Big Bore Addiction Group

[BourbonTrail]

You need to try my 8-bore double rifle! It was an 8-bore double that sent me spiraling down the path of addiction... so I feel obligated to use mine to drag others down with me.

I found the 8-bore cartridge to be the perfect balance of size and recoil. It dances on the line of being "too much for me" without crossing it. When I feel the "large bore itch" come on, all I have to do is send a couple 1200gr pills into a target and I'm satisfied.

You need to bring that thing to our big bore shoot next year. (I know that’s quite a haul for you, but it doesn’t hurt to put in a shameless plug)

 

[Brian]

colorado, Perfect. I will be 85. I'll take it. brian

 

[odonata]

Hello. My name is Darryl & I have a pepper problem that has morphed into a big bore problem. I keep trying hotter & hotter sauces trying to find one that's "too hot". Instead I just keep finding more brutal sauces that I really enjoy eating. A parallel problem has appeared in my gun safe.

I didn't realize I was falling into a trap when I bought my Ruger No. 1S in 9.3x74r. At the time, I wasn't going after anything that required a chambering like that. I just wanted one & unfortunately I fell in love with it. Being particularly fond of the classics, I added a Winchester 1885 Safari Octagon in 375 H&H followed by a Winchester M70 Safari Express in 375 H&H as well. A pattern of increasing bore sizes started to develop when the 405 Winchester 1885 Traditional Hunter with a metal butt plate appeared.

In an effort to cure myself of this self-diagnosed chronic disease, I decided to build a 458 Win Mag because I had a high level of confidence that having a filling knocked out of one of my teeth would finally temper my enthusiasm for rifles like this. Wrong! The 458 WM rockets to the top of the list of rifles I look forward to shooting every time I go to the range. Then Arkansas implements a straight-wall season this year so I'll probably wind up taking my frustration out on some poor whitetail by shooting it with a 404gr Shock Hammer. I've been trying really hard but I can't stop smiling every time I pull the trigger.

Is there any known cure for this? If running out of space, money or enthusiasm is the only solution, then I might need to brace myself for a long convalescence. Hopefully the fact that my current rifle project is a 35 Whelen is a sign that this fever is trending in a downward direction back to more practical calibers.

Both of these are visible signs of an ongoing problem...

 

[VertigoBE]

Hello. My name is Darryl & I have a pepper problem that has morphed into a big bore problem. I keep trying hotter & hotter sauces trying to find one that's "too hot". Instead I just keep finding more brutal sauces that I really enjoy eating. A parallel problem has appeared in my gun safe.

I didn't realize I was falling into a trap when I bought my Ruger No. 1S in 9.3x74r. At the time, I wasn't going after anything that required a chambering like that. I just wanted one & unfortunately I fell in love with it. Being particularly fond of the classics, I added a Winchester 1885 Safari Octagon in 375 H&H followed by a Winchester M70 Safari Express in 375 H&H as well. A pattern of increasing bore sizes started to develop when the 405 Winchester 1885 Traditional Hunter with a metal butt plate appeared.

In an effort to cure myself of this self-diagnosed chronic disease, I decided to build a 458 Win Mag because I had a high level of confidence that having a filling knocked out of one of my teeth would finally temper my enthusiasm for rifles like this. Wrong! The 458 WM rockets to the top of the list of rifles I look forward to shooting every time I go to the range. Then Arkansas implements a straight-wall season this year so I'll probably wind up taking my frustration out on some poor whitetail by shooting it with a 404gr Shock Hammer. I've been trying really hard but I can't stop smiling every time I pull the trigger.

Is there any known cure for this? If running out of space, money or enthusiasm is the only solution, then I might need to brace myself for a long convalescence. Hopefully the fact that my current rifle project is a 35 Whelen is a sign that this fever is trending in a downward direction back to more practical calibers.

Both of these are visible signs of an ongoing problem...
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You are only at the beginning Darryl. You should get a taste of some .50 Caliber...

 

[odonata]

You are only at the beginning Darryl. You should get a taste of some .50 Caliber...

That is not helpful at all.

"I was out hunting with my 505 Gibbs the other day..." has such a nice ring to it.

 

[BeeMaa]

@odonata - Give this one a try. It’s the 525 Weatherby Magnum (if they ever made one) of the hot sauce world. Nothing but hate and pain in that bottle.

 

[Frederik]

I wonder if my 550 Magnum project comes to light in a few years time will I be satisfied?????

 

[MS 9x56]

Hello. My name is Darryl & I have a pepper problem that has morphed into a big bore problem. I keep trying hotter & hotter sauces trying to find one that's "too hot". Instead I just keep finding more brutal sauces that I really enjoy eating. A parallel problem has appeared in my gun safe.

I didn't realize I was falling into a trap when I bought my Ruger No. 1S in 9.3x74r. At the time, I wasn't going after anything that required a chambering like that. I just wanted one & unfortunately I fell in love with it. Being particularly fond of the classics, I added a Winchester 1885 Safari Octagon in 375 H&H followed by a Winchester M70 Safari Express in 375 H&H as well. A pattern of increasing bore sizes started to develop when the 405 Winchester 1885 Traditional Hunter with a metal butt plate appeared.

In an effort to cure myself of this self-diagnosed chronic disease, I decided to build a 458 Win Mag because I had a high level of confidence that having a filling knocked out of one of my teeth would finally temper my enthusiasm for rifles like this. Wrong! The 458 WM rockets to the top of the list of rifles I look forward to shooting every time I go to the range. Then Arkansas implements a straight-wall season this year so I'll probably wind up taking my frustration out on some poor whitetail by shooting it with a 404gr Shock Hammer. I've been trying really hard but I can't stop smiling every time I pull the trigger.

Is there any known cure for this? If running out of space, money or enthusiasm is the only solution, then I might need to brace myself for a long convalescence. Hopefully the fact that my current rifle project is a 35 Whelen is a sign that this fever is trending in a downward direction back to more practical calibers.

Both of these are visible signs of an ongoing problem...
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There is a name for that. I believe it is masochist. Welcome to the fraternity.. if it ain’t at least 35 caliber it don’t get shot much from my range.

 

[matt85]

@odonata There is an upper limit to everything, it's just that ceiling can be hard to reach sometimes .

When it comes to hot sauce, I'm happy up to habaneros. Beyond that all I get is burning without taste.

When it comes to guns, I'm happy up to around the 8-bore or 577 NE. I found guns bigger than that are either too heavy or beat me up too much. A shoulder injury at work did me no favors either.

 

[odonata]

@odonata - Give this one a try. It’s the 525 Weatherby Magnum (if they ever made one) of the hot sauce world. Nothing but hate and pain in that bottle.
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I think that's the sauce that they use on the YouTube show, Hot Ones. They put it in the 8th out of the 10 positions in the lineup. Eating a hot wing with that sauce on it is usually where the guest comes unglued & has trouble talking. Seems like something I would enjoy.

Something I did not enjoy was when I was surfing around earlier this evening and had a rare unicorn almost send me into a big bore relapse. As a left-handed shooter, I can sometimes avoid temptation because there are fewer African rifles to tempt me. I made the mistake of looking at Rock Island's latest auction & there was one of rifles I don't need, I can't justify buying but I still want it anyway: A left-handed 404 Jeffery with a Swarovski z6i 1-6x24 EE. Not the kind of thing a big bore addict needs to have dangling in front of them when there's a zero balance on the AmEx...

 

[BeeMaa]

I think that's the sauce that they use on the YouTube show, Hot Ones. They put it in the 8th out of the 10 positions in the lineup. Eating a hot wing with that sauce on it is usually where the guest comes unglued & has trouble talking. Seems like something I would enjoy.

Something I did not enjoy was when I was surfing around earlier this evening and had a rare unicorn almost send me into a big bore relapse. As a left-handed shooter, I can sometimes avoid temptation because there are fewer African rifles to tempt me. I made the mistake of looking at Rock Island's latest auction & there was one of rifles I don't need, I can't justify buying but I still want it anyway: A left-handed 404 Jeffery with a Swarovski z6i 1-6x24 EE. Not the kind of thing a big bore addict needs to have dangling in front of them when there's a zero balance on the AmEx...

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That looks like an AHR upgrade #3 on a CZ550. Wayne does incredible work. Let us know how well you are able to resist...or not.

As for the hot sauce, I know about Hot Ones. I've even had DaBomb once, it was not a good experience.

 

[odonata]

Let us know how well you are able to resist...or not.

I tried to inoculate myself from this scenario a year ago when I got into a bidding battle with someone over an equally rare Ruger No. 1 in 404J. I have a 6.5x55, 275 Rigby RSI, 303 British & a 9.3x74r so I'm fond of No. 1's. My thinking was that owning one might prevent me from being lured in by the Sirens' song of something even more expensive (i.e. a bit of defensive preventive maintenance to protect me from the inevitable). Unfortunately the other guy was loonier than me. I might have to rely on the craziness of strangers to save me from myself again this time.

The problem with owning a 303 and then acquiring a 404 is that it almost forces me to buy the 505 to continue the series. I'd eventually have to wildcat a 204 Ruger & call it the 202 OCD so the series would be complete & I could stop thinking about it.