Recent content by 416rigby

Don't be scared now---ahahah I have had great luck with 2 near new Eastman A-2s hiding removed patch sewing holes by just washing in a front loader on delicate and drying about 1/2 way on low in a dryer. This is also the way I have taken the "new" out of the same jackets. Just me, but I have...

This is my '20s Springer 9.3X74r

Posted this rifle here before but the spirits were with me and while going thru old papers I found the missing "letter". Sent from the PH to his broker and forwarded on to me shortly after I purchased the rifle some 25 years ago.

Just depends on my mood-

On the left a newer Searcy 470 NE on the right a 20's Johann Springer 9.3X74R

The wife and I ready for the veldt.

When I took up Celestial Navigation I learned there are only 2 correct places for one's sextant, in one's own hand and in the case. For my rifles the same rules apply.

Off to the veldt today for some load testing. I'm pushing 68 but my VA Doc says not to put off gettin' stuff Ya like, got quite a bit of Dioxin in my old system.

A 9.3X74r fits the bill of not too big not too small. Full patch nearly the same ballistics as the .375 H&H and the long slim case can be loaded down as low as Ya want to go. Prvi Partizan jacked bullets are only about .35 ea, and there is always hard cast even cheaper. My 1920s Springer was...

Top, my new Searcy 470 NE. Yet to shoot it, some of my reloading stuff must be caught in the great back East snow storm hahah Bottom my 1920 Yohann Springer 9.3X74r. I had great luck in developing a regulating load, second try and it shoots as good as I can hold at 50yds. Hope the 470 goes as...

"He even took the gramophone on safari. Three rifles, supplies for a month and Mozart." "you've changed your hair"

What really comes home to this old soldier is the un ashamed recognition and acceptance of severe PTSD

Just post WWI what a grand look!

.416 Rigby, Ruger RSM with extensive home action and wood work and home grown rear site.

1920 Johann Springer 9.3 X 74r double