Recent content by JoninCO

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    African Huntin Boots

    I personally found the Courteney boots to be overrated. On a Brannock device, I am an 11.5D on the nose, maybe a smidge on the higher side of a D width. Pretty average foot, finding shoes that fit is never an issue for me. A 10.5UK D width Courteney Selous is still a very wide boot, the last is...
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    Hope no one is flying through Dubai today

    Yeah, when they do get it they get a lot. I have seen some flash floods in the desert that absolutely terrified me.
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    Hope no one is flying through Dubai today

    I have flown in and out of Dubai (and the larger Middle East) a lot...in general, that part of the world doesn't plan for rain.
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    New custom rifle questions

    @Wiley64 Don't start buffing, polishing, or grinding on anything. Your issue is with the cartridge and the magazine as far as action stiffness/cartridge marring goes if I were to guess. Is the action issue resolved when dry cycling? I am unaware of a .375 H&H optimized detachable magazine. As...
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    New custom rifle questions

    That Vortex is a Razor II, they’re made in the same factory as Nightforce, March, and the high end Bushnells and many others. LOW in Japan, check them out. It is an exceptionally high quality scope. Probably the most robust low-power variable optic on Earth, has passed all of NSWC Crane’s...
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    Anybody removed the iron sights from a Blaser R8 barrel?

    I looked into it, apparently on the Canadian side it’s the same exact process.
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    Swarovski CL Companion 8x30 Binoculars, Brand New (Unboxed For Pictures)

    I keep a pair of these on hand for the same reason you got them, to have a compact set for when my 12x NLs or 10x ELs are too bulky. I’ve been really happy with them, they’re convenient and not going up much for their size. Way better than the CL Pocket binos IMO. Good luck with the sale...
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    338 Norma Magnum selected by US Special Forces

    This initiative started around 2009, with a 300WM variant of the M240B that was fraught with peril (disintegrating links don’t like belts). Various companies have been working on it for almost 15 years, and the guns are pretty great at this point. The original 338NM belt fed was a General...
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    New Lipseys M77 .35 Whelen

    I've sold a few guns I had duplicates of on there for 2-3X what I thought they were worth. It definitely does happen.
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    New Lipseys M77 .35 Whelen

    I mean, I really like it, it's very well done...but if someone walked in here with $2500 cash they'd have a new rifle. I could put together a really nice Mauser or pre-64 M70 for that.
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    New Lipseys M77 .35 Whelen

    Real hard not to sell this and buy the custom 35 Whelen on NECGs web site for not much more...people are absolutely insane to pay $5600 and counting for one of these...
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    What Watch do you wear when you hunt?

    Nice pile! Those Hamiltons are great watches and have a very cool history. What’s on the far left? Love the Omega and Tudor too, a Pelagos FXD is on my very short list.
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    My new Heym 404 Jeff

    I thought my Heym was special, and it is, but it isn’t this kind of special. That is a beautiful gun and I know it will perform as well as it looks.
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    Blaser R8 Owner in USA

    I love it, they're beautiful. I would argue the Sauer has more flexibility in concept, they just don't support it. The receiver fits all available barrel contours and furniture, you don't have to contend with aluminum v. steel, wood v. polymer, standard vs Jaeger, 15/19/22mm barrels, and all...
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    Blaser R8 Owner in USA

    I can't see a scenario where comparable Sauer 505 costs less than an R8. Key word being comparable. The 404/505 have all the same benefits on paper that the R8 does in terms of modularity but everything costs more...barrels, bolts/bolt heads, stocks/forends, etc. Plus you have to buy a $300...
 
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