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In more sense than one, I am afraid...   You know that old shanty...  "I have sailed with Cewe once before, And I think I know her well, If a man's a sailor he will get along, And if not, then he's sure in hell." (wearing a bikini, Cewe must be a she, right?  )Oh, this thread predicts us all for a bad end. What is it in the 9.3x66 that makes people so frivoulous (sp?)?  Regards, Martin  ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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 I am sorry to bring this off topic but I cant stand your ideas about how to get to Africa any longer. There is in my point of view one and only one way to get there. Tickets will be available shortly.  We will be cruisÃng the canals of europe! | |||
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I´ll drop Erkki a line but I suspect that Marterius is right in his assumption. My .416 Rigby is built on the L61 and functions nicely -boha keeps pointing out that it is push feed which I know thank you very much. A very nice gun, boha is actually redoing the stoch and finish as we speak. A Viking boat? We´ll scare the shit out of Bob! | |||
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The right action for the 9.3x66 must be a Sako Mauser with the FN-made 98 action... I know one for sale here in Sweden for about $ 300.  Regards, Martin ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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Marterius: That Sako sounds like a good buy...too bad I´m not buying at the moment. I´d be sort of interested in a 9.3x70 but do I need it? No. | |||
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I thank you kindly for this Commission! I am after all the only one on these forums who can sail me own tall ship DOWNHILL (or is it downwater??) As I understand it from up here in the frozen north it is all downhill to Africa  Hold fast! Avast! | |||
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Boha: Any fool knows that it´s downhill all the way to the Equator where it levels out a bit and then it´s downhill again. Could you please practise going uphill so we can get back home? | |||
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I most certainly will not, Mr Cewe. I will arm my boat with cartridges aimed at explosives, like Bogart did in the film, and gloriousely attack the Zimbabwean Navy. That, Sir, is the proper thing to do. Where is their Naval base to be found? By the way, Marterius, did you acctually know that a song about Cewe was concieved in the deepest part of the Northern Province back in -03? I might try to remember it.. Capt. Boha, downhill Navigator | |||
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Boha: Not preparing for the home journey is a defeatist attitude and implies that we will not be returning home shrouded in glory! The Zimbabwean Navy Base should be close to water, of that I´m sure. | |||
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Boha, Nice boat! I like the rigging. The sail looks a little tired, but then so do we. I have been signing up able bodied crew members:  My daughter has volunteered to be master at arms:  The hell with going back to the frozen North. We will burn our boats on the beach. lawndart  | |||
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What's your point? LD | |||
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Lawndart: No point, just thinking. Is that really your daughter? | |||
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cewe, It's a joke! When I see a new rifle Lois asks if I will buy it. I say I don't need it. She says, "What's your point?", as in "what does need have to do with whether or not you buy a new rifle." Sorry, American slang. That is my adopted daughter. She was a bit rudderless when she first came into the clinic. Lois and I took an interest in her, became god parents, and helped her with boundaries and direction in life. She is now doing very well in college, and works in the Air National Guard. After school she will try for a pilot position flying A-10 "Warthogs" or C-130 "Hercules" trash haulers. She is a wonderful kid. She calls that Glock 9mm, "baby". LD | |||
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Do you think Marrs has any idea how often she shows up on the 'Net? Just last week her African hunting pictures were being posted on another board. Some folks really liked her Leopard.  | |||
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Boha, I very much like the lines of that boat. The picture makes me think of Juhani Aho and his stories about fishing for pike in the archipelago. I guess it must have looked something like that? Regards, Martin ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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A quotation from your stepdaughter? Or a fond memory of your own childhood days? She sounds and looks like a great girl anyway! When our ship is burned, she can fly us all home from Africa in a Hercules, and we might even be able to bring our trophies with us - there would at least be room for must of them in a C-130. ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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As a child my favorite activities always revolved around making things go bang. Those harmless oursuits will get a kid thrown in jail these days. I have been a "bad influence" on the kids according to relatives and neighbors. So long as they kept their grades up in school, I never cared if they actually went to class. They all learned to drive as soon as their feet could reach the pedals (we taped blocks on for Ashleigh because she didn't want to wait). Rochelle will make for a good transport pilot. She plays well with others and is good about following the rules. LD | |||
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Posted by Charles Helm:
How old is the young lady? She looks about fifteen to me, but I can't tell ages from pictures. The picture with the deer appeared in my e-mail in box yesterday. LD | |||
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She is older than that, but I do not know exactly how old. In her twenties if I am not mistaken, but I am not a good judge of these things. It is irrelevant in my case, but as she is a Texan there are a number of younger men than me down here following her career with great interest. This is the family ranch. Just to keep this on topic:  | |||
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Wow, what a beautiful trophy! Great mane, nice form. Nice Zebra too.  Free 500grains | |||
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A little late to worry about that on this thread  . | |||
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I thought we were talking 9.3x66 again. Silly me. Wombat are you out there? how is your new project progressing/ malcolm56 | |||
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Wombat's sticking point is getting 9,3 x 66 brass. If anybody know where we can get unmarked 30-06 basic brass, I'll pop for some forming dies. I'm hopin that Norma will make some 9,3 x 66 brass. If not, we may be able to go in on a bulk buy from Sako. Huntingtons is trying to get some brass in as well. I'm with Malcom Wombat. Can you post some pictures of your progress. I'll do so also. I guess we are officially back on track. lawndart | |||
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Lawndart (and to whom else it may concern): I just got word from Erkki on the OAL info. They had planned on a 87mm OAL but that wouldn´t fit in the Sako 75 IV action so that had to shorten it. This of course affects case capacity but using VV N550 they are able to get a 250gr bullet moving +800m/s (they´re using Barnes bullets specially made with a deeper set crimp groove). PM me for the exact loads -at your own risk. Erkki also said that you don´t actually need a new reamer, just use the 9.3x62 reamer and deepen the cut by 4mm:s. As I am techically disinclined I´ll leave this to you guys. Back on track. Can we get back to the women now? Who´s the blond? Can I have her please? | |||
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If Norma should market 9.3x66 brass they would probably be made by Sako, or perhaps Norma is making the brass for Sako as it is, or perhaps Lapua will make the brass for all of them... Norma makes brass for a lot of others, including the ones above and Federal, Winchester, Kynoch and RWS - and of course Weatherby. Probably Hirtenberg as well, since Norma is ownd by RUAG Ammotech and Hirtenberg is a part of that constellation. I am pretty sure also it works the other way round in many cases (no pun intended). Regards, Martin ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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Hmmmmm, This is not good. I have also start to thinking about rechamber my Husqvarna 1600 Special to 9,3x66 and if one can use the 9,3x62 reamer it would be a piece of a cake. Or shall one go for the 9,3mm Norma Magnum instead? (.358 N M Necked up) | |||
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Marterius, The Hirtenberg plant is closed down. Norma and RWS makes the Hirtenberg cases as you wrote. Norma makes RWS new .404 cases nowadays and Norma makes most of the GECO cases. Norma has constructed and made ALL .338 Lapua Magnum cases | |||
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This is all very confusing - Lapua is Norma and Hirtenberg is part of something, Federal is Norma and Sako is...Barnes? If you think about it this is kind of strange, like the trolls on these forums, who are someone else..  The question arises... Am I me? Boha | |||
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I think we will eventually find out that Elvis and JFK are making them all... Regards, Martin ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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Ok! Regards, Martin ----------------------- A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition. - R. Kipling | |||
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Still waiting for the cases! Australia I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of drought and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror The wide brown land for me! | |||
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Wombat: Don´t hold your breath while waiting, I have it from good sources that prodution is lagging on the cases. They will be around but not very soon. ôve checked with suppliers all over Scandinavia and the cases are on back order from Sako. | |||
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Where's all the Scandanavian lovelies you are going to take as crew. From my experience they love shedding their "skin" when the sun comes out. | |||
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Head of the Keelson Cleaning Squad Ms Linda Lampelius Finland (thats wy she wear these long boots -made of rubber of course ) | |||
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Her name is Marrs Bowman, the second part would be up to you. But I think you will have to move to San Antonio or at least some part of Texas to woo her. Back to African hunting:  | |||
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Ms Linda Lampenius...victim of silicon and I don´t mean the valley. A very good violinist but pretty tragic as a person. This Ms Bowman looks like a healthy young lady! Anybody know if she goes for middleaged fat guys?  | |||
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That is not consistent with my admittedly limited information. | |||
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by cewe: Ms Linda Lampenius...but pretty tragic as a person. QUOTE] So am I  | |||
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Want to find out? | |||
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Boha: Thanks for returning me to reality...asshole | |||
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