Recent content by Alibiiv

I'm sort of going to hijack this thread a bit, but... based upon the topic, the replies and the readers I believe it is relevant. I am turning 78 years old this year. I have health issues that make walking long distances extremely challenging. My hunt of a life time happens every year when I...

Hello 98s1lightning. I noticed that you commented on a post that I have up about abandoning a wildcat cartridge. Noticed that you are from Rhode Island. This is a small state, curious about what part of the state are you from. I am from Charlestown. Raoul

Not certain about what you mean here about keeping the thread going in the proper direction?

There are a number of replies on remedying the issues you are experiencing with you wildcat. I'll try to answer the question about "thowing in the towel". Presently I have put together a wildcat rifle, a .375 Raptor. I had a Ruger 77 tang safety, short action rifle that was chambered in 22-250...

WE black bear hunt with Ruger 77s that are rebores from 30-06. This cartridge is a great cartridge, do not understand the lack of interest shown by the manufacturers.

From what I can see, the present winner must have a hefty automatic bid because the last bidder did not outbid the current bid that was made on the 30th. I just picked up a Hawkeye in 450 Bushmaster, it is a tack driver right out of the box.

I personally prefer the two-piece scope bases over the one-piece bases because they give more access to the ejection port for loading and unloading the rifle. I have several rifles with two piece bases, all of these rifles have been lapped. Unless the rings on any rifle have been line bored...

What I have read about the barrel length is that there really is not much to gain after 16 inches. It would be great of you would post your findings when you get them. I am almost done putting my Raptor together, just have to bed the receiver and barrel.

We have been using the "Streamlight Pro Tac HL" headlamp. We black bear hunt and much of the time we are tracking a bear in the dark after it has been shot. It really is nice to have a bright, dependable light. We have had our outfitters start using these once they have seen how bright and how...

I have an older Ruger 77 short action, been thinking about the .243 Ackley. From everything that I have read they are extremely accurate and easy to develop loads for. .

Jessie does a good work. I have a number of rifles that he has rebored, and all shoot well.

This is some followup on this .375 Raptor thread. I just received my rifle back from the gunsmith this week. I am really happy with the rifle as far as cosmetics go. The rifle is a short action Ruger 77, tang safety, 18 inch X Caliber barrel threaded with an C Caliber brake. The rifle started...

I am not a grizzly bear hunter, I only hunt black bear. I know there is a very big difference between the two. For me to do a grizzly hunt I would need to win the lottery and then find an outfitter who would be willing to wheel to and from the hunt. What I can say is that the Barnes bullets have...

Any photos? Great description of the rifle and the work performed, some photos would be great.

Please see my reply #143, I got the same response from the. But... they did fix it, don't know how but that rifle shot bug holes when I got it back. I couldn't believe the representative when he told me that over the phone. I told him no one buys a 300 WinMag with 2-3 inch, 50 yard accuracy...