How many of you have big bore No. 1s? By big bore, I mean .375 H&H and up and what do you do with yours?
I have a gorgeous No.1 in .458 Win Mag. Near presentation grade wood with an excellent trigger. It's about a 1.25MOA gun off the bench with a 2-7X scope as long as I do my part. Some might well do better.
Mostly I just admire it but I do reload for it and shoot it with a degree of regularity. I'm not much of a hunter although I do support hunting. It's only taken a mid sized sow wild pig (450gr Swift A-frame to the head) and, you can laugh, a jackrabbit. I was hunting coyotes with a couple brothers and hadn't gotten a decent shot so I took out my frustration on a sitting jackrabbit. Almost nothing left in the trench the bulled plowed behind it. Don
I have a gorgeous No.1 in .458 Win Mag. Near presentation grade wood with an excellent trigger. It's about a 1.25MOA gun off the bench with a 2-7X scope as long as I do my part. Some might well do better.
Mostly I just admire it but I do reload for it and shoot it with a degree of regularity. I'm not much of a hunter although I do support hunting. It's only taken a mid sized sow wild pig (450gr Swift A-frame to the head) and, you can laugh, a jackrabbit. I was hunting coyotes with a couple brothers and hadn't gotten a decent shot so I took out my frustration on a sitting jackrabbit. Almost nothing left in the trench the bulled plowed behind it. Don