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I tried to investigate hunting in Cuba further but came up blank. I know in the days of Hemingway that it was one of the world's best waterfowl flyways. Incidentally, hunting aside, Havana was probably one of the most interesting and enjoyable places I've visited. Culture, museums, night life...

I normally shy away from action “deals”, but I think you’re right on with this one. It really isn’t a lot of money for a known-good action that includes the 3 position safety and bottom metal. Perfect for a custom 404J or other similar project. Best of all, you can find semi-inletted and...

He’s an avid conservationist, a lifelong falconer, and a true friend to back country hunters and anglers. He is also a classic environmentalist in the best sense of the term: He attacked GM for dumping their paint in the Hudson, each day you could tell what color they were spraying. He took out...

He's entirely electable and the media has given him all but a blackout to suppress his interest. In the latest polling of 20-45 year olds, he's leading in a three way race. I suspect his prospects will continue to climb leading into election season as the nation sours more on Biden vs Trump...

I gave you the correct answer with the correct tool for the job, provided you used the correct and proper barrel band on the barrel to begin with. (one with a shoulder that is designed for use with the aforementioned swivels so that the swivel cannot hit the barrel, damaging it while causing...

The ones made by EAW or Rechnagel are designed with an articulating hinge that prevents them from hitting the barrel in a proper european style barrel-band swivel. They come in both the European small shaft size, or the "uncle mike's" hole size. They sell for about $60 a set and to my...

They are not. I've been here, done that. In a 500 Nitro-For-Black-Powder loading, you need every trick in the book to get it to be a weapon suitable for buffalo. 1.) You need greater than 1900fps which requires a low pressure powder, coupled with one that will actually regulate with the gun...

I posted something of very significant political interest, the sacrifice of a red heifer this week and the staffing of 500 levitical priests in Jerusalem. I didn't post it to discuss Judaism or Christianity, I posted it to discuss the political shitstorm that can ensue when you have a small...

My suspicion is that Trump will be unelectable by November, so you won't need to make that tough choice. It will end up being RFK2 vs Biden, plus an ineligible Trump that receives 1/3rd of the national vote even if he can't run or win, whichever the case. I find RFK2 intriguing, because he...

I'll let the politics and speculation commence once I have a quick history and Sunday (Saturday?) School lesson. So perusing the old testament in a variety of places, including Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah, there are numerous prophecies discussing the coming Messiah of the Jews. The Jewish...

Welcome to AH! You'll have a wonderful time bow hunting provided you use very heavy arrows. Light arrows at high speed work on whitetails, but they don't work at all on the plains game of Africa. If you want to see how that goes, check out the very good videos from Dries Vissers Safaris...

The reason that law schools and attorneys crap on business and economics undergraduate degrees is self serving. (I don't blame them) The ABA sets a requirement for three years of law school. The old adage is that in year 1, they scare you to death, in year 2 they work you to death, in year 3...

In upper crust WASP east coast culture, its completely acceptable to go get a "worthless" undergraduate degree. The upper-upper class has always had the financial means to allow the leisure of "finishing school" to become a renaissance man of the liberal arts. Those going to Vasser, Bryn Mawr...

When I saw the title of the post, I thought it was going to be one of these: Turns out it was about motorcycles?

The problem with the democrat party's line of thinking about "making college affordable" is that it actually made it more expensive. Back in the good old days, if you were a kid with good credit you'd build a business plan, walk into your bank, and ask for a student loan. They would expect you...

Thanks for being an honest democrat. The honorable democratic platform positions most folks agree with have been completely hijacked. Examples: -Student loan forgiveness - isn’t the democrat party the party of the worker? Aren’t most workers tradespeople that got no breaks for trade school? No...

20 years ago a seadweller had an MSRP of $4200. If you have the box and papers, hang tags, the wallet, link tool, polishing cloth, and all the other trimmings, your watch is worth $13,000ish today. 20 years ago a boxlock non-ejector Birmingham double rifle was $8000-$10,000...so it would have...

Nonetheless, in this case @Tanks forwarded legal analysis on SEC rules is correct. I do think Trump could beat an accusation that his statements about his company on his own social media network are insufficient. He shouldn’t have to use FB or X to get the word out since he is competing with...

Wore my old seadweller every day for 8 years, including while completely ground-up renovating an old home. Drywall, moving load bearing walls, roofing, gardening, etc. I took it off to clean it when I showered, that’s it. Since then I’ve worn a sub mariner of one stripe or another almost every...

Poor fella tried to keep up for the first few miles...

I have to be honest, I would drive this. Huge Clark W Griswold fan!

The dumbasses in favor of this student loan forgiveness don't realize the storm its going to cause. It's far, far worse than just spending trillions of dollars that go onto the national debt. The average student loan debt is $400 a month. Forgiving that will infuse $400 more into the economy...

How's the stock portfolio doing today?

Yes. The rate of return on investment for a Rolex sport watch eclipses the other brands as a generalization. Generally, by a tremendous amount I might add. I hooked my friend up with a Rolex no-date sub from an authorized dealer in 2012. $3800 cash. That watch today is $12,000. That...

A top of the line Starrett 14.5" Vernier Caliper is for sale above. MSRP on it is $1090.00. I thought asking $100 plus shipping was a steal of a century?

Trump is a lot of things, perhaps even the lesser of two evils to be the next President, but an ethical businessman he is not. It would not surprise me whatsoever if he did a pump-and-dump on his own sheep shareholders, nor would it surprise me if he set up a series of shell corps to illegally...

When you describe it from a solider's perspective and their backlogged production of new equipment and new leaders, it sure does sound like Russia is vulnerable to Chinese expansion in the next decade? In the interim, it sounds like they are very vulnerable to succession risks from Chechens...

Months ago Peter Zeihan stated that there were 500,000 Russian casualties at that point. If that was true, and what you're asking is also true, Russia truly is extinct. The war wages on, you end up with another 200k-300k casualties, there is an entire generation of breeders / producers missing...

The call I get all the time from people is this one: "Rolexes are too Nuevo riche and pretentious, I don't want one". "However, my requirement is liquidity and appreciation as an alternative asset class". It's an oxymoron. You can't whine about how pretentious Rolex is and then go out and buy...

What's left is below: -Sanders -14.5" Starrett Caliper -Set of two Mitatoyo Calipers

Bullets matter too, and that drives powder choices. Two extreme examples would be a Nosler Ballistic Tip and a Barnes TTSX bullet. The Nosler BT has a fairly narrow velocity window to get it to frange predictably without it being dust. The Barnes also has a fairly specific impact velocity to...

I'll definitely check it out. What I don't recommend you check out is the AI based comedy of George Carlin. Some talentless comedians used AI to analyze the news and analyze George Carlin's humor in order to create a comedy album. As you can imagine, the AI sounds just like George but nothing...

Sacrilege I'm sure, but I find Pryor didn't age that well, not unlike Eddie Murphy's jokes, but its still okay. Lenny Bruce wasn't funny to begin with in my opinion, it's like listening to Bob Dylan because artsy people tell you its good even though you know its not. But George Carlin? I'm...

Not to pop the balloon, but its rather interesting how unimportant books are for children. (hear me out, it sounds crazy, and I used to believe it). In the book freakanomics, they analyzed the behaviors of successful people and what they did for their children. Particularly, reading to them...

Because that wouldn't be symmetric. The inference you're describing as an alternative is that "they shoot 500 rockets, one hits, we send one back that hits, thus we're even-steven". The cost in hundreds of millions to prevent their 500 rockets from hitting targets is an asymmetric war of...

Why doesn’t the west immediately conduct a tit-for-tat symmetric response, rather than taking turns as if playing checkers? You‘d think that such humiliation would cause regime change? ”We shot 500 rockets at the west, they knocked them all down, they shot 500 back, most of them hit….we...

Israel crossed a serious line and I believe they did so to get the US into a full fledged war. I don't care how evil the opponent supposedly is, or how bloodthirsty the battle, or how valuable the target, you never-never-ever-ever strike an embassy. Pretty sancrosanct reason: Diplomats end...

Love this old gem, just found it again:

Shipping is all caught up. Pickup via FedEx on Monday. Lets reduce some prices and see if anyone else would like any of the items this weekend: Without further ado, here are the details: These are quite rare. Çourteney Selous Safari Boots in women's/youth size UK 4.5 which converts to US...

@redriverjake Might I make a suggestion? Yes, I agree a Parkwest Continent is a great choice, but I think you're overlooking a better caliber. If you go with a 375HH bolt face, you can get a second barrel in a related belted magnum caliber. This means you have a 375HH and a 458 Lott. Thus, if...

This concept is known as a "Take Apart" gun rather than a "Take Down". Two examples of this design is the Holland & Holland and the Mannlicher Schoenauer. The MS requires no tools, the H&H requires a quarter to tighten two screws in the trigger guard. The downside to this design is loss of...

The gun vertigobe was discussing was a custom 416 take down, not a takedown made by John Rigby. I’m not as bullish spending $20-$25k on an unknown maker’s takedown.

No offense to these firms or gentlemen, but who? Even the very best custom boutique makers on the planet cannot pull rank on their name and justify big money. Not Todd Ramirez or JP Smithson or Griffin & Howe. If on the other hand you mean Charles Lancaster Ltd of London in a vintage gun, that...

It's local news to me. I generally have full faith in a jury so I can't judge them. The problematic factor is he stabbed several people. The beneficial factor is he stabbed some disgusting sh&theads and I really wanted to send a message to hostile millennials that we've had enough of their...

@VertigoBE I'm sure this is rhetorical, do you believe inflation is happening? YES! Do you believe that Rigby would want $20,000 USD/EU for that gun new as a non-takedown? Do you believe in the worst of times, such as the great depression 2.0, the very best items are saleable and nothing else...

@VertigoBE as your least qualified financial advisor, I'd recommend you sell some of your precious metals and buy that rifle. You can probably negotiate a bit. I think that's a fantastic alternative investment. You will not lose on that one! That's the kind of gun I'd buy a newborn to enjoy as...