Royal27
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Royal27, just go ahead and buy a few. Why stop at just one!
Exactly!!! That's my personality for sure.
I leave for my first Safari in 20 days and I booked tickets for my second one earlier this week!
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Royal27, just go ahead and buy a few. Why stop at just one!
You want one, you really do. Your just not admitting it to yourself. I only have one at the moment in 300 H & H, but that may change at any moment.Or I guess I should say I didn't KNOW I wanted one!
You want one, you really do. Your just not admitting it to yourself. I only have one at the moment in 300 H & H, but that may change at any moment.
And you misread me I am only messing with you. I knew full well what you meant. The one I have now I won on a raffle ticket a few years ago, I wrestled with myself over weather to fire it or not, it is a one of a kind commemorative. Well I had to shoot it, and when at 100 yds. the first two bullets went thru the same hole, I knew I had to hunt with it. So far I have taken a Nyala with it but plan on using it much more. Buy one that's all I can say.Oh no, you missed my point. I freely admit now that I want one, or ten.![]()
In a word - "No" - you will not be able to have a custom designed stock built if the object is to get a heavy rifle at an affordable price. One of the best and largely overlooked deals out there is to find one of the old Ruger "Magnum" rifles built on the 77 action. They are of appropriate weight with a quarter rib and milled scope bases. They are even a handsome rifle. They were built in .375 .416 Rigby and 458 Lott. A quick look at Guns International shows several for sale for less than 2K. http://search.gunsinternational.com/search_results.cfm
at around 9 pounds my CZ 550 in 375 is a joy to shoot. i have put 50 rounds down th barrel in a single sitting. although i do try to limit my shooting to 30 rounds in a sitting cause anything over that tended to leave my shoulder a little stiff the next day.
-matt
Aside from a rimfire and a 6.5x55 in my toybox, for some reason my several other CZ 550 magnums all weigh from about 10 to 11 lb.
Must be the variations in density with individual walnut stock blanks to begin with.
this prompted me to go weigh my CZ 550 375 H&H and it weighs in at right around 9.2 pounds unloaded.
I find it strange that the weight would vary by that much... does the same kind of wood very by that much?
-matt
Velo Dog, yes Ruger should make African model with some nice details, but the idea with a falling block single rifle is that is light and easy to carry for many hoers, what is the reason to have a 11-12 lbs weapon with one shot capacity, then better to carry around the old double.. or ?
I agree with you Velo Dog, the guy that shoots on the range and does a dozen trips in his life carries a heavy gun. A guy that does it for a living would get sick off it.
I have a light weight .338 Win that kicks me hard, still it is nice to carry.
Yes that's sound very reasonable Velo Dog !
Best wishes,
Gordon
So Velo I think most who have hunted DG with nitro calibers would agree with your final choice. If we are going to be traditional about it, the finest DG doubles and singles built in the golden age just preceding the Great War were perfectly balanced, mechanically flawless, but hardly feather weights. The British gun makers could and would build anything for a client. But one would be hard pressed to find a hard bitten ivory hunter sipping something amber in Lado pining for an 8 or 9 lb stopping rifle. And they carried those rifles for leagues and leagues. When it came to putting a couple of rounds in the sticking place, the last thing they needed to do was undouble their vision. What they did need to do was rock slightly forward out of recoil and deliver that second round fast and accurately. My question remains. Has anyone honestly lit off a .577 0r .505 from an 8 1/2 pound rifle? Not sure how far I'd want to walk, however comfortably, for that opportunity. And Velo you are correct - this aging process largely sucks. Only so many good seasons left.