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Fixfire reacted to BJH65's post in the thread The Clash of the Titans: Heym Martini Express VS Rigby Big Game with
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Fixfire reacted to Rare Breed's post in the thread And So My Second Quest for Leopard to Complete My Big 5 Begins!!!!! with Like.
I am wheels up tonight on Delta's 200 Flight leaving at 10:10PM to JNB on my way to Windhoek to try for my leopard a second time only...
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Fixfire reacted to tinktink12's post in the thread Trout Fishing in Cooper Landing AK on the Kenai River - Day #1 with Like.
@skydiver386 and I fished the Kenai River for mainly rainbow trout using a plastic simulated salmon egg with a barbless small hook. It...
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Fixfire reacted to Red Leg's post in the thread Custom Double Rifle Must Have Features? Opinions Needed with Like.
Actually, leather covered pads were designed for shotguns not rifles. They allow the stock to slide into the proper position quickly...
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Fixfire reacted to 318AE's post in the thread Custom Double Rifle Must Have Features? Opinions Needed with Like.
There are ghost rings and there are ghost rings. I shot open sights competitively for years, with “peep” sights. They were quite small...
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Fixfire reacted to PCC600's post in the thread Custom Double Rifle Must Have Features? Opinions Needed with Like.
It’s called an articulated front trigger . I have them on my doubles but never notice them in use .
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Fixfire reacted to SStomcat's post in the thread Custom Double Rifle Must Have Features? Opinions Needed with Like.
Looks cool, I have seen few, they are mostly on high end British Doubles or custom guns. If I remember they were pig skin.
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Fixfire reacted to grand veneur's post in the thread Rigby would like to know your caliber preference(s) for a Highland Stalker model without iron sights with Like.
One can built very nice rifles without iron sights. It is all a matter of taste and style.
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Fixfire reacted to migrabill's post in the thread Besides the dinner, what part of the convention (SCI or DSC) are you looking forward to? with Like.
I already have a Rand Low Safari. I think my next one will be a Fedora type.
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Fixfire replied to the thread Besides the dinner, what part of the convention (SCI or DSC) are you looking forward to?.Careful, Rand hats can become an obsession!! What style are you looking at?? @Tanks had a post about them years ago. I’ve since bought...
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Sounds like a no-brainer…keep it. It brings you pride, pleasure, and triggers wonderful memories…and you don’t need money…why even...
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I have recently been speaking with Jerome Lanoue who leads the Shikari build program. Bottom line, I was looking at $83,300 for standard...
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I was told by someone that has friends that work for Heym (Germany) that the craftsmen it takes to build these rifles are few and far...
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I agree in principle but there has never been more buyers for doubles than today. The reverse is true for collectable winchester...