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This young buffalo had been suffering for quite some time before being put down.

The cruelty of a snare.

Over the years I have used the 10x42 Leica Geovid of various generations. I have been very pleased with the Geovid but have to agree that they are a bit heavy. A couple of years ago I picked up the GPO 8x32 Rangeguide for occasions where weight, or lack of was a higher priority than glass...

I didn't see anything on the scope or the packaging so my guess would be Japan or China.

I recently mounted the same model as a backup for my 404J. The illumination control is very nice as is the 4 inches of eye relief. I have had more expensive scopes that I like less than this one.

There are two boxes listed by different sellers on gun broker. I have no affiliation with either seller but may be worth checking out.

That button is used to unload the magazine.

I was unable to get that barrel to shoot as good as it did before I polluted it with moly. That same barrel shot great after it was rebored.

One of the best scopes ever made for low light situations. Spectacular glass!

I can see how difficult it could be to support a "Get on your knees" organization when you are more of a "Raise your right hand" kind of person such as myself.

I had come to the same conclusion. I am sure the blue coating on the Barnes XLC was different but I wasn't going to take the chance. The XLC did not have a long production run for some reason? I just opened the last bottle of Barnes CR10 that I have. When this one runs out I am going to try...

I will chalk it up to operator error on my part. If you stick with moly I would venture a guess that it is fine but I found it very difficult to get out of the barrel.

I remember well being told by Barnes that their new X-Bullet will reliably expand at an impact velocity of 1600FPS or more. That was the early 90's The first two Barnes X bullets that I witnessed strike meat were 165's from a full throttle 30-06 load on a mule deer at 80 yards give or take. I...

Like calling 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schoenauer a 256.

If you choose to hunt with your own firearm the single page form Namibia requires is about as easy as it gets. From what I have read South Africa has tried to see how difficult they can make the process to temporarily import a firearm. There are companies that will handle the paperwork on the...