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The initial reason for 40gr bullets is the rifle has 1-12 twist the 40 mono is longer than a 50gr cup and core 50 monos did not stabilize so 40 was it the only choice. I would never dream of using soft bullets designed for vermin. The fact that we have never recovered a bullet or lost a deer has...

As things change around us we tend to stick with what we know it becomes our comfort zone. shawn

I’m glad to see this post can still get people work up I have yet to recover a bullet from this combo and have yet to have a deer go unrecovered only problem is that GS Customs is no longer making bullets.

Had a friend in school who got shot in the front I believe the shot bounced off frozen ground. They left them in him every now and then one would work it’s way out all through school.

I wonder what they do with the rest of the mole??

In my case I don’t have a garden but my son complains about me and my buddy talking about pellet smoking meat.

Been there done that!!

I have also heard it called limb bacon.

Where I work they blow so much smoke up our asses we have all turned into hams

I get shivers every time I crawl under the hood for fear I may not find my way back out. I always said that’s what you get when you shoehorn a school bus engine into a pickup then I look at 2022 6.7 and think wow how do you work on that. This truck has made me a very patient man turning bolts...

I hear you on the 7.3 valley I gained tools my first trip into the turbo and I lost many on the way out. Shawn

My grandfather always said that you have to be 10% than the tools you use. Not the case with so many today.

Dumber than a post

Thanks Von Gruff that really hits home I was born in 1970.

That is the living room of my youth except in the middle of the coffee table there was a wooden rack holding dad’s pipes and a green glass jar with wooden stopper full of the best smelling tobacco I ever smelled. shawn

35 Whelen was not a popular cartridge when first released due to poor performance of Remington’s bullet choice I believe they tried to download the bullets they used in 35 Rem and also they were worried about all the wildcat rifles out there so factory ammo was low pressure. My son has mine and...

From what I have seen the 350 mag and the 35 Whelen are ballistic twins like 375 H&H and my 375 Ruger two different ways of reaching same results. Enjoy being different. I bet that short barrel gives a big flash in low light. Shawn

I hunted with a Remington 700 in 35 Whelen for 20 years then gave my rifle to my oldest son for graduation. I hunt farm country with that thick brush but I also find myself looking over fields my light rifle for the open field is a 375 Ruger it has a kill at 427 yards. I like to use cartridges...

No it wil probably not see Africa but it will most certainly be in the Pa woods this fall chasing black bear and whitetail deer. I won’t use another rifle until I harvest something with it. I will limit my shots to 150 yards and have fun we do a lot of driven hunts. Shawn

The barrel is 26” I believe that the camera gives it a much longer look. The front sight is Lyman Globe on a barrel band I made the rear is of my owne design I did not intend to have sights this high but I wanted sights that pointed naturally and for me that is higher than most open sights on...

Just a little more information my rifle pictured above is under 9# loaded with 4 rounds and only has a 1/2” thick solid rubber recoil pad and as it sits is how I plan to keep it. With the exception that I may have it checkered if I ever have time to learn how. Shawn

I’m late to this game but I just have to chime in I built a 404 Jeffery for myself I modified a commercial 98 Mauser action with military bottom metal. I purchased Pacnor barrel, a new magazine spring, and a Boyd’s stock that I had to modify to fit the bottom metal after I modified it. Hindsight...

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I had the same youth as you don’t remember working with horses but on our farm was an old mule who passed of old age when I was young his name was Buddy and pap always said that he stays on the farm not for the good he does but the good he did in the woods. we had the dairy plus a sawmill at...

I actually did that for 3 different farms at once my parents dairy then when I could a neighbor a second neighbor then wired his barn and so we could unload his wagons that he loaded that day. Was in much better shape then. Shawn

Here are a few pics as she is.

Ok I picked up my rifle today and when I saw it I about fell over. I asked for a black matt finish when I dropped it off and he said no problem he told he would bead blast it and blue it. About two weeks ago he said that he had half a mind to polish it and not tell me until I picked it up my...

I do work with the guy who blued my rifle and he is a perfectionist in the machine shop. And he is well pleased with the job it’s killing me to wait? Shawn

I have enjoyed and been frustrated by this project and very glad I did it I have learned a lot some through reading, talking, this forum, and even trial and error. My sights are a bit tall and look more suited to a target rifle than a 404 Jeffery but they give me a great sight picture without...

I should be picking up my rifle Saturday maybe Friday evening if he gets it back together tonight.

I talked with the fellow who is bluing it for me decided to go with a polished finish for me I would have been happy with mat finish. So it’s taking a little more time. Shawn

My trip down this worm hole started when my oldest son asked me for my 35 Whelen for a graduation gift which I could not tell him no then I replaced the 35 which I loved with a 375 Ruger that lead me to AHF for load data which lead to 404 Jeffery and now a dream of hunting Africa. It has no...

It’s an adventure and not a caliber and cartridge that is needed in my cabinet. 404 Jeffery just intrigued me and I decided to build it. Now I can’t wait to hunt with it. Shawn

Very slow progress as life goes by priorities change hunting season then firewood season the day I dropped it off the rifle I also started dealing on a new to me tractor for skidding trees. Always something to do. Shawn

And I don’t find it until I replace it and looking for some place safe to put the new one!!!!

Just an update my 404 was dropped off to be blued but the fellow has not done anything to it yet due to weather conditions always below freezing (he does most of his work outside) but I did site it in with the peep sites last fall just in case I got some worm dry hunting days and would not have...

Made worse by tracking where you can watch a package make senseless turns and twists. Shawn

I have used have had that happen to Nosler Accubonds in my sons 35 Whelen around the plastic tip while the bullets were still in the box when I contacted them they told me that it was from chemical in bonding process and that it would not affect bullet performance but they would replace them if...

I’m not an expert on this but I do have a little experience with feeding issues I converted a 98 Mauser to 404 Jeffery and did all the work myself and after a few hours of tweaking a new magazine and grinding polishing a action it all came together and I understood what Mr Mauser had engineered...

When I was 15 my buddy and I put in hay for 3 different farms my home farm and 2 neighbors who both added more lights to the barns so we could unload hay after dark some days we would start at 6: am and quit at midnight pay was never great but your hard work was appreciated and we ate well. One...

I grew up on a dairy farm and things got fixed after evening milking so often in the dark in the end I had hand skills of a surgeon problem was all the smacks to the head and shoulders probably knocked the sense of a surgeon out that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Just to add to it he never...

And a hairy rats A$$ at that!!

Looks like a basket full of A holes with all the pretty ones picked out. Looks like they got hit in the face with a fist full of chisels and they all stuck.

I have Hornady 404 dies have no problem with them. More accuracy to be gained by getting extra box of bullets or two and putting them down range in hunting positions than spending more on dies. Now if this was a bench rest target rifle I would definitely go for the redding but that’s a totally...

Looks like the great state of Pennsylvania.

And the tractor tracks in the soil beside the discs. And also in the background. Funny thing is I know a farmer who did hook a drag set behind an International Scout so his wife could till while his two young children were in the back playing. He needed help getting finished up before rain came...

If I recall the plastic stock has a insert that is part of the bedding system but I believe that the wooden stock is milled to use same insert/ spacer and it is what holds magazine in place so if mags are the same outside dimensions it should be a simple remove 2 screws and swap barrels and...

Another added benefit.

Door first then bear spray it’s easy to hit when they aren’t moving.