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I always wanted that rifle in 250 Ackley Improved, the Farming master was one the slickest little rifles to ever leave a factory floor, way back when, gun writer Lyne Simpson had a 708 improved built on one he called the 7MM SGLC, Simpson's good little cartridge.

The Nosler partition or a Barnes X bullet is hard to beat under those conditions,

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Wow hogzilla, well done, I used to have a couple of spots here in California, didn't always bring one home but almost always had opportunities if one wasn't picky, some of the big boars were surprisingly tender, when one was harvested that was questionable, some would go into sausage, but the...

Ill second sherry, its good to hear shes still around, I met her back in the 80's at a SCI show or maybe the shotshow, she was handing out flyers at the Kimber both, I quit checkering about 2000, the last stock I did I had her do, told her do what you think would look best, she did a wonderful...

A custom 240 Weatherby on a FN Mauser built by Duane Wiebe, 900 dollars back in the mid to late 80's, I had Just taken possession of a custom 25-06, years later I passed on a 1885 Browning low wall in 260 Rem, again I had just taken possession of a Ruger 1A in 257 Ackley,

Barnes or hammer is all I use in those or any gun intended for big game, California mandates it, before the mandates I favored the Nosler partition, I still found meat loss favored the 25's, however I was shooting a 250 GR slug in the 338 back then, at 2800 FPS compared to 3300 to 3400 FPS is...

Im a Hugh fan of the 257 Ackley and the 25-06, but a even bigger fan of the 338 Win, both my 257 Ack and 338 tip the scale 6lbs field ready, full magazines and with sling, these days I shoot 185 or 225 Barnes tsx, either bullet ruins less meat than the 25's,

Yes it can be done The answer is yes it can be done, I don't want to say its easy, however its really not difficult for a competent metal smith, ive done it many times on both Winchester and ruger,

That happened a lot back in the day of surplus mausers, while its presence will be bothersome it will fine, Plenty of enfields Springfields and mauser have that issue I never heard of one having issues with setback or headspace problems, it my part of this world about 1 out of 4 rifles were...

if you are wanting more velocity moving to another parent cartridge is another option, however comming up with all new componets in todays world can be a problem, i run two 257 AI with 21 & 22 inch barrels, both produce 3100 to 3200 fps with 110 to 120 gr slugs, the 21 inch produces the higher...

It's a after market 700 ADL guard, 20 plus years ago there were a small handful of different manufacturers,