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This is great information to have.

I’ve had this happen. Thankfully the rifle was fine, scope was crushed and eye piece bent down so far you couldn’t remove the bolt. Called Maven and told them what happened, they replaced the scope free of charge.

I helped Erik with some hunts before, you get beyond the gate and you forget you’re in a high fence pretty quickly. It’s very rough country, leading to rolling hills and some small fields. Last summer we hunted hard and put in some 10-12 mile days, saw a ton of aoudad. Saw several rams get...

I sent in a broken vxiic and they credited me for a mark 4hd! Huge trade up.

I load this bullet for one of my 375s. Can’t seem to run it as fast as other solid coppers without hitting pressure. I don’t remember if I ever settled on a load or not, but seems the accuracy was on par with what you’d expect. Only game I’ve shot was a jackrabbit. One thing to note, this thing...

168 grain a max is in my opinion the best bullet in a 308. I stuff it over a near max load of varget and it performs in every situation. 20” barrel, velocity varies from 2680 to 2750 depending on weather. My longest and shortest kills have been with this load. Big plains whitetail at 505 yards...

Thanks. We’re pretty proud of the boy. He’s already tagging along on my adventures! Haha

Thanks! He lost 6 or 8 inches from archery season to rifle. Had a long tine that came out of the palmated fork he broke off. I have plenty of pictures of him running from me during archery season

Erik might have a studio photo of it. Unfortunately the spot it’s hanging doesn’t offer much opportunity for a side view without being right against it. My office is getting spray foamed Monday, so hopefully I’ll have him hung up out there in a couple weeks. Can see it a little better here, but...

In case yall were wondering what he looked like on the hoof. Funny story too, was headed home from hunting to get some burgers together for my son’s birthday party. Spotted him behind my house bedded in some weeds, conveniently 60 yards from the gate. Had him down and loaded 5 minutes before my...

Thanks guys! They do indeed do great work. This was done by his newest artist. This is my 5th or 6th big game mount from them!

Got a surprise text yesterday saying my Mule deer from 2024 was ready to pickup. Swung by Top of Texas taxidermy and to say I was blown away by my mount is an understatement. I had no idea what I wanted to do with this so I asked Erik to choose a form that showcased the uniqueness of the deer...

Very nice! I have an ultralight 2.5x I’ve been meaning to put on there. With that 1.75-6 you hardly know it’s there, I imagine with the ultralight it will feel like it did with irons.

I recommend them to anyone looking to scope a marlin. Get a blank stare when I do, I don’t know why anyone would want a high mounted scope on a lever gun.

My early 2000s 450 marlin, cut down to 16” and threaded. This thing in factory form with the viagra infused recoil pad was the hardest kicking rifle I owned. It now looks different, has a brown pachmayr pad and a few other tweaks, it sat on the bench for a while but don’t remember what all I...

My semi custom savage impulse 6mm ai with 26” proof sendero contour. They don’t have to be hideous, I kind of like the way mine looks. It’s also my most accurate hunting rifle, routinely shoots .3 moa with a 100 grain tipped game king. I like it because i can throw it in a canvas scabbard and...

I built a semi custom 6mm AI on a savage impulse a couple years back. It’s the best savage action in my opinion. And after getting broken in, very slick. I’ll find a pic and post it.

After snagging a custom model 70 classic 375 h&h last year for about $1,000 I try to look a few times a week. I do get frustrated though, something will go on clearance and get snagged before I get the chance.

An alternative to those listed would be a Maven rs2. They’re 2-10 power, 12 ounces, and will take a beating. Your 35 sounds sleek, I’d hate to put a tank of a scope on it. I’ll add I have one of these little mavens on my 35 Whelen Mauser, and it’s taken some serious abuse. I left it on my...

I have the one piece base for an unaltered on a gew 98. Not what you’re asking about I know but I did have to adjust the radius for the clip boss for it to not be on a bind.

I can’t say I’ve tried to snap the extractor over the rim. I’ll look if I think about it.

I believe all the coyotes were controlled round push feed.

404 Jeffery. My ‘48 h&h action and magazine fit a 404 like it was made for it. The magazine has steps to accommodate the more slender h&h cases, on my rifle they fall directly infront of the 404 shoulder, allowing the Jeffery cases to stack beautifully. Bolt face clearance was a non issue as...

I’ve ordered from them before, shoot them an email and if it’s not in stock they’ll know when it will be. I don’t think I had any luck calling them. Did everything over email.

I have a couple 6 AIs. I like the chamber and throat design, very accurate. Carried one this year for pronghorn (took 3 between dispatching wounded ones and my personal hunting) and liked the performance so much I carried it during mule deer season, took a nice plains whitetail with it. I...

Model 70 in RUM is the best way. Interestingly enough my 1948 model 70 300 h&h action will hold and feed 4 empty 404 cases from the mag without any modifications. It’s like it was made for it.

He has a website as well. If you call him they’re cheaper than on eBay. At least that used to be the case. http://www.wisnersinc.com/

Wisners inc makes a beautifully machined piece as well. Much tighter fit than the gentry I played with. He sells them for around $175 if I remember, I know he’s a forum member here but not very active.

All brass is sold. Thanks everyone.

35 brass is sold. Price drop to $40 per bag shipped on the 444 brass, $100 shipped on the 300 h&h

I’ll take this. Tell me more about the brass.

Make me an offer

My reloading room in the house is getting transformed into a nursery, posting a few things that have been on the shelf for a while and I'll likely never use. These are listed on LRH forum as well. The first two listings came from a local store, and are bulk packaged. $50 shipped per bag...

I recently discovered the same phenomena of Cabela’s / bass pro way undervaluing used firearms. Picked up a custom model 70 in 375 not long ago, stainless shilen barrel (had “barreled by shilen” laser engraved on the barrel), hs precision fiberglass stock, Talley bases, and a matte cerakote...

Justin moved from the panhandle and I don’t think guides anymore either! Doesn’t look likes he’s been active in several years.

I’ll note that the mag box is wider on my ‘48 model 70 than my classic. The 48 actually fits 404 Jeffery cases quite nicely. Stack almost like it was made for it. They don’t stack well in the classic. I imagine it would be just a matter of screwing a 470 barrel on.

CZs in any flavor are great, especially the newer ones with coil springs. I bought a bobwhite as a beater SxS some years back and it’s been great. Hard black chrome finish is still pristine, even after many trips of getting tossed in the ranch pickup and bounced around. The thing points like a...

Not to answer for the man, but 1-14 is the standard twist for .358. I ran into this years ago building a whelen, wanted a 1-12 but didn’t want to wait 8 months to get it. 1-14 is good for all but the heaviest monos, such as the 275 grain hammer bullet.

You sir have a fine taste in rifles. Very nice!

I ended up using RL16 in my 7x57s, both Remington 700 classics. Couldn’t get enough of the slower powders in the case. This nosler data shows 47.5 as the max.

This is news to me. I spoke with a customer service rep last year about it, and was told they’d still inlet the “pre 64” stock for a pre 64 winchester, but nothing else.

My personal favorite is the Echols legend pattern made by McMillan. I bought one used on eBay, but they’re hard to come buy. McMillan makes a copy of the late pre64 stock with a montecarlo. Can order one or look on the used market. I enquired about getting a super grade pattern but they wouldn’t...

I spotted the most magnificent aoudad I’d ever seen in my life on rockin g, bedded on this shelf in the canyon wall, 20 feet down from the rim. If only I had my phonescope with me. Grey faced warrior with ratty ears and deep scars torn about his head. An image that’s yet to leave my mind! Heavy...

The action screw spacing isn’t the same. There’s a few great fiberglass stocks out there, I’d go ahead and get one in case you want to save your walnut later on.

I was wondering if you had to use the 10 gauge/ ultra hunter frame. Thanks for sharing.

You’ll have to share more details on that thing, you have me intrigued.

If the mag is stock, it will need to be stretched. With that said, 1917 magazine boxes are very easy to cut and weld to accommodate the length. A little reshaping of the feed ramp will be necessary as well, but again. Very simple on these big actions. I have a book on the matter somewhere if you...

I’m running accurate 2495, purely because I bought kegs of it at an estate sale for hardly anything! Happens to be the powder of sierras accuracy load for both their .358 offerings. It’s a grain below max and I almost have to use a drop tube to fit all the powder. Can’t imagine what the max load...

I bet if you made a post here about the smith you’d have a few options by the end of the day. With that said if you ever find yourself in the Texas panhandle holler at me, I know a guy here who can fix just about anything. An old ford machinist who would rather rework a part or make something...