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Went to see The Joscho Stephan Trio last Wednesday and it was absolutely incredible! I recommend you check him out if you’re at all a fan of Gypsy Jazz guitar.

9.3X74R is just about the perfect chambering for a No.1 Too bad they didn’t give it a 26” barrel. Man! That would be nice.

I would sure like to add one of those to the collection!

I had a very similar experience! In 1989 or so I got Use Enough Gun and Man Eaters of India from my school library when they were clearing some books out. The Capstick books are a good read regardless of their veracity.

It was - I should have mentioned that. The Speed book is invaluable to any Mauser fan. It has the magazine box and floorplate dimensions of the various chamberings Mauser offered as well. It's quite remarkable that Mauser tailored their rifles for different cartridges that way. Different...

That is true - I should have said that only Magnum actions and Oberndorf made 318s had the straddle floorplate. That barreled action is a 318 as mentioned in the book. I don't know why the 318's standard length action was made that way. All very interesting to say the least...

Griffin & Howe used this action for a few rifles - at least one being a 404 Jeff. I have a G&H on the same action in 333 G&H Super Magnum. That is really a 350 G&H necked down which is of course a 375H&H necked down. Years ago I inquired about the rifle but they weren’t in a position to look it...

I have seen one magnum length action in a standard length stock before. All that’s really obvious is a gap in the wood behind the sides of the receiver ring which could be filled with a fillet of wood. Then the magazine width and depth would also need to be addressed. The one I saw had the...

Mauser #111496 The dating tables/list are in Speed’s book.

You sure? Magnum at the top. This illustrates the longer receiver ring better than I can explain it.

No, it is not. Just look how much more the receiver ring extends past the lug on Nick’s action. That is because the screw hole spacing is the same (or close) but the OAL of the action is longer.

Action lug - meaning the lug underneath the receiver ring where the front screw goes into the bottom of the action.

They were't available when the 404 was invented but were later and Jeffery made some of their 333s and 404s on magnum actions and Mauser made some Type A 404s on their magnum length action as well. The giveaway is the straddle floorplate (the plate extending back around the sides of the trigger...

Your barreled action is an original magnum length Mauser made in 1932. The front sight is very 'Jeffery" style but I'd be surprised if it is a Jeffery built rifle that the name or address isn't on the top of the barrel. The number on the bolt doesn't match the action so, it was swapped at some...

UPS is the only shipper that has ever broken one of my guns. I use USPS registered mail and have had no problems. Why UPS is still in business is a mystery to me.

So, unloaded, the rifle lever and hinge operate smoothly and normally? If you want to check the cocking, hold a dowel down each barrel against the breech face and dry fire the gun without cases or snap caps in the chambers and then open as normal - this will tell you if it’s purely a pin drag...

Many here have said that the bones are sold for some traditional Chinese medicine. I don’t know what the demand is overall but I do know it has become a substitute for tiger bones. Isn’t it plausible that if CBL shooting is banned that that demand would then be satisfied with poached lions and...

Why don't we just stop calling them "hunts" Separate them from wild hunting and let them remain as what is really a livestock/agricultural exercise. As mentioned here, there are wingshooters who have never drawn a bead on a wild pheasant or shot a deer from anywhere but a blind. Bison "hunts"...

Hypo? Of course... but the animal is hypothetical...as nobody has ever actually shot one... Jokes aside, the 375 has always seemed like a bridge cartridge to me - meaning, a bridge between the regular medium game cartridges and the true big bore DG cartridges. Adequate for Buffalo and up, yeah...

Well, you’re in luck!! Very nice 416 at Cabela’s Fort Worth. I’d rather have this than a Rigby. https://www.gunsinternational.com/cabelasfortworth-.cfm

I'm just west of Denver - Wheat Ridge. This was later in the day today so I bet there was an inch or more on top of this.

Bummer! I hear of losing Buffalo a lot more than I used to. Is that the case or just more hunting going on and the averages are the same? It’s my understanding that most PHs disabled their ejectors because after the shots, the last thing you needed was a metallic click or even worse big brass...

And yet, he was able to trounce the “best female minority” that you guys could muster. Really, Sullivan is a lot like Trump. He has his detractors but somehow keeps on going and has a following of folks that recognize what he has done for the movement. As I said on the other MS thread, he...

I think that warthog may be one species that can be taken from a vehicle - anyone sure? The way this client was shooting, I can appreciate that an elevated position with a solid rest would be preferential to any PH…

One thing I noticed is that the leopard and lionesses seemed to know exactly where the blind is almost looking at the hunters casually rather than in an alerted state. The old bait still hanging makes me wonder if the tom was taken from the tree just before this client arrived. I know it’s...

Well, those proof marks are Belgian. Beyond that, which isn’t much, I can’t say. You will need to provide more/better photos for anyone to say what the origins of the actions are.

A 1909 Argentine is an excellent choice - nice bottom metal very much like an Oberndorf sporting rifle on those. You’ll need to silver solder or micro weld a protrusion on the trigger bow release lever and trim the little wing on the bolt release but other than that and reshaping the bolt...

A Husqvarna Mauser would be a good place to start. A horn forend tip or a shortened forend in the Rigby style and express sights are about all one needs to be quite similar to a pre war Rigby. I’ve thought of doing similar but the one I own is probably too nice to rework.

If a bolt gun, I’d like to have a Hoffman 375 on a magnum Mauser. A decent double such as a Manton or Lang in 470 could be found around $15K. I’d really like to have a long bar Webley 470.

The 450 3-1/4” would have been so much better with a thicker rim. It’s remarkable that a thicker rim wasn’t adopted when it became a cordite cartridge. That would have obviated any accidental use in BPE 450s and would have aided immensely in extraction! Then the Jeffery 3” (thick rim) and the...

Correct. The standard powder charge for the 450 3-1/4” was 120grs with a variety of bullet weights. I suppose the lighter bullets required a taller wad stack to keep the same OAL

I’ve long enjoyed Taylor’s writing and have most of his books. Years ago, my uncle sold a Wilkes 450 double that was Taylor’s to Len Guldman and Len took it to Africa and took an immense buffalo with it - I think it’s top five SCI! (Maybe #6 but Len will tell you it’s #3). It’s pictured on this...

That’s how I took it as well. Apparently, OntarioHunter voted for nuclear proliferation and the murder of Jews.

Yeah, my 500NE single shot is 10lb7oz. I don’t know why or how a double would end up lighter than that. Wood selection makes a big difference. Here I am shooting my 500 and recoil is manageable at that weight with a proper stock geometry.

Is that a good price on one of those?

They shoot as well as I can and are superb on water jugs! That’s my son when he was 16yo shooting his TypeA Mauser 10.75X68.

For my bullets made from 40S&W brass, I was lucky enough to have a paper patch bullet mold that the brass fits so can pour the core rather than push it in. You could flux the inside of the brass to get more of a “bonded” bullet but I don’t think that’s needed. Another cheap option is to take an...

Round the nose, or even push them into a regular FLS die to use the shoulder to form a bit of an ogive on the bullet. I’ve done this for my 10.75X68 which is the same dia as the 404. Works great but is a little time consuming. Any cast .416 bullet can be paper patched to .424” quite easily but...

The two are very different. The 450NE is larger at the base and has a thinner rim. The 450NE was originally a black powder cartridge just as the 45-120 was (is) and the 450BPE was often charged with 120grs of black so the powder charges would be the same although the 450 was generally loaded...

I had two different RSMs in 416 Rigby and an Express 338 Win Mag. Those are gone and the only 77 I own is a ,223 odd one with blued metal in the paddle stock. Generally, I don’t like Rugers all that much. I think the actions look like they were taken off the line with a few machining operations...

I don’t agree - and my opinion on this subject is worth about $.02 on a good day… The way I see it, bringing attention to an auction item is not much different than building up a straight “for sale” item. I’ve often seen it here (and on other forums), where an item is put up at price ‘X’ and...

It is a good weight for a nitro rifle and a good looking gun as well. I’d have to look at more 500s from the era to form a solid opinion of the stamps on the flats.

My thinking is that it is a 500BPE but later stamped with the 68 / 570 load. If it was done in England it would be reproofed as such. What are more details on the rifle? Hoyem mentions a 70gr cordite - 570gr bullet load but the usual load width the 570gr bullet was 80gr cordite.

My guess that it is something of a nitro for black load or a “light cordite” load as they were known. I see it’s a Jones under lever rifle so quite strong enough for a LC load all other requirements met.

These sold long ago. Sorry.

You can do the same with a 100yr old Mauser ‘98 bolt. Too many people think that precision in manufacturing is some new development. Take a look at grand complication watches. Precision hasn’t made much advancement in the last 150yrs or so.

“Show me a new rifle or shotgun of equivelant quality and I'll make a reasonable value judgement. But I assure you a new rifle of the same price as these used rifles and shotguns is not even in the same stratosphere.“ This encapsulates my mindset exactly. Why spend double or triple for a modern...

That is a nice one! I wish Ruger put 26” barrels on more of their No.1s

I really don’t see any reason to buy any rifle newer than about 1938. That said, I have had a couple vintage (pre 1920) rifles restored which makes them as close to a new rifle as I will likely ever own. Well, wait a second.. I have bought two new Pedersoli muzzle loaders and a Chiappa mini...

Ruark’s Use Enough Gun has always been a favorite. In fact, I think I’ll read it again…