Recent content by bigjedd

I think most rifles made today are designed around a calibre/ cartridge combination and the problem with cracked stocks etc isnt as bad as it was when people modified existing rifles to do an upgrade to larger calibres etc. Of course there is exceptions to the rule when manufacturers try for...

Chas! sorry I misunderstood what you were getting at with the magazine ,however I do prefer a fixed magazine for all hunting, benchresting is a different story altogether. Chas at my age eye sight is not as good as it was but to me it is unethical to shoot game at 1000yds if you miss judge and...

So you reckon if a bear sneaks up on ya you will be able to change magazines quick enough to get it before it gets you? Why not just load for the heaviest game in the area you hunt and use it for everything. At least you will get more than one shot off cause you are already loaded.

Down Here in Australia we also must not have any ammunition in a rifle whilst in a motorised vehicle on public roads. In all the years I have been hunting I have never found it to hard to just dump the rounds from the floorplate into my hand. If a quick reload is needed it is easy to just push...

The idea of changing bullet weights in a hunting rifle is flawed. There are not many rifles that will put different weight bullets into the same impact zone, some will but not many. In a hunting rifle the best method is to pick the bullet weight that does the job in the particular calibre and...

I beleive there is no one answer for this it is horses for courses. I know of a hunter I was hunting with that walked all day only to find a nice deer and when he through the rifle up the magazine had dissapeared. Somewhere during the days stalking he had brushed the rifle against either his...

I am wearing blue socks at the moment but will try to allways wear od green or red