a car, what do you guys think of it?" A lot of double rifles use a double shotgun as the basic chassis. They make the monoblocks (the chamber area), then insert and bond the barrels to the inside. Lots of...

$900 for a pre-64 in .375 H&H? Unless it looked like it had been drug behind a pickup all the way to the store, that is a great price.

The anonymity offered by the Internet has made it possible for people to say horrible things and make vicious attacks and still remain safely hidden. Unfortunately we all have to live with that, knowing there is no way to tell what is truly in another's heart and mind. Thank you for your...

What powders are you using? And what are your velocity expectations on these cast loads? Have you tried Trail Boss? Give us more info on your cast .375 Ruger loads and goals.

FWIW I read years ago that the .257 Roberts, the .270 Winchester, and the .300 H&H Magnum had the potential to shoot bullets of the same Sectional Density at the same velocities. Just thought I'd purge myself of that little tidbit of information so I can now forget it. Anyway, for the .300...

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Great going. Congrats on securing a true classic caliber. Hornady, Nosler, and, I believe our sponsor Norma make brass for the .300 H&H. Winchester and Remington make it from time to time but this is not one of these times. I've found the reloading books, especially the older ones, to be...

Thanks for the close-up shots of the details of your fine MS .458.

That is nice!!! Gorgeous rifle that you actually put to work doing what it does best. Congrats on your rifle and the fact you actually use it afield.

Adjust 30/30 dies to neck size to within a RCH of the .30 Rem shoulder, giving ZERO shoulder setback. This setting will also take care of any body bulges. The shoulder will fireform to the .30 Rem chamber. Don't try to make a .300 RUM out of it. As per original Remington instructions...