With my recent purchase of an 416 Taylor it came with a couple boxes of A-Square ammo with 400 gr Dead Tough bullets.

Has anyone heard of these? Anyone actually used them in the past?

I know I can practice with them, but wonder if I should use them to hunt with? On a buffalo?

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A while back I picked up the 416 WSM that was listed in the classifieds. Was able to source a set of dies and took some of the 300 WSM brass I have on the shelf and formed up 50 rounds of brass. Yesterday I was just fireforming and setup a ladder using AA2230. Put the magnspeed chrono on the barrel and shot about 20 rounds.

The top load I used is still below MAX on the quickload run I did. 350gr Speers 2385FPS average speed. Should be able to get the 350's to 2400 . My...

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Hi everyone Rarebreed here! Both of our conventions will be here before you know it. I wanted to recommend the following. If someone else wants to organize these just please step up and I will withdraw. I just view these two dinners as my chance to give back to my dear friends on our great forum to show my gratitude for your friendship and advice/help!

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Our mexican restaurant worked well this year with enough room, close to convention center, good food and privacy for us. I will book...

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I am looking for recommendations on what to do with hides and skin bones, in this specific case from a Giraffe. I didn't see anything in the forms exactly like this, but point me there if it exists please.

Who did you use to have your giraffes skin bones carved or scrimshaded and what was the cost? I am looking at having LifeForm Taxidermy do mine in SA, $285 and $450 each respectively. Is it better to have that done in SA or state side?

What about your leather/hide products? Any...

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Been kicking around putting together a carbine-size 35 caliber since earlier this September after this year’s season.
I had to hunt some new areas due to fires around me and I found my current setups to be unsuited for these new places.
Specifically, I spent my season in some very heavy timber and the river bottom foothills rather than my typical high alpine where stops can be far and fairly open.
My go to rifle the past several seasons has been a little 7mm wildcat set up for chasing...

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