Recent content by Taj

Cape buffalo at about 20 feet and an "F Troop" gang banger with a knife at 3 feet.

buzby, I shoot gelatin for a living these days and have done over 150 shoots to the FBI protocol. Bullets that meet the performance standards of the protocol may very well work in a bear defense situation.... but they may not. 10% ballistic gelatin is a great media for bullet testing because (if...

My fav is an old Win Pre64 Featherweight in .30-06. Bought it when I was 19 years old. It has been to Africa 4 times and always closes the deal. I do have a rifle I'm in the process of building right now which may or may not turn out to be my favorite. See attached photo. I've put a lot of...

You guys are all correct, however I'm going to stay with my model 29 5". Auto stuffers under most conditions are extremely reliable but after teaching firearms for almost 40 years at a POST certified academy, I can tell you that they still do, in fact, have the occasional stoppage even in...

I also saw this Ron Spomer interview with Phil. Phil is definitely an experienced outdoorsman and guide. I guess his reasoning for carrying a 9 muther-muther as a bear defense gun is his decision to make, but it's hard to imagine it being a first choice for anyone. At least he had the right...

Geez, I need to check my spelling. Sorry guys.

That being said, I've seen plenty of factory and some custom rifles that look like they were crowned with a pocket knife.

Those bears will probably get fat eating those Birkenstock wearing, Subaru driving folks in Washington. ;)

I clean all my brass in a rotating tumbler with Organ TU which is a commercial, organic liguid used by production machine shops for just that purpose. I rinse off the brass then tumble them in dry corncob, which does a great job of getting all the moisture out. Been doing this for many years...

My bear spray has lead in it. When I worked for S&W I used to call on the Alaska State Troopers. They did a lot of studies/research on bear spray. That's why they carries a 12 bore loaded with Brennekes.

Had much rather buy older quality used guns, than some of the junk that is out there today. You just have to know what to look for and buy older stuff with a good rep. Pre64 Model 70s, older S&W revolvers and early series 70 1911's. (some later series 70's had some real issues) I call them "guns...

Clip!!!!????? Wow. Who makes a shotgun that uses clips?? Can yo imagine trying to load a magazine with a 12 ga stripper. Need a super thumb. ;)

Brother don't you know!! It's called the "Accuracy JuJu". If you get closer yo can hear the words. I hear that some even have chicken bones in their pockets.

I really like RE 7 and had really good velocity and accuracy. I have a bunch of .45-70's. I'm sure some of the other powders will perform as well, but I still have a few cans of it sitting in the powder magazine so I'll stay with it. I even took a Sharps to Africa on one of my trips and managed...

When Robby Barkman worked for McMillan they did a little testing on crown angles. he told me that they took a rifle of know accuracy and proceeded to put a bunch of different crown angles on it and shot it. They found that the angle made zero difference as long as it was done correctly. I've...