Recent content by KevinNC

I take a more traditional approach with 55 grs. of RE15, standard LR primers and a 250 grain Northfork semi spritzer at 2500 fps with single digit SDs. Hasn't let me down on 2 safaris and 8 animals.

H110 if you are looking for full power loads.

Thanks everyone. Looks like I can purchase it online a month or so beforehand and get it out of the way so I am not sweating arriving in CO the day before the hunt in time to buy it.

I'm hunting CO this Fall as a non-resident and the rules around requiring a hunter safety card are a bit unclear to me. I know I need to present a legible hunter safety card when I buy my license but what is not clear is what other states programs they will accept. The website says "may"...

X bolts are not an easy action to rebarrel. A lot of smiths won't even do them. I'd find a donor Rem 700, Model 70, Tikka or Bergara rather than mess with an Xbolts glued in metric threads and potential to ruin the action.

You can always take a rifle you already own, or any one you fancy used in the standard long action '06 case head and re barrel it. Mine is a 35 Whelen I sold to a guy years ago and bought back from him as a 280AI.

Largest was an Eland that was well over 1000 lbs. One of the more mangled bullets was a head on shot on a huge blue wildebeest that took out the dip in the spine before eventually stopping in the rear ham. Others were from Oryx, warthog and zebra.

A bullet that I have not seen mentioned in .358 that is absolutely fantastic is the Northfork 250 grain SS. These are the ones I have recovered from 2 safaris. Internally very similar to the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw but with the pressure relief rings. Tend to be very accurate too.

Years ago a friend and I did a test of our 600 yard line ammo for Service Rifle completion by sorting rounds that were under .003 and those over , some as bad as .006. Shooting off sandbags at dawn to avoid any wind we found sorting by runout to be an exercise in futility. No difference on target.

Fortunately there is a good supply of different manufacturers 35 Whelen brass available, even Norma makes it.

48 is not a Rem 700 clone, it has a flat bottom action. 700 scope bases are compatible and I guess triggers w/of a bolt stop.

I'm looking to solve the trigger position, does this do it?

That's a really good looking Waterbuck, congrats.

Sounds like a sales pitch. Just like every other magic bullet coating that has come and gone over the years. All have been solutions in search of a problem.

I had not thought of that. Not really a fan of an attachment, but it's worth investigating.