Dangerous Game Rifle build suggestions?
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20" barrel 416 Ruger with a McMillan stock. it's all set up ready to go. Warne QD rings, optic of your choice (maybe an illuminated reticle or scope that features a red dot in the center of the reticle for fast target acquisition)
My 458 wm is a interarms mark x action. 26.6" douglas barrel. Custom hand checkered stock with inlays.
My next will be a 416 taylor. A much lighter and shorter gun. I was planning a savage 110 action and shilen barrel wrapped in a laminated stock however lately ive been thinking of using a zastava action.
Itll sport express sights. Quick detach scope mounts.
The 400hh is another option on my mind as well
My next will be a 416 taylor. A much lighter and shorter gun. I was planning a savage 110 action and shilen barrel wrapped in a laminated stock however lately ive been thinking of using a zastava action.
Itll sport express sights. Quick detach scope mounts.
The 400hh is another option on my mind as well
Didn’t one of them almost get Buzz Charlton killed?
I was thinking the same thing. Looks like a rifle that was made to carry in and around thick bush. But the damn handle on the wrong side.
After playing around with and hunting a few DGRs, my thoughts on ideal wouldnt seem all that foreign to anyone that has ever seen a factory M70 in .458. Mine evolved a bit, turning first into a .458 Lott then into a 11 shot , AI magged Frankienrifle culling machine. I sort of regret that last part now, but its reversible.
The Lott rechamber, box, bolt-stop, ejector mod is well worth it if only for getting away from hyper-compaction on very enthusiastic loads. Loads that push the bullet back out are less than optimum. Bedding in Devcon wouldn't be worth mentioning, except that split stocks are so very worth mentioning when they happen. A front sight on a barrel band seemed unnecessary until my front sight came off in the middle of a high volume buffalo population control hunt. If it can happen to me, it can happen to you. The fact that they exist at all suggest that it isn't the first time. Ditto for one piece soldered on rear express sights. Good thing I like scopes. A Limbsaver Nitro pad to stretch the stock a bit also serves the dual purpose of lessening the chance of breaking off a piece of the operator.
If someone were to take that basic theme and McMillan it up; it might make a Mozambique monsoon, or leaky boat ride on the Zambezi less traumatic for the rifle. Nothing much is going to ease the strain on the owner.
Judicious use of stainless steel and Cerokote sure wouldn't hurt if that's your idea of a good time.
The Lott rechamber, box, bolt-stop, ejector mod is well worth it if only for getting away from hyper-compaction on very enthusiastic loads. Loads that push the bullet back out are less than optimum. Bedding in Devcon wouldn't be worth mentioning, except that split stocks are so very worth mentioning when they happen. A front sight on a barrel band seemed unnecessary until my front sight came off in the middle of a high volume buffalo population control hunt. If it can happen to me, it can happen to you. The fact that they exist at all suggest that it isn't the first time. Ditto for one piece soldered on rear express sights. Good thing I like scopes. A Limbsaver Nitro pad to stretch the stock a bit also serves the dual purpose of lessening the chance of breaking off a piece of the operator.
If someone were to take that basic theme and McMillan it up; it might make a Mozambique monsoon, or leaky boat ride on the Zambezi less traumatic for the rifle. Nothing much is going to ease the strain on the owner.
Judicious use of stainless steel and Cerokote sure wouldn't hurt if that's your idea of a good time.
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I'd better post a couple of photos of my M-70 before Dogleg steals the show.
Barrel cut to 21"
LOP 13.5" with Decelerator recoil pad,
Near Alpha mount which I swapped for a rail so I could put a bit more space between me and the ocular,
Nightforce 1-4x30,
Sling swivel stud of radius of the forend tip,
Galco Safari Ching Sling,
Bedded.
Barrel cut to 21"
LOP 13.5" with Decelerator recoil pad,
Near Alpha mount which I swapped for a rail so I could put a bit more space between me and the ocular,
Nightforce 1-4x30,
Sling swivel stud of radius of the forend tip,
Galco Safari Ching Sling,
Bedded.
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You mean this one? I wouldn't go straight to gem, but it might be the only one there is around.
