Recent content by Kwixdraw

Do you have any experience with the .338 Federal? If it will do what the .338-06 will do I’d be all for it.

The cast bullet aspect is going to be the clincher in your selection. Check out Rotometals for good casting alloy and “White Label” lubes. I like their Carnuba Red which they say is good for 2700+ fps.

You would not go very far wrong with a 45-70. You would have to consider whether to go single shot or lever gun, though I have a friend who built a Chinese Mauser into a workable 45-70. I notice you specified one caliber and not one gun. You could always do a lever gun for the up close work and...

Retired to the hills of Tennessee and having a good time getting back to shooting my sporting guns rather that my working guns. I shot service rifle and long range matches off and on for a few years out on the west coast but family demands kept things simmering. Bob Sutton (now deceased) built...