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My .375 H&H weighs 7 lbs. It has a free recoil energy of 64 ft-lbs. It beats the snot out of me. I think your values might be a bit low....a .30-06 is normally around 18-20 pounds. My.375 Weatherby is way up there but I use a special stock so it mitigates it. I have the same stock for my...

Yes, this!

After some creep attempted rapist chased my daughter (literally) at college, I bought her a S&W .38 special snubby. I "think" it was a 637. It's super small, super compact, holds only 5, and has a 1.875" barrel. For wolves, I'd probably carry my Glock 10mm longslide (I believe it's a G40 but...

Bullthrower, I built a .375 Weatherby on an Enfield action and really like it. I hand load all my cartridges and with that, it's not more expensive than any other cartridge. The brass isn't that expensive. Truthfully, all hand loading components have gone up a lot since the pandemic. I have...

It's noticeably harder. When I shoot H&H's out of my Weatherby, it's more like a .270 :) But, I use an A-Square Hannibal stock so even with the Weatherby it's not bad. Just a big shove...not a violent hit.

I get 2889 ft/s with my .375 Weatherby with a 300gr. I think it's superior to either of these :)

I actually have that movie on DVD. Corny and bad as all get out...but the title is cool :)

I'm an engineer and I build bridges. In the movie, it was a truss bridge. These are I-Beam bridges. Simple Spans. I wonder if the movie was wrong, or the bridges were redone later on?

I've been there and looked at them. They had no manes. Tsavo is very thorny, and the wild lions running through the thorns had their manes torn off. In the movie, they had big manes. One of my favorite movies though :)

The only gun I ever traded away....and I REGRET it severely...to my old man! I had a Ruger .44mag carbine and traded it to Dad for a 1958 Remington 742 Woodsmaster Auto .30-06 with a steel butt plate. Wish I'd kept the Ruger :(

He does make a good point. With the really long actions, you "could" maybe hit yourself in the nose with the back of the bolt if cycling from the shouldered position (which is how I try to do it). It is more important to cleanly eject the empty case and chamber a fresh round (while taking an...

Basically, whatever you'd use on plain old white tail deer would be fine. A .270 Win with a 130g, .30-06 with a 150gr (180 might not open up...they're really thin skinned), etc.

I ran a 110lb jack hammer for two days, powered by a 100hp Ingersol Rand diesel generator that sounded like a Huey hovering in the yard....hammering out a reinforced slab that I'd made to last 200 years....which lived up to its design. Made "The Boss" a new Patio and wanted it all red, so the...

I wear my Breitling Super Ocean all the time. But I do have a "cheap" Seiko that I wear sometimes. I like the automatic watches. The Seiko I've jumped off cliffs in Maui with...the Breitling not yet....

They actually poison water holes? I guess I am too much of a "nice guy" and naive... I'd have never thought of that. Evil is out there, and these guys are it. I can see some guy killing an animal out of season to feed his family. And I wouldn't blame him for it. But poisoning them? That's...

I have that on my .375 Weatherby. Have hundreds of rounds through it with no problems of any kind. It's a good rig. Mine is the HD version with the brighter lenses. I recommend those over the standard. They are noticeably brighter. But they're all good.

Very tragic. I feel very sorry for him and his family. No good words... I assume the poacher will probably never be caught. Hopefully the guy has a conscious, saw this on the news, and will regret it the rest of his days... even if he should go to jail...

My stock arrived yesterday for my .458 Lott project! Ordered it in March. Takes awhile :)

I'll have to contact these guys. I've been using RL 22 in the .375 Wby. Maybe I need to switch to 17.

Look what Santa (UPS) brought today! My A-Square Hannibal stock finally arrived! Now Big Boomer can start moving forward :)

Those are nice pieces. I have the blued version with the 8" (might be 8 3/8", I'm not sure) barrel. Bought it off a buddy of mine, like new, hardly fired, for $800. Only had the one barrel. He had an old car wheel set up at 170 yards away, and I actually hit it with it. Had never fired a...

I live out in the woods and have an 80 yard range set up. I could "maybe" clear some trees and squeeze out 100, but the 80 is what I've got and what I've shot my rifles in at. Seems to work OK. Not sure how far a guide would let me shoot at a Cape Buff. I figure most of the shots are probably...

This guy's funny! He always shoots big boomers and blows up stuff :)

Thank you, Axle. Here is my first A-Square clone. I think it actually turned out nicer than the ones they made. The 'smith I work with really did a fantastic job on it. I machined what I could, but then handed it off to a pro. This current one I bought from Russ at Whitworth arms I believe...

MPI Stocks finally shipped my A-Square Hannibal stock clone. It has two mercury recoil reducers in it...one 16oz and one 11oz in the butt. Action for my .458 Lott is a Winchester made Model 1917 Enfield that's been worked over. Barrel is a 26" McGowen. This will be my second A-Square clone...

I did this test myself. Took a Model 70, and a Weatherby Mark V. Functioned them both upside down, sideways, all around at weird angles. Both worked fine. The only way I could get the push feed to fail was to "short stroke" it, where you only push the cartridge in about 1/3 the way and then...

Update folks, I emailed Lisa last week and again this week, and actually spoke to her on the phone today. The poor woman injured her back and was out of commission for a while. She seems to be back in fighting trim now and told me she mailed my stock out this morning. She was going to send it...

I know Lance. Also his dad Jerry and (I think Grandpa) Glenn. My dad started buying from them in 1963 at their original Hancock store. I'm sure Glenn is long gone. Jerry might be gone too. They moved to Hagerstown, MD, for a while, but now have a shop back in Hancock, MD, right across the...

It's got excellent ballistics. Maybe need an A-Square Hannibal stock to tame the recoil :)

I bought a shirt from the guys raising money for Tsunami. I remember seeing Czech Mate. Didn't know he crashed it. Thats bad. My buddy lived in Sparks was with the CAF out there and got us free tickets and pit passes for the whole week. They had just patched the hole where the Ghost hit the...

BeeMaa, I didn't think anything bad at all. Was only saying I'm a Winchester Fanboy :) Those Dakota's do look nice though. I didn't really know much about them until reading this thread.

I really like Model 70 Winchester's. I have a number of them...

I saw Strega do 508mph in 2012. It was the fastest for a while. But Steven Hinton (Steve's boy) who flew Strega that year set the new record in Voodoo a couple years ago. Like 532mph or something. Both are modified P-51's. In fact, Steven beat Tiger Destefanie (who owns Strega) with Voodoo...

I'm building a .458 Lott turnbolt right now. It'll have to hold me until I can afford the Heym...

I have a Bonanza. You guys make me feel like a wimp :) I'd love to fly the Big Iron! If I hit the lottery (I hear your chances of winning are slightly better if you actually buy a ticket...) I'd want a Mustang and a Corsair. Then maybe look at a C-130 to travel in.... But a B-17 would be...

I'd like to get a Heym 89 in .500 NE :)

It pained me to do it, but I cut off the swept back bolt handle on my M1917 Enfield and we welded on a straight smooth handle by Talley. I was afraid of getting my finger broken under recoil. Perhaps I made more of it than I should, but the new handle looks really nice. My gun smith, John...

I went with the Model 1917 Enfield on both of my custom builds (one done, one in the shop). I looked at the Granite Mountain Arms actions, and they are really nice. But the Enfields were quite a bit cheaper and do make a nice action once all the machine work is done.

What a crazy law! Do they think you're going to hunt helicopters with it? Good grief!

Does anyone know what is going on with MPI stocks? They made me an A-Square Hannibal stock for my .375 Roy that I am very happy with. I then commissioned them last March to make me another for my .458 Lott. The owner, Lisa (her father, "Doc," who made my original stock has passed...the...

Me too, Fox. I run the Leupy VX-5HD 2x10-42 on my .375 Roy. After hundreds of shots, no issues of any kind. Just hit the target. Now, I need to hit the buff :)

I have two of these without the light up reticle. I just wanted the plain Duplex. I made a deal on two maple stocked Model 70's and wanted to scope both of them. I really like the 2x10-42, but Optics Planet had a super sale on the 3x15-44 (all in VX-5HD with non electric duplex reticles). I...

The .375 Weatherby was introduced in 1943...only 31 years after the H&H, and is 80 years old now in its own right. Not exactly a newbie. I have a .375 H&H that I like. But I also like my Weatherby chambered Enfield. And I can shoot H&H's out of it to boot. I've put about 60 of them...

I built a .375 Weatherby on a Model 1917 Enfield action with a Douglas barrel that I chronographed a 300gr at 2889 ft/s. I also chrono'd one at 2885 ft/s. So they're close. That's about 5600 ft-lbs of energy. More than a .458 Win Mag. I think it eclipses the Holland and Holland and the...

Awesome trip! Hard to believe the size of the teeth on the hippos! I dream of taking a Cape Buff. Congrats on your hunt!

I NEVER sell a rifle. It is for me. The End.

John Myer in VA did most of the work on my Enfield. He is excellent. What you will find is, the guys that are good, are backed up for years. As in, they have a huge wait list. John isn't taking on any more custom guns...I think. He's doing my Lott because we're kind of buddies and I...

Hi Habib! I doubt I ever surpass you, but would be happy to get over there a few times :) The Lott is slowly coming along. It's at the gunsmith's right now. Yes, it will basically be an A-Square Hannibal clone. I bought an 80% already finished action from Russ at Whitworth arms. He does a...

Habib, this is one of the best tales I've ever read. Congratulations to you! You have done ten times over what I ever hoped to do in Africa. I just want a couple of daga boys...one with my .375 and one with the Lott that is halfway done :)

I'm thinking .375 Weatherby for everything. Mine has a long barrel and does 2889 ft/s with a 300...5580 ft-lbs. But, I am building a .458 Lott...... .30-06 with a 180 would be good for the smaller stuff....