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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
... and I doubt any 404 owners (which is funny, 404 is a techincal code for "not found") have either

jeffe

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Originally posted by Will:
Backwards is probably the only use for Sierra bullets.

Jeffe,

Hmmm....a Taylor for 250 bucks. I'll send an action and a check, you send me back a working Taylor?

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So Canooke what say you about that...all this cockamamie excuses you have come up with along with a mirage of misquotes and what ifs...

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BTW, I would never recommend a 10.75x68 to anyone, never have,

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if you hunt africa with a wildcat, you ought to have your head examined.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
I WILL DEFEND WITH MY VERY LIFE YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR OPINNION!!!!!!!!!! thats the cowboy way you see!

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Originally posted by Canuck:

Being a died-in-the-wool redneck from the backwoods of Canada,

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Originally posted by Will:
I just made (so to speak) a drop belly floorplate for the Taylor, so it will hold four down. A plastic version that could be used by a machinist to make a steel version.

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Originally posted by Will:
Ray,

You know and I know that most of this stuff is hooey. We just need to remind ourselves of that sometimes, and not take it too seriously.

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Originally posted by Hansel:
Not to disparage any one individual. As I read some of the above posts by the purists, “expertsâ€, and dare I say “elitists†who speak in fake English accents. I realize that I will never be a true “hunter†no matter how many animals I slay for the following reasons:
1. I do not hunt with a .404 Jeffery DGR, or a hand built $10,000 work of art with African pedigree and papers to match; stocked in Bastone Walnut with a 20 coat hand-rubbed oil finish. Instead more often than not I hunt with simple rifles like my Mark X based .416 Taylor with Peep sights and a 22in. barrel, it is compact and I am not afraid to ding it up.
2. I do not hunt with a pre 64 Winchester model 70, or a Mauser with an original Obendorf action. I choose to use as my field guns, weapons based on pitiful CZ 550 and Mark X actions. How they feed; and don’t blow up each time I pull the trigger only the gods know.
3. I don’t use hand-turned Naval Bronze Premium bullets that cost $1.88 apiece. Instead, I use cheap Speer 350gr.and Barnes 300, 350 and 400gr. bullets. Hardly up to the standards of the magical killing .404 Jeffery loaded with a 400gr. Solid at a magical killing velocity of 2,150 ft/sec. (BTW. My Taylor will only push a 400 gr. bullet at 2,315 ft/sec from its 22 in barrel).
4. I don’t own a Ziess, Kahales, Schmidt and Bender, or even a Leopold scope. I use a Redfield; or more often than not, a Williams’s peep sight on my Taylor.
5. I don’t wear Safari clothing when I hunt! In fact I don’t even own a pair of Buffalo hide boots, or shooting sticks. Shockingly, I confess to not owning a Pith hat or a broad brimmed bush hat. I tend to dress comfortably for the season, terrain, and climate.
However, I have been blessed to have hunted, lo these many years, game animals far dumber, and less resilient than those hunted by some members of the board. Only this could explain my success in hunting over the years, and the animals’ willingness to die in front of my front sights. This however does not change the fact that as I stand in your collective shadows; I am left chanting “I’m not worthy†while I bow to your presence.

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Originally posted by 500grains:

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Originally posted by Canuck:

Being a died-in-the-wool redneck from the backwoods of Canada,

dyed-in-the-wool

ADJECTIVE: Thoroughgoing; out-and-out.

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Originally posted by Canuck:

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Originally posted by 500grains:

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Originally posted by Canuck:

Being a died-in-the-wool redneck from the backwoods of Canada,

dyed-in-the-wool

ADJECTIVE: Thoroughgoing; out-and-out.

I used the Canadian spelling...yah, that's it...

That's what I get for typing to fast! Thanks for the free correction 500grains. I usually have to pay to get a lawyer to check my spelling/grammar.

Cheers,
Canuck

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Originally posted by Sabot:

A 350 grain Woodleigh in a 375 RUM at 2700 fps vs a 400 gr anyting in the 416s is a toss up vs DG. For ALLother applications the RUM is better, so what's the issue?

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
SAmBubba,
Unfortunatly all those gun scribes you mentioned had very little African experience..Charlie shot a lot of plainsgame for several years running and Elmer shot a few elephants...There are seveal folks on this board that have hunted a good deal more than your chosen experts, self included...You need to start reading Man Magnum, Hartari times, thats where the real African gun scribes hang out, and a few of them like Ganyana post regularly here on AR, along with a number of PHs!

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Originally posted by 500grains:

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Originally posted by Sabot:

A 350 grain Woodleigh in a 375 RUM at 2700 fps vs a 400 gr anyting in the 416s is a toss up vs DG. For ALLother applications the RUM is better, so what's the issue?

Actually there are quite a few people who think 2700 fps is too fast for DG, and that better results are to be had between 2100 fps and 2400 fps. And there are people who believe that a larger cross sectional area is better, so in their eyes a .416 will always be better than a .375.