I just ordered a Steyr SM12 full stock rifle in 6.5x55 and now im doing some bullet research. I have decided to try and use classic heavy for caliber bullets.

With that in mind, what are your thoughts on Lapua's Mega bullet compared to Hornady's round nose bullet?

Stories and pictures are welcome!

I’m at my parent’s house clearing out stuff I’ve had in storage for awhile. I’ll be listing several other items too.

These are the classic .375” bullets that worked so well on cats and plains game with rapid, reliable expansion. These are the true round-nose varieties that feed well in vintage guns and slide into the chamber properly on .375 H&H Flanged double rifles. They are not encountered often as Hornady moved to a pointed interlock that did not have the same feed characteristics of...

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I’m always on the hunt for a new knife, especially folders. Only have close to a hundred probably but who cares? Currently carrying the Spyderco Metropolitan right now. Highly recommend.

I’ve been reading Keith’s Rifles for Large Game by Elmer Keith. I believe it goes without saying that Mr. Keith knew his business. He dedicates a great deal of of content and ballistic data to the custom wildcat cartridge 333 OKH developed in the 1940s by Charles O'Neil, Elmer Keith, and Don Hopkins (OKH).
“The 300-grain .333 O.K.H. kills the big brown bear quicker than anything I have ever seen used, with similar placement of bullets. It quickly beats even the .375 Magnum at long range...

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This all began about 30 yrs ago when I acquired 3 large Martini actions in various states of disassembly. I managed to salvage 2 working actions out of it. Back then I barreled one of the actions to 45/70. This is one of my favourite rifles, it points like a shotgun and with its 22" barrel is a very short and handy rifle. It weighs 61/2lbs so with 400gr Remington projectiles doing 2,000fps you know when you pull the trigger.
Recently I thought it was time to rebirth the...

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