BC Tal
AH senior member
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2023
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- Location
- Victoria, BC
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- Hunted
- Canada, South Africa
If you’ve been reading the forum for the last year, you’ll know @Just a dude in BC and I are leaving shortly to hunt with Dave Freeburn in South Africa. We’re going a bit earlier then the actual hunt to visit family, see the country and lose a bit of the jet lag before the hunt.
So this is my setup…
For my DG rifle I have a Ruger No 1 in 416 Rigby with a Zeiss 1-4 in Warne rings. I threw a NECG red recoil pad on it, otherwise it’s bone stock. The loads are lovingly loaded Norma once fired brass stuffed with North Fork 400gr semi spitzers and 400gr Cup Point Solids over N560. Each load is sub MOA at 100m from the bench (when I do my part) and are about 1.5” from each other, perfectly level. 20 of each are going.
For my PG rifle i have a left hand Winchester Model 70 Safari Express that was originally in 375 H&H which had been previously re-bored to 416 Rem. I had it sent to K&S Arms in Edmonton to be re-barreled to 300 H&H with the same barrel profile and sights and barrel band re-installed. It wears a Nightforce NXS 2.5-10x42 in Talley rings on Talley bases. The loads are also lovingly crafted from Norma once fired brass with North Fork 200gr semi spitzers over N560. 40 will go with me.
Now, before everyone gets their knickers in a twist all over again about re-barreling a nice Safari Express, here was my thought process. I’m a lefty, a down trodden, spit upon, thoroughly ostracized by the gun industry, lefty. I found the Ruger No 1 first. It was a steal of a price and to me, the falling block action is classic. I understand it’s limitations and it’s benefits on safari, and I accept it; we’ve been practicing our reloads. So I had the DG gun settled. The PG gun came after and i wanted a classic cartridge and if it wasn’t going to be another Ruger No 1, then a left hand bolt gun in control round feed. The Winchester came up for sale and the build was done.
The canvas sling is Galco with NECG sling swivels that fit both the Ruger and the Winchester, it will go on whichever rifle is leaving the truck.
The ammo wallet is also Galco. I’ve had 416 Rigby rds in it for a month now and the shell holders are the perfect fit for an easy draw. Once out of the truck I will hunt with the flap folded back inside my pant waist. It stays in place for an entire range session.
Both rifles fit into a Pelican 1750 case with custom dense foam.
There we are. Let me know what you think!
So this is my setup…
For my DG rifle I have a Ruger No 1 in 416 Rigby with a Zeiss 1-4 in Warne rings. I threw a NECG red recoil pad on it, otherwise it’s bone stock. The loads are lovingly loaded Norma once fired brass stuffed with North Fork 400gr semi spitzers and 400gr Cup Point Solids over N560. Each load is sub MOA at 100m from the bench (when I do my part) and are about 1.5” from each other, perfectly level. 20 of each are going.
For my PG rifle i have a left hand Winchester Model 70 Safari Express that was originally in 375 H&H which had been previously re-bored to 416 Rem. I had it sent to K&S Arms in Edmonton to be re-barreled to 300 H&H with the same barrel profile and sights and barrel band re-installed. It wears a Nightforce NXS 2.5-10x42 in Talley rings on Talley bases. The loads are also lovingly crafted from Norma once fired brass with North Fork 200gr semi spitzers over N560. 40 will go with me.
Now, before everyone gets their knickers in a twist all over again about re-barreling a nice Safari Express, here was my thought process. I’m a lefty, a down trodden, spit upon, thoroughly ostracized by the gun industry, lefty. I found the Ruger No 1 first. It was a steal of a price and to me, the falling block action is classic. I understand it’s limitations and it’s benefits on safari, and I accept it; we’ve been practicing our reloads. So I had the DG gun settled. The PG gun came after and i wanted a classic cartridge and if it wasn’t going to be another Ruger No 1, then a left hand bolt gun in control round feed. The Winchester came up for sale and the build was done.
The canvas sling is Galco with NECG sling swivels that fit both the Ruger and the Winchester, it will go on whichever rifle is leaving the truck.
The ammo wallet is also Galco. I’ve had 416 Rigby rds in it for a month now and the shell holders are the perfect fit for an easy draw. Once out of the truck I will hunt with the flap folded back inside my pant waist. It stays in place for an entire range session.
Both rifles fit into a Pelican 1750 case with custom dense foam.
There we are. Let me know what you think!