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We got to shoot a little today...
Saturday, March 20, 2021, 19:42

Doug re-checked his Africa guns. I finally got to shoot my custom .338 P14 Enfield. The muzzle brake is astonishing. I heard they were really good. Can you imagine a .338 Winchester Magnum shooting full house 250 gr. bullets and recoiling like a .243 Win.?! I'm not joking. You can shoot it if you don't believe me, it simply does not kick. Some spreadsheet wonder, it must have 100 tiny little holes in the brake, but it works by golly.

I remembered I had a spotting scope to use. Got it from this fellow Curt... Came in handy on the tripod.

We shot some hasty strings from the sticks to see how it was. I pulled a bit right with my .338 and Doug pulled left with his 9.3 Mauser. But not too bad for hasty field shooting at 100 meters.

We both are in love with the feel of the Ruger Hawkeye (Doug's is a .338 Win.). The stock proportions are not near as clubby as previous Ruger bolt rifles. They are really good fine rifles, I can't find fault with it. Other than it could use a brake or porting, it kicks! But for actual hunting you'd never even feel it.

Doug discovered he had to craw the stock a bit on higher magnification with his Blaser 9.3. A little too much. Better here than there. A 9.3X62 does bounce a bit. Not sure if he was shooting 250's or 286 gr.

I found my Enfield Custom has a little bit stubby bolt and with a generous throw I have to remember not to pinch my hand between the scope and the bolt handle. Little things you need to know, little quirks. It's best manipulated with an open palm. You may recall the really wild original dog-leg bolt the original military guns had.