-Catter
You have just made a new friend out of Ray Atkinson. He prefers open sights and express stocks. If he doesn't speak up soon, email him directly for his opinion and suggestions. This is his kind of stock.
Don
A stock that will allow you to shoot with scope and Iron sights is going to be a compromise. However, if the stock is made for you (properly) it won't be all that bad. You should be comfortable shooting with or without the scope. Felt recoil will be about the same either way.
Steve
You can shoot a scope with a low combed rifle but you cannot shoot a high combed rifle with irons, it'll tear your head off...
Its no compromise, it works and from a hunting standpoint makes no difference in your shooting...All that stuff is hype...
How much drop did that H&H have? Doesn't the drop increase the muzzle rise substantially in a heavy rifle like the 500 Jeffrey that I'm building? This might be too much trouble but if you happen to have a picture of one of your rifles with the drop you are describing, do you think you could e-mail it to me? Also, what calibers do you shoot?
-Catter
The older I get the less design and more function I require on a rifle...
This will divide the recoil comming back and going up about in half..It will absorb recoil like a sponge. In the big bores you do not want it all comming stright back or all of it going up. You gotta divide it up equally or die...With this measure you can use iron sights and scope equally as well, some will disagree, but if they bother to try it, they will be enlightened, but some never will, and they will remain in darkness
It makes nice lines and you can make the comb as sharp as a razor with no pain to the face...but most of all it is a wonderfully shootable off hand gun that handles like a 410 Boss shotgun. Thoes bloody English knew how to make a hunting rifle...
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Ray Atkinson
I have photos of all my guns that I have built and I have no means of sending photos by email right now...
BUT, I will very soon, as my wife is ragging on me to get a printer, fax, whatchamacallit gimminck that does all these things, so I'll be using Accurate loading to learn how to send photos etc...so I'll send some pictures of my rifles, animals shot, and lord knows what all....
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Ray Atkinson
I'll follow your advice in the construction of my 500 Jeffrey stock. My father and I are looking forward to booking a safari by next year. It is something he and I have been wanting to do for more years than I can remember. He wants to hunt lion, leopard, buff, and croc. and I want to hunt elephant and buff, plus some various plains game. Any input on location for the tusker?
Thanks again for the advice.
-Catter
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Don't go there on the whatchamacallits! Did you realize that one of those setups can cost as much as a rifle! It is a trick! They never stop wanting more.
Don
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Originally posted by Wildcatter:
I was reading 470 Mbogo's big bore comparative analysis web page, (good work by the way),
If I may ask:
Could you kindly post the URL ?
Many thanks,
Carcano
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Ray Atkinson