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This shows what the problem with the .338 looked like. Still have the 2 inches he cut off. You can see in the muzzle, no rifling. The tape around the bullet indicates how far the bullet will drop into the muzzle base first. Pretty extreme. My other M77s have been good to excellent.







Another Finn the pragmatist story from a different annual elk hunting trip. On that trip, after a lot of miles on his 4X4 Ford, Finn's U-joint was giving out. From our place to Llano, TX was around 900 miles. He needed to get home, and didn't want to spend the time and money on a mechanic in the Denver area. His pragmatic solution was to borrow a few tools, disconnect the rear drive line, and lock in his front hubs (those were the days). He drove home in front-wheel drive and fixed it once he arrived home.