I have a Remington 700 in 416 Remington mag and I’m having issues with bolt not wanting to close on the rounds I’ve measured the COAL and the brass trim to length it’s Hornady brass and I’m confounded I haven’t shot the rifle with anything else but only using Barnes ttsx and Hornady solids the bolt is just not wanting to close at times to chamber the round please help me figure it out I’ve even bought a different set of dies some Redding dies to try to see what’s the issue

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My hunt was a package hunt for 8 hunting days and 2 travel days. My package animals were a dik dik and a giraffe. My ph was Carel Alberts the owner of Three Sixty Safaris. Some of you may know Carel as he worked many years as a PH for Thormahlen & Cochran Safaris. He made many trips to the states for the show season working for them also. In 2022 he decided to open his own business, based out of Namibia. Using Facebook messenger and WhatsApp we set the hunt dates up and I told him the extra...

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I was able to finish my big 5 in July with @BULLET SAFARIS in South Africa with a proper old white rhino bull. I was impressed with the documentation and very detailed process by the RSA game agent.

Great experience and a more challenging hunt than I expected to get into 40 yards of this old bull. We rounded out the safari picking up a vaal rhebok and cape grysbok in the eastern cape. This was my 9th safari across 6 countries, all of my big 5 hunted with Nathan Askew. I couldn't ask...

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I did a search on AH for Norma Oryx performance .30-06 Sprg .200Grn , but nothing popped up.....
Anyone know of a post/thread ? or have real world experience? with that ammo option?

Hello, in addition to my large bore double rifle I talked about commissioning in another thread, I am considering speccing out a smaller bore plains game/white tail double rifle for my son for when he comes of age. I understand completely a bolt action would be a lot more suitable and a lot cheaper but I am committed and admittedly like the less common options on many things in life and lean towards traditional rifles, so no comments on “you should just get a bolt gun” please .

Right now...

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