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Congrats! May it be a fun and prosperous adventure. This may be one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time.

I had initially just planned on my phone but you guys have some strikingly good photos. Does anyone have guidance on renting something like one of those $1k Canon cameras? I think it would collect dust after the trip if I was to purchase it.

I have no interest in knife fighting dangerous animals ala Crocodile Dundee style. I was planning on just my pocket folder and a multi-tool. However, after seeing that guy stab a cape buffalo to death with a knife, I feel I need to bring my old ka-bar from my flight gear. It's been getting...

That's more than trust, that's crazy. Good thread - i was just thinking through this for my trip this July. Very much appreciate all the comments and questions.

That's an absolutely incredible story.

Love it.

Appreciate that. I have a thread on the load dev for the 375 and that advice aligns with others. I started with RL-15 and had H4350 (I use this for 762 NATO clone) as a candidate after varget. If I can get just under 0.75" with varget, I'm quite certain that's accurate enough for a large...

Trust but verify - Amen! I'm going to switch to a new pound of varget first as this one is almost depleted. A new pound gives me approximately 97 cartridges at this load. I'll verify no significant change, then shoot over the chronograph to verify velocity. If it's in the range I'm happy...

Hi all, For my blaser r8, I've been developing a load for cape buffalo using 270 grain TSX and initially, RL-15. However, they stopped selling the powder halfway through my trials. I switched to varget and have some favorable groups just under 3/4" at 100m with a vx6-hd 1-6x. At this point...

Impressive grace under fire.

Sold.

Another nod to Berger in the disappointment category. Ran through about 70 of the VLD-H in 308 and 155 grain. They grouped very well in my ruger no 1. But after tracking a nice buck for almost 200 yds, (on my hands and knees at times,) and then finding it was a excellent shot but not enough...

Welcome.

Are the tyrannosaurs exportable from Isla Nublar? Asking for a friend. :cool: Very cool gun. Hope the sale goes well.

I can get behind this logic. On some days, technically speaking, once the gin contacts the ice, you can declare victory and move ahead.

Great video. Bravo to see an honest presentation with fresh eyes covering the topic. It's clear you're considering guidance to others that need to know what they will encounter without all the bravado we typically see in the industry. Congrats on you first buff!!

That's tough. Sorry to hear that. I hope you hang onto that rifle for a good long time in his memory.

SPF

I have a late 70's 77rsi in 30-06 that was my dad's. Thought about a trigger upgrade but it requires a good bit of material removed from the stock. Is that what you had to do?

As @odonata said, the no 1 makes a wonderful brush, stalk, and tight quarters gun. Here's my Ruger no 1 in 308. This is my primary deer rifle. I'm somewhere north of 25 whitetail and a couple dozen pigs with this weapon. It likes 150gr accubonds over varget. Jard trigger at 1.5 lbs is light...

Back up for sale.

SPF

Installed in my 300wm, used during load development for approx 50-75 rounds, and after suffering a moment of weakness, made the leap to a Blaser r8. Removed from rifle to sell separately but buyer of the rifle was not interested. 1.5, 2, and 2.5lb springs included. $125 shipped as shown. No...

Amen

Russia wouldn't be doing to badly either. Or Africa.

It's good for pouring on your legs when you step in an ant hill or as a solvent for cleaning your tools after changing the oil. That's about it.

I have some H4350 laying around as well. Appreciate that.

Thank you. I'll add those to the queue. I use imr4895 for my 762 NATO clone.

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Quick update. Unfortunately, it appears RL-15 has become unobtainium just after I got my suppressor out of jail and my barrel cut to continue trials. I have copious amounts of varget and some H4350 that I will run a few trials in initially. That being said - it appears the heir apparent of...

Update: Contacted Laura. The policy is for firearms, reloading equipment, and stored ammo. It is head and shoulders better than a personal effects policy from USAA and costs less. USAA only covers firearms and personal effects while stored your home of record but not during travel or...

I feel your frustration. But I suspect there are bigger federal issue fish to fry. I was considering taking mine. Even talked to local DHS officer at the SAT airport. He said " you can put the suppressors on a separate 4357 or all on the same as the rifle. It doesn't matter." Incredible...

Silly laws. Why can't they focus on actual priorities? It's amazing. Thanks to OP for passing info along.

I'm hopeful that with the Trump admin performing some spring cleaning on federal agencies, this gray silly space on suppressors gets cleared up.

My compliments on taking excellent pictures.

First I've ever seen that layout style. I like it a lot. Somehow it seems more dramatic than a skull due to the contrast of the wood. Very well done.

Bringing this thread back from the dead. The new lowas are out. Just grabbed some mostly all leather renegades. Evo GTX. I've been hunting for last year's version and couldn't find my size for love or money. Thought about taking my kennetreks but they're a little heavy and more for PNW...

Now that's different Very cool.

Wonderful thread. I will endeavor to try all these new recipes supplied by you guys. I made a stop through Iceland recently. Got to try a gin called Himbrimi Old Tom Gin. It was a life changing experience. I'm trying to find a way to order it. None of the distributors in Texas supply it...

The rind is only for polite company and you must hold your pinky up. When 3 days from the truck on foot bow-hunting out of a pack, weight matters. Lose the rind, but keep the hendricks. Tonic is also optional. Stay tuned for more gin backcountry words of wisdom. Tip your waitress.

I'm mostly in agreement with this. It seems to me that Russia views Ukraine joining NATO as an existential threat. I'm not using that metaphorically. And the US, UK, et. al, think Putin is simply bluffing. It's hard to tell when he (Putin) tells the truth as he's former KGB and has a track...

I feel your pain. You can bet your next paycheck on it - if I find a pair of shoes, jeans, or a favorite type of salsa, they will discontinue it within the month. Shackleton scotch. These crazy jokers went to almost the South pole to recover old Scotch from the original expedition. They took...

I see this as snapping the chalkline on the timeline where it's convenient for the preferred narrative. In this case, you're snapping it at "Russia threatened and then invaded Ukraine." It's perfectly sensible to realize that it's not that simple if you're willing to view it with less built...

You typically provide a very fair assessment. This one is no different but I think we're not on the same point. The point I'm making is not whether it's a proxy war. It's that the narrative of "it's all Putin's fault" and the "unprovoked" bits are not accurate. And if we're all in...

and for those of you that put even a micron of credibility in the NYT, here's one detailing how the CIA has been working inside Ukraine for quite some time. Before some of you jump on the prism of splitting this into either being pro-Ukraine war or pro-Putin, I'll say it again. I'm not a fan...

For @Tundra Tiger Do you think our Sec of State is also simply spouting Russian propaganda? Another Putin Puppet?

I'll be it does.

I would agree. Which was predated just a few days prior, if memory serves, by the color revolution and what some would call "coup" of Yanukovych. I won't claim evidence but I strongly suspect our USAID or US State dept or CIA or a combination therein, which has a long and glorious history of...

You seem to exist in an extremely narrow and black and white way of viewing things.

Not pointing this specifically at you @WAB but a lot of people seem to state things this way. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say they view things this way. They seem to do so based on the technicality that the first kinetic portion was in fact performed by Russia. But they are strangely...