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PPuddle replied to the thread DG calibers/energy laws versus rifle competency.Regs in RSA are a bit more granular than that. The national parks / reserves perhaps require the minimum equivalent of what the .375 H&H...
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PPuddle reacted to Ku-winda's post in the thread Water Buffalo from Down Under pedestal mount with
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Got a call from Matt Otten (Otten Brothers Taxidermy, Pipe Creek, Texas) earlier in the week, indicating he had finished my water... -
P@Puddle If you long throated the barrel as well you can seat the bullets out further and get more powder in for even higher velocities...
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PPuddle replied to the thread The .257 Roberts thread.If it is a LA, then you're sitting pretty with options opened up for you, especially if you handload. The LA magazine box will...
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PPuddle replied to the thread Case gauge for 9.3x62mm?.Not quite. More like Wison's Chamber Length Gauge: No worries though, as I went ahead and bought Hornady's HS gauge kit. Now my 9.3mm...
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PPuddle replied to the thread The 308, 30-06, 7x57 Conundrum.For those relying on the 220 grain Core-lokts, are you using the factory ammo or pulling bullets and working up your own load? The...
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PPuddle replied to the thread The .257 Roberts thread.Is that current Hawkeye you bought in a medium, or long action?
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PPuddle replied to the thread Has Anyone Seen "Heym's Small Frame 89".If you find a link to the "Small Frame" then please post it. All up at 9lbs? Hmmm, just a touch too light for me. All up and ready to...
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PPuddle replied to the thread .30-06, 180gr Bullets, favorite powder?.Thru multiple 180 grain cup-core, and bonded bullets including A-Frame and Northfork I've relied on H4350. BTW, the 165-grain load...
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PPuddle reacted to Sjakon's post in the thread SAAM Safari School on FTX Ranch, Texas report with
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SAAM Safari Course: 15-18 February 2025 Arriving I flew into Houston 2 days earlier from Singapore, so the jet lag was still bad. There... -
PPuddle replied to the thread 375 H&H help.Federal loads the A-Frame to an OAL of 3.570" - 3.575", which is just below the cannelure. I load mine to an OAL of 3.590" only because...
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PPuddle replied to the thread EU ammo lead ban updates.It will last until the first-round crosses NATO airspace flying East to West me thinks ...
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PYou’ve got to love Geoff’s persistence !
