Interesting...

"Do Meopta binoculars and scopes approximate those made by Swarovski?"

Claude's response:

Largely yes, especially at the top of Meopta’s line. Meopta is a Czech company with a long history in military and precision optics, and its premium MeoStar binoculars and riflescopes are widely regarded as performing close to Swarovski for considerably less money. A few points:

Where they’re close

• In side-by-side testing of 15x56 binoculars, the Meopta MeoStar HD and the...

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Working on some loads for the next trip to Africa in Oct...416 Rem and 22 Hornet with 45 grain X bullets...hope I can handle the wicked little Hornet!

I recently bought a .510 Gibbs rifle with ammo for $2500 which I thought was a steal from a dealer out in Oregon. It came with a bunch of handloaded ammo with these notes in the die case. I think these are likely way over pressure so I want to pull them a reload them to sane levels. Does anyone know the best way to go about doing so? I have a hornady collet bullet puller and a frankford arsenal kinetic puller. Neither will fit. Anyone know of a specialty tool out there that would work with a...

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I own a Ruger No. 1 RSI in 275 Rigby that I'm fond of hunting with. It's short, slender & a good choice for a lot of the short-range hunting I do in the cluttered southeastern woods. It's a pleasure to shoot but I've always had the impression that it was louder & a bit snappier than my slightly longer Ruger No. 1A in 6.5x55 even though both rifles shoot a 140gr round. I always attributed this to its diminutive size.

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I have been using 270gr Hornady Interlocks in my 375 Ruger for stuff here in the US. Never an issue, but I haven’t hunting anything bigger than elk.

Fast forward, I started load development for my 375 H&H that I intend to take in my first plains game hunt. I figured Interlocks would work fine. I know many don’t like cup and core bullets on an expensive hunt. But hey, why not? I have several hundred.

My 375 H&H seater die (RCBS) won’t seat them without them getting stuck and then...

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