Well Folks,
We had another bubba shoot, and just wanted to share some of the shootin irons we used today. The 45/70 is in the pic just for boomstick!! -



(in distance from home to the shoot)
Hogkiller, Invader66, me, Rocky, Mjines, Huntingcat, Tiggertate, and Gringo Cazador on hand.

not shown - 404 jeffery, 375 HH, 376 steyr, 9,3x62 - everything but the 9,3x57, 458 SOCOM and 45/70 make all requirements for hunting dangerous game!!

and certainly qualify for DJSR ...


dangerous jug stopping rifles

I am afraid that the recoil on some of these pea shooters may have caused some foundation damage to Hog Killer's house . . . , or maybe that was the Tannerite. The reports of a 6.3 earthquake in the Huntsville Texas area are erroneous.

I'm afraid that without a 470 Mbogo its just a collection of pixels.



Canuck

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Originally posted by Canuck:
I'm afraid that without a 470 Mbogo its just a collection of pixels.



Canuck

Well Canuck, I gues you or 470Mbogo will just have to sneak down here and make a "Bubba Shoot" with your 470 Mbogo. I shot Dave's back in November at Camp Cooley. That round gets the "Bubba Seal of Approval"

Hog Killer

Man, that's a loonnnggg drive for a Yankee like me. But it sure seems like a lot of fun.

Nice collection of shooting irons, gents.

What, could only get the wives' guns out this weekend?????????

Great photo. I am heading to the range tomorrow, but won't have quite the arsenal of big bores you all have. We will be shooting a .375HH, 375RUM, 416rigby, 2 458WM.

Wow! You guys are having way to much fun while the rest of us have to work and dream about doing the same.
Frank

quote:

Well Canuck, I gues you or 470Mbogo will just have to sneak down here and make a "Bubba Shoot" with your 470 Mbogo

It's a hella long way, but I'll swing it eventually. Too much fun to miss out on.

Of course I was just teasin' about the Mbogo. That's a fine collection of thunder-sticks.

Cheers,
Canuck

I left before the picture taking started, my 404j and 375's were pop guns in that bunch.

It was a hoot. Weather was nice........it was under a hundred.

Great bunch of guys. I hadnt had that much fun since the hogs ate my litte brother

After seeing that 416 AR over the crono, kinda made me want to build one.

thanks for honoring my absence with a 45-70 and 470 a.r.

Very nice guys.

I've got to make it back to Houston for one of these.

Fellows, sorry I missed this time. I did have a good time on the river with my grand-daughter though, saw whitetails, a decent boar, a coyote and lots of Mexican eagles. Was it warm enough for everybody?

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Originally posted by boom stick:
thanks for honoring my absence with a 45-70 and 470 a.r.

Boomy,
you know the 45/70 aint a dgr, so take it as a gentle joke, nothing mean!!

Forrest,
we had a ball.. wish you had been there

jeffe

Looks like fun. Of course I'm flying to Houston tomorrow, I had to stay home for my anniversary today.

That 9.3x57 looks sweet!!!!

-Bob F.

Now, that's a ball!!
Immensly pleased to see - or not to see - any muzzle brakes!

Not many bubbas would show up at Hogkiller's with a brake (at least up to the 550 Magnum level). We'd probably get our yards papered if we did .

I thought your shoulder was supposed to be the recoil brake?

Boomstick,

shame you weren't with us over the Fathers Day weekend, you would have been personally able to define the term male multi-orgasmic!! We went to the Quigley Shoot in Forsyth, Montana. Over 518 rifle shooters gathered to shoot from 344yds (offhand) to 411yds, to 525yds, to 585yds, to 600yds, to 787yds on cross sticks and more than 300 of them were shooting 45-70's.

Rich

rich...until i am more financialy independent i will have to live vicariously through you.

jeff, i knew it was all good kid'n...

if i got upset about that i would have to check myself for ovaries...

glad you guys had some fun. wish i was there...

577nitroexpress...
i would not want a wife who could handle a 550 magnum

jeffe, on the 458AR, is that a Leica scope?
Always a treat to see the rifles you guys have on a Bubba Shoot, thanks for the pics!

Yes, an old 3.5 x 10. One of my favorites. The stock is a Clifton but obviously is due a little paint, LOL.

Thanks tigger! I have seen Lieca riflescopes only in photos. Do they still make them or like Stiener they dropped their scopes?

They were discontinued some time ago. The lenses and other parts were shipped to the USA and they were assembled by Leupold. I do not know if Leupold manufactured some of the parts as well.

At any rate, it was a short-lived partnership.

A Flash movie of the day.



Boom

Another gun Photo

Well done Gene, thanks for posting.

Mike

A new artform is born. Bubba gun kitch set to the theme music from _Gun Smoke_.

Excellent, you band of bubbas.

The 458 SOCOM, it's a 300WSM case, right?
If so, it's a rimless, rebated and improved 450 Alaskan.

The SOCOM is a unique case similar to the 50 Beowulf (which is an extended 50 AE case) but with a 7.62 x 39 rim, not .308 Win.

It single-stacks in unmodified .223 magazines and is an equivalent to the 45-70.

I think you are thinking of the Rhino series which are designed for the AR-10 rifles and will single-stack in 308 magazines IIRC but they are going to be based on shortened 500 Jeffery brass. They are in development and span from .338 to .470.

The 338 Rhino comes very close to duplicating the 338 Lapua and the 470 Rhino will match the 470 NE.

Better Photo



I can take NO credit for the movie. The wife is
the smart one here.

Yeah, I got confused. Thanks for clarifying!

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Originally posted by boom stick:
577nitroexpress...
i would not want a wife who could handle a 550 magnum

Me either, but I'd be careful in how I went about leaving her!

Hey ivader66.
What did you think of the .458 SOCOM? My brother is wanting to get one. Who's upper is on the one in the photo?

Semper Fi
USMC 86-92

the 458 socom belongs to tiggertate..
you can PM him for info, if you like

That upper was part of a group buy from Teppo Jutsu (MartyW here on AR). I don't know much except the barrel is Lothar Walther and one of the smoothest I have. No fouling at all and shoots little bitty bug holes. The flash hider is a special run by Vortex and I don't know if there are any more. Marty would know. If I had it to do again, I would opt for the forward bolt assist. Everthing else about it is peachy keen!

The SOCOM round is pretty danged versatile. Good power even with the 300 gr bullets and no special loading requirements.