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  1. Giraffe Pedestal Mount Taxidermy

    Giraffe Pedestal Mount Taxidermy

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    Giraffe - to mount or not to mount

    My wife’s giraffe is the most talked about animal we have taken. I never wanted one until we got her mount back.
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    416 RM Hendershot Ammo?

    Since I stopped reloading all I use is Hendershots. If you want To take your 416 use it and shoot the same bullet for everything. Dead is dead, no such thing as overkill.
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    Ruminating on the idea of building/ buying the wife a safari rifle

    It’s labeled as micro Midas https://www.browning.com/products/firearms/rifles/x-bolt/x-bolt-micro-midas.html
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    Ruminating on the idea of building/ buying the wife a safari rifle

    My wife is 4’11” and she loves her Browning xbolt compact in 308 win.
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    Who Is The Next Hemingway, Ruark?

    Check out the guys at Field Ethos, they have some Good writers including Hemingway’s great grandson. You can also meet them at DSC.
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    Post Your Gun Collection

    Nice try ATF.
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    W.J. Jeffery, Verney-Carron, Krieghoff

    pic from his post. He wants $75 a box plus shipping.
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    W.J. Jeffery, Verney-Carron, Krieghoff

    There is a guy on Texas Bowhunter forum that has two boxes of Kynoch 475 #2 amm for sale.
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    Joberg airport question?

    We use Henry for the VIP service coming into the country and call Bruce when we get to the airport for outbound and it is well worth the money.
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    Merkel 140 reviews

    I have the same gun, paid $8500 in the states then sent it to Merkel to have the RMR base milled. I have put a couple hundred round through it and never had a problem. When I first got it I would walk and stalk pigs here in Texas training for African. 2022 rolls around and I shot a lioness at 15...
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    Lion trophy importation?

    My wife and I both hunted CBL with Graceland Safaris this year and it was a very good experience. We cut tracks in the truck and then the hunting was done all on foot. It did not feel canned at all, the lions were very active and had made kills.
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    Fluting existing barrel

    Bugholes.com Have done several for me and all have been too notch work.
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    The Problems With The Gun Community

    Very well said. The same can be said for hunters, we are our own worst enemy with the fighting among ourselves.
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    United from EWR-JNB no firearms as of today

    Buddy of mine is stuck in Newark right now.
 
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