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Originally posted by mrlexma:
Perhaps a pre-frontal lobotomy might explain it?

JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.

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Originally posted by JudgeG:

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Originally posted by mrlexma:
Perhaps a pre-frontal lobotomy might explain it?

No, I think he might have had the earlier operation reversed.

Actually, if Shootaway was a troll, he was quite clever at it. I think he probably is/was a nice guy, just very different. Didn't he actually go to Africa and report on it, with pictures and all?

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Originally posted by SIR MAUSER:
I'm fairly new to AR, and have become quite addicted. Never been to Africa, but love reading you posts, etc. Have scrolled back couple of years and stumbled upon shootaway. Find myself reading many of his posts - hard to explain. Entertainment? Wondering why he left?

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"If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982

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"They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm." Dorothy Parker

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Originally posted by jetdrvr:

Dealing with him was always entertaining. He was remarkably obtuse, but he was enthusiastic.

I gained some repsect for him when he finally did his successful buff hunt, even though he did burn out a barrel on his Lott working up loads and shooting in near darkness and sub-freezing temperatures. I miss having him around.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
Nice of everyone to think of me.I am shooting my Lott and getting ready to make my next shooting video.I'll post it in the big bore section when I am done.I am also looking forward to hunting again in africa and making my next trip even better.I find that my trip has had a positive effect and put alot more life into me.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
to put some real life into you, i suggest that you make your next hunt a leopard with dogs affair and use a scoped .300 win mag that you stated was the ideal weapon for such a hunt. i think you would be in for some real excitement and quite possibly a life altering experience.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
to put some real life into you, i suggest that you make your next hunt a leopard with dogs affair and use a scoped .300 win mag that you stated was the ideal weapon for such a hunt. i think you would be in for some real excitement and quite possibly a life altering experience.

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Originally posted by jetdrvr:
You probably won't do that chasing leopard with dogs in Namibia.

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Posted 15 February 2008 23:41 Hide Post
Once a buff gets a look at my Satterlee 458 Lott rifle with whole integral barrel,double square bridge action,integral bolt handle,and engraving,it it sure to DROP DEAD ON THE SPOT! No CHEAP stuff here.It should be ready in a few months.I hope I get it before my RENDEZVOUS with AFRICA,the Masai and the great CAPE BUFFALO.

Posted 19 November 2008 18:38 Hide Post
All copper bullets are really hard on the rifling.The best bullet is a SwiftAFrame of the RIGHT WEIGHT.I think Nosler was right when he said "you need the right lead core to perform on big game" Lead jacketed bullets, constructed the right way, expand much quicker and greater than monometals.

Posted 05 October 2008 20:42 Hide Post
Nice hunt Mike.I might try TSX bullets next time.Glad to see they worked well.

Posted 31 October 2008 06:40 Hide Post
I have not owned a 338 WinMag,but so far the 300Win Mag is the best all around North American cartridge in my book.My father once congradulated me on finding the best cartridge and bullet(180TSX) for caribou.

Posted 15 November 2008 05:12 Hide Post
I would not shoot anything made in 1910.

Posted 15 November 2008 03:52 Hide Post
I was told by a famous guild gunsmith/gunmaker that FUNCTIONALLY there is NO difference between a CZ 550 action and ANY other more expensive action.So,my second custom project will be with a the CZ action I sent him.He has built rifles with GMA and more expensive actions.

Posted 15 November 2008 04:59 Hide Post
I don't believe in powder measurers or throwers.I always use a plastic spoon and a aluminum funnel to measure my charges.I know all my loads are as accurate as hell and it cost me less.

Posted 08 March 2008 04:12
I just got back from the range after shooting the Lott.I put a sand bag between the stock and my shoulder because I loaded around max on some loads and didn't know what to expect.It was a cloudy day just a few hours before another expected snow storm.The target at 100yds was barely visible and I wondered if I would hit it or not.This may sound strange but I was shooting with instictlike Star Wars.I will post the load and velocity of various single rds I fired.I was not shooting groups but used this session to determine velocities and make more sensible loads.After firing the rds and depriming,I checked the primer pocket of every round.I found the Reloader 7 loads to have stretched the primer pockets so much that I could insert a magnum primer with my finger without effort.I suspect Reloader 7 was the load also responsible for the loose primer pockets of my 458WM.I will no longer use Reloader 7 for ANY further shooting.All other loads had no noticeable change to their primer pockets.Here is todays

Posted 10 November 2008 04:51 Hide Post
The Ruger bolt action 458 Lott has nearly 6000ftlbs of energy with the recoil of a 300wm.Plus,you get to shoot a 500gr bullet.

Posted 07 November 2008 05:18 Hide Post
I use the naturally occuring scope called the brain combined with open sights for hunting.

Posted 09 October 2008 01:50 Hide Post
Inherent accuracy=308Win,300WinMag,7mmRmag,300RUM. Inherently inaccurate=270Win,3006,270WSM and other garbage.

Posted 08 October 2008 04:00 Hide Post
In North America,only people who hunt with the 300WM or 300RUM know about hunting and anything else.

Posted 17 March 2008 17:57 Hide Post
Pressures in the big bore cartridges,although they may be the same as medium caliber cartridges, last longer since the speed of the bullet is less.This is the reason,I think for the enlarged primer pockets.

Posted 18 March 2008 01:08 Hide Post
I agree that I am over pressure.I said so in one of the posts above.I have in NO WAY denied that.I reached this conclusion from my load tests performed above.What in the world makes you think I ignored that? Are you drunk?

Posted 03 April 2008 02:04 Hide Post
Here is a picture of how the Woodleigh solids keyholed on the target today.The first two pics show the 500gr FMJ and the third shows the 550gr FMJ. It seems that after firing around 150 rds mostly TSX and FMJ the rifling has eroded to the point that it can no longer get a grip and spin these bullets.

Posted 04 April 2008 23:15 Hide Post

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
shoo, thataway ...
STOP CLEANING your barrel so much.. the JB does erode barrels.

I have shot HUNDREDS if not thousands of 458 solids in varius barrels..

they dont' errode the barrel
jeffe

Why doesn't it erode my 308 barrels? jeffeoso,I don't believe you ever shot any solids. I also have not come across anyone with as much rifle shooting experience as myself.jeffeoso,STOP SHOOTING THE CRAP! If you think you no so much,I'll challenge you to a 100yd offhand big bore shoot.The fastest most accurate shooting wins.Surely if you shot thousands of solids you should whoop my ass.I'll challenge any smartass here!

Posted 04 April 2008 23:40 Hide Post
Remember,when SHOOTAWAY shoots they fall with the CRACK OF THE SHOT! NO SWING AND MISS here,just a SURE hit!

Posted 04 April 2008 23:57 Hide Post
Robgunbuilder doesn't come across as a smartass.I believe jeffeoso has never shot a solid.

osted 05 April 2008 00:21 Hide Post
jeffeoso,we'll have the match some time. I am know looking forward to getting out more often in the sunshine weather and maybe a vacation by the sea in a super hot country in July.

Posted 09 April 2008 00:51 Hide Post
Most of you have one thing in common and that is you know nothing about shooting rifles.You also have no desire to learn either.

Posted 10 April 2008 03:32 Hide Post
RIP,I am not going to stroke that barrel much longer.I will get the rifle rebarrelled instead..

Posted 12 April 2008 01:22 Hide Post
I noticed a reduction in velocity between new and reused cases, with the resized cases giving lower velocities.

Posted 20 April 2008 18:44 Hide Post
The creep or travel on the CZ trigger has gotten really bad after a couple of hundred rounds. This is a trigger that can't stand up to recoil.

Posted 21 April 2008 19:22 Hide Post
Metalsmith,aside from the feeding problem and there fragile trigger there is nothing wrong with a CZ 550 rifle.

Posted 21 April 2008 21:05 Hide Post
Pegleg,the barrel never got hot.The way I see it is that for a magnum catridge rifle to shoot accurately the bore has to be like new.From my experience with the Lott,I feel that copper bullets and hard jacketed solids are extremely hard on the lands.The Lott is capable of shooting solids accurately only when its bore is like new.

Posted 25 August 2007 19:30
Are the powders listed in reloading manuals by a manufacturer, for a specific bullet tested,the only powders tested for that bullet,or are they the best performing powders of various others tested?

Posted 25 August 2007 20:26 Hide Post
I have seen different powders tested for the 270WSM in some manuals that were not included in others.

Posted 25 August 2007 23:28 Hide Post
To give an example,Reloader 25 is used in the Swift manual for the 270WSM 140gr bullet but it is not used in the Barnes data for their 140TSX.Has Barnes tried R25?

Posted 24 November 2008 03:09
It had a slightly loose front guard screw but it's still shooting good. I believe that the loose front screw caused the point of impact to shift upward several inches.I corrected the problem before I discovered the loose screw by using another leaf on my sights.Today I loaded W748 and 500gr Woodleigh FMJ bullets and shot from a rest.The first three shots are on the top left of the target.I then swithed to the 100yd leaf to lower the point of impact.I then fired one shot.This is the hole below and a bit to the left of the 3 shot group.I then unscrewed the sights and shifted them to the right and fired a 2 shot group.It would be a tighter 2 shot group if I had stopped to clean the bore.I was glad to see the rifle is still capable of a good group,especially with the 500gr Woodleigh FMJ bullets.I think it is very important to check point of impact on big bores from time to time.

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You are the Andy Kaufman of African hunting.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
What happens when you suddenly meet a mean ele or lion or hippo?