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If you want to experiment with suppressor use pick up a Steyr THB with a 16” factory barrel and a decent 308 5/8x24 direct thread suppressor. It’s a quick and easy way to get your feet wet with a setup likely to produce satisfactory results. The THB isn’t a lightweight, but that’s the only negative.

A brief digression: thermal is terrific for following up pigs in the dark, but they will usually head for the thickest, nastiest cover they can find and it can be challenging to find them even with thermal since thermal can’t see through obstacles. Another limitation of thermal is that field of...

Is this a driven hunt, or hunting from a stand? It makes a difference. With pigs, draw a line between the eyes and the point of the shoulder. Any hit along that line will anchor your boar without difficulty. If you hit the pig behind the shoulder, the pig will run, even with a perfect double...

The example was used to show that frequently public management is disastrously poor, and that private management can make things better. Chicago public schools are another excellent example of this. Again, the intent here isn’t to assert all public lands should immediately be put up for auction...

You are certainly right that trophy hunting in Texas can be obscenely expensive, but meat deer and hogs can be hunted very reasonably. I hate to keep picking in California, but I’m reasonably familiar with the situation there. What’s the state wide hunter success rate for deer? Maybe 15%? Given...

Texas, unlike most western states, is 98% private and there are infinitely more hunting opportunities than there are in California, for example. Public lands are usually poorly managed and hunting fees, using California as an example again, may be diverted into the general fund rather than to...

Get a copy of Shooting the British Double Rifle from Buffalo Arms. Lots of data and safe, tested loads.

Like most of us, I’m no longer a lean, mean fighting machine. I do try to stay grumpy though.

Another Skylink fan here. As long as you don’t go outside of security, it’s terrific.

I tried a Lott barrel on my aluminum receiver, and it was brutal even with the kickstop. The crappy factory recoil pad certainly didn’t help though. In all fairness, my Mauser M03 Lott was also pretty ugly until I upgraded the useless factory pad.

It’s also worth pointing out that admiring one’s shot is a terrible habit, but it’s also easy to fall into. Note how the hunter lowers his rifle after each shot rather than maintaining his sight picture and firing the second barrel. I’m sure the hunter didn’t expect things to go down the way...

A simple question deserves a complicated answer. I hunted buffalo in the Caprivi in 22 with a 416 Weatherby loaded down to Rigby levels. I only wanted to take one rifle and a croc was also on the menu, so it was important to be able to make a precision shot without being killed by the rifle...

Try using 375 Weatherby brass instead of basic H&H. Even if you have to run the cases through a sizing die first (use imperial sizing wax), there should be much less brass movement. I’ve done something similar for my .300 ICL, using 300 Weatherby brass instead of H&H brass, with excellent results.

Look, a suppressed bolt gun with even a 16” barrel is about as long as an unsuppressed 26” rifle. That, and large caliber suppressors that actually work well have large volumes. Think it through carefully. From top to bottom: 26” 20” 16” 17” The bottom rifle has a Bowers Vers 458.

The Lee classic cast press may be less expensive and is great for large cartridges. I’m not necessarily a Lee fan, but the classic cast and the factory crimp dies work well. The Hornady die bushings are great too.

Thank you!

I kind of like the .257 myself. Then again, I seem to be the only fan of the .378 and .416 on the planet.

I found two thin 4mm spring wave washers, and it looks like they will keep things in place. Not as good as the right part, but as long as I minimize horizontal adjustment, it looks like it might work. I’ll confirm one way or the other after my next range session.

After a very interesting experience on my deer lease with using my iPhone for navigation, I learned to never venture into the uncertain without some form of analog device as a sanity check. A quality Suunto compass can be had for under $30, they weigh next to nothing and they take up little...

So, I was wrong about how the part fits. It’s a wave spring washer. There are two, one under the big screw in the image, and the second (broken) one goes under the horizontal adjustment screw to keep it in place.

Correction: it’s a 66A.

On a Lyman 65a receiver sight, there is a part that looks like an oblong washer that keeps the actual peep and underlying horizontal adjustment screw from lifting out. If you look at the attached image you can see that mine has broken in two for whatever reason. Can anyone tell me the name of...

I hunted with Thormahlen and Cochran, and fished the Zambezi at one of the Ndumo camps. Both outfitters did a great job.

From top to bottom. 26 inch barrel 20 inch barrel 16 inch barrel 17 inch barrel As you can see, even a 20” barrel + suppressor is pretty long, and even a 16” barrel + suppressor isn’t that short.

Given the title of this thread, I’m really surprised that nobody has observed “it’s not that kind of forum, bruv.”

Some of the best online advice that I ever heard was put quite bluntly. “Don’t be a d**k. No really, don’t be a d**k.” Sometimes it’s just as simple as that.

I’m working on a 8x65R right now. Results so far have been adequate but nothing to write home about. It’s still a work in progress.

I’ll be visiting London this fall for the first time in a number of years. Any must see shooting related stops that I should make? I remember the H&H store used to be there, but I’m sure there are others just as exceptional. A highlight of my last visit was the Wallace Collection, and I intend...

Sigh. They just keep loving all the animals to death. Good intentions are enough when you are five, but adults should know better.

On every forum there are rooting swine, and the ancient observation that one should “never wrestle with a pig because he enjoys it, and you end up covered in mud” is worth remembering. I’ve learned over time that I’m much better off using the ignore button than arguing with mental eight year olds.

I also use one for sighting in my hard kickers. An MTM rest will fir neatly on top, if you prefer that to a heavy bag.

Amazing!

Everyone has his hand out.

That’s great information. Thank you for the clarification.

It’s the one true caliber, .45/70.

The process made a profound shootability difference on my .500 A2. Again, combined with a Rhodesian sling it can radically increase the speed of follow up shots. If you practice, of course.

Again, the right tool for the right job. Generalizing in this case isn’t terribly helpful. Go to 1 hour 6 minutes in the following video for a very eye opening demo. Figure six or seven minutes to watch.

AI / machine learning is an amazing tool, but only a tool, and is subject to the limitations of any other tool in that it’s best at solving certain types of problems. Most of the public discussion feels caught up in the Gartner Hype Cycle peak of inflated expectations, but it’s worth remembering...

It’s either “Being and Nothingness” or “Green Eggs and Ham”. Sometimes I get the two confused.

To the original question, my objection to a DG lever is the same that I have to calling an R8 a true DG rifle: the lack of camming power for both feeding and extraction. Don’t get me wrong, I own a couple R8s and a Winchester 71, and generally think the world of both designs , but anyone who’s...

8x65r Brenneke. From the inventor of the 7x64 and 7x65r, both of which were much more successful.

Gorgeous roe.

Maybe the .318 WR. The 8x65r also seems like a nice fit for the kipplauf and mid double crowd.

This source is showing 8x65rs. I believe my existing Bertram brass is marked 8x65r, but that seems to be unobtanium. My assumption is that anything marked 8x65x would be good enough to travel with, but that’s an individual choice.

Gary Cooper owned a number of Juenke Saturn rifles back when the Saturn workshop was in Santa Monica, of all places.

In the off chance that someone other than me needs correctly head stamped 8x65r brass, I believe I’ve found a European exporter. It’s not cheap and the minimum order is about $300, but it seems to be available. I’ve not yet bought from this supplier, but they appear reputable. YMMV, of course...

More like a cross between bald eagle and spotted owl.

Perfect. Thank you.

I was going to buy 1/2”, but you say 3/8” is a better fit? This would be for a 500/416 and a 450 BPE.

I’m Minister of Rum for a small Caribbean nation.