Recent content by Pirkan

Everything was in checked luggage and I checked with the Swedish authorities before going there and they didn't care at all as long as the skulls were boiled

I got the skulls from my 2024 hunt in SA home and we flew from Johannesburg. We didn't have any issues whatsoever with them but I don't know if it was dumb luck or because they don't care. I also got a gemsbok and warthog skull home from Namibia with a layover in Johannesburg last summer.

This is very true and we do not shoot the moose at the same distances that seem more common in North America. A shot over 200 meters is very rare and I don´t think any of my old relatives who have shot more moose than they can count have shot any at over 300. Not a lot of people use the 6.5x55...

It's mind boggling to me how the SSG69 could pass all the trials with the Austrian military without the laughably flimsy mags and bottom metal being an issue.

Definitely. I also found a small Austrian company making aluminum replacements for the bottom metal so I'll probably get one of those sooner or later https://shop.miedler-waffen.at/Steyr-Mannlicher-S-Abzugskasten

Recently I bought a Steyr Mannlicher modell S in 375 H&H. It has a 65 cm barrel and a monte carlo stock. A set of 30 mm EAW swing off mounts were included in the purchase as well as 3 3 shot mags. Feel free to guess what I paid for it:) If anyone has anything I should be aware of with this gun...

And in Sweden where I live we're limited to 6 guns for hunting so it's very hard to keep one or two of the most sentimental guns when some relative passes

If you were in Sweden I could give you one for free. I have an old Husqvarna 640 from 51 collecting dust at a dealer friend and it's not really worth anything here.

As some of you may know I am part of the largest student hunting club in Sweden, Luleå studentjaktklubb, or LSJK for short. We have good relations with the main other club in Sweden which is the one in Lund but we´ve just recently started looking at cooperations with clubs around Europe and...

Here´s a small update on all the stuff I´ve tried since making this thread. I began by purchasing a basic 10 liter pot at ikea for next to nothing so I had space for all my experiments. The first thing I made was this very nice chili from a large piece of the neck and some marrow bones. The...

I've hunted with guys who really seem to like it. I'll try to take a couple big bones when we but her the next moose on Thursday and try it.

Due to an abnormally successful start of the moose season with the University hunting club I have a lot of moose meat that I don't really know what to do with. I have a massive outer thigh (idk the English name) from a bull that might do well in some stew or similar so suggestions for that...

How big is the selection of suppressors fit for this in the us? In Europe there's multiple models of light direct thread telescopic cans for .458 magnum calibers and only one that I've found for .510 but cheap and light direct thread cans barely seem like a thing on the us market. I've looked a...

There's a certain sub culture of Swedish hog hunters that love to use this class of caliber to absolutely club year old pigs. They seem really effective for that purpose and ironically it's the 20-30 year olds keeping some calibers alive

That's quite the exaggeration. Most hunters use something a little more powerful like a 308, 30-06 or 8x57 and occasionally 9,3x62 depending on where you are. The 6,5 is far from dead but it's certainly not the most popular by any kind of margin here. There's still massive amounts of old Mausers...