Recent content by nomienos

I have a serious problem with buying strange guns, especially those multi-caliber options. For the last 2 years, I've taken each of my drillings out for some hunting, and am always on the lookout for more. I got offered to buy a just plain weird cape gun that's 12 gauge by 577-450, which I know...

Thanks for the amazing insight! Like I said, I think I read too much, to me a double will always be a massive caliber! And thank you for bringing up the optic front, I never would have thought of adding a red dot before you and others brought it up. I suppose I thought a big bore would be too...

To be honest, I was almost trying to convince myself out of buying a .500, exclusively because I know I would use it way too often! I mean, coyotes and mulies obviously need a .500, right? I think I get too into looking for the exact "right" caliber for everything, and not just what both works...

Ya, the practicality was something I was trying to not think of haha, but thank you very much. If I'm being honest, I assumed most dangerous game would be at under 50 meters hence not needing magnification. Interesting point on the red dot though, would that be something that a gunsmith could...

First time poster so forgive mistakes, but I'm planning my first trip to Africa (probably still a few years out) and I'm starting to think more about guns to bring so I figured who better to enable me than AH. Specifically, I was thinking about buying a double rifle because to me, my first...