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  1. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    If you're seriously planning on hunting dangerous game or going to Africa, then get a 375. If not, then a 30-06 will take care of everything else, from woodchucks to moose. It will easily handle all plains game in Africa except perhaps eland. It will easily handle non-angry grizzlies. It's...
  2. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    You know the one that might be even better than 30-06? One that is a real red headed step child, that gets no respect, but has tons of cheap ammo always cluttering up catalogs and website? That has a ton of different loads and velocities available? That has loads of great cheap rifles loaded...
  3. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    3-4 years ago these Huskies were all over the place - whole websites were devoted to disposing of them. I've seen 30-40 at a time for sale on a single website. Then they all dried up - now you'll find one or two here or there but nothing like the "good old days". Ahhh...remember 2009? Those...
  4. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    As much fun as I have playing with different loads, the answer to that question is always going to be 30-06.
  5. wellofsouls

    Ammunition boots

    When I was in The Old Guard in Washington DC in the 80's, we did the same thing with our "spits" - the term for our best pair of leather low quarter shoes. I was in an elite unit and it wasn't uncommon for us and the Tomb Guards to spend a whole weekend on our shoes - heavily lubricated with...
  7. wellofsouls

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    Don't know if anyone's watching but there seem to be several safari jackets on ebay now - Filson and Ralph Lauren and Hunting World - at fire sale prices. No connection to me. Maybe they're on the outs now. I know the wool plaid stuff is sky high thanks to all the urban lumberjacks.
  8. wellofsouls

    How do you stay inspired during uninspiring times?

    My point exactly.
  9. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    He's a very talented machinist and really understands claw mount geometry, but I think once you get into soldering ribs you quickly winnow the field down to a very few guys. I'd send my DR to NECG, and have them do a traditional job. (For a traditional price!)
  10. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    Thanks! I got a (new) Weaver K-2.5 for it, and now you just about can't get those. I have seen a couple but they're matte finished. I also scored a Griffin and Howe sidemount with a minty Lyman Alaskan in it from a feller on Nitro Express, and can't decide what to put it on. I'm thinking a...
  11. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    Well, this is true - I forgot temporarily we were talking about a .318 and was getting out into "iron sight advice" land in my mind. I am buying up bags of the Hornady 200 grain soft points from Graf and also from Buffalo Arms - they're nice bullets and I'm sure will be great hunting rounds. I...
  13. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    Do you handload? Might be a solution, or a partial one anyway. I understand the old Kynoch stuff was a few hundred fps slower, although I doubt that would give you 12" at 100 yards... I love that Greener...sweet lines. I thought it was a Jeffery at first, looking at the shape of the grip...
  14. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    "Where's Renault? Where's my rifle?? Where's all the GIN???" :eusa_doh:
  15. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    And this is in the works - another 1909 Argentine action that is destined to become a .318 Westley Richards (that greatest of calibers :eusa_clap). It has a copy of Rigby's adjustable cocking piece rear sight. Waiting on the barrel to come from Krieger then we're off to the races.
  16. wellofsouls

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    Never forget Rule 303! Here is a photo of my two best rifles - a Sedgley in 30-06 complete with original scope, and a newly made 7mm Mauser I had made up on an Argentine action. If I was going out for plains game, I'd be hard pressed to leave either one of them in camp.
  17. wellofsouls

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Breaking Bad!! (Better tread lightly, Hank!)
  19. wellofsouls

    How do you stay inspired during uninspiring times?

    I'm new around here, but I think about this a good bit. As I go into middle age (48) I work hard to NOT become the insufferable curmudgeon my dad is. I try to stay optimistic and cheerful, and not imagine that all the good stuff stops with me. Two things keep me on the straight and...
  20. wellofsouls

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    I don't believe W&G were doing that well - I think Avedon said he aspired to doing 80-100 million a year once the company hit its stride - it was still solidly profitable in the 20-40 million a year neighborhood though. Still not profitable enough to make it worth keeping, apparently...
  21. wellofsouls

    A Safari Jacket Potpourri.....lots of pics

    They've been there for 130 years - I wonder if they used to be full-line safari outfitters alog the lines of Abercrombie and Fitch.
  22. wellofsouls

    A Safari Jacket Potpourri.....lots of pics

    Eddie Bauer safari jacket First post here - just wanted to direct attention to Eddie Bauer's Safari Hunter's jacket - it's on clearance on their website. It's sized very large - go down one size. It's a really solid, very well engineered jacket. Lots of thought went into it. I am...

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