Recent content by Tiger2001

You're tempting me Kevin! There's been a 500J R8 listed here for years. No takers. I'm not sure I can afford 7,500 Euros but when I read reviews like yours....

Winchester M70 in .375 H&H hands down! Classic safari caliber in a classic rifle. And the naysayers be damned. The Portugal FN made Winchesters are amazing quality and rival anything ever produced in New Haven.

Let's all just be grateful Winchester produced a CRF rifle in a solid safari caliber and in an affordable platform. With CZ and Remington out of the picture, Ruger doing their own proprietary cartridge thing, it's nice to see a safari rifle that's affordable for everyone. Remember it wasn't...

And that's great. I have no argument. I was just posting what I was told. But equally as important is what I posted about Blaser ceasing production of all of their traditional line of R8 synthetic stocks. So what's out there is all that owners and aficionados will be able to find. No more...

So the 2.0 stock that I sampled the other day in the store was able to accept the trigger housing unit from a normal R8 just fine. But the sales person told me that is all from the original R8 that was transferable to the 2.0 stock. Whether that is an absolute fact I do not know but he's been...

So to add some news to this discussion, I recently went to my local Frankonia here in Germany and was shown the "new" Blaser R8 2.0. According to the sales associate this is will eventually replace the R8 as we all know it. In fact he told me this when I asked if he could order me an R8...

I shot my first, and only, black bear in Veneta, OR in 1992---using my newly acquired Win M70 .375 H&H magnum. One shot and she was down. No running away. It's a very humane cartridge that surprisingly does little meat damage given its size/power. A .270 grain soft point (or even less if you...

I'm an American living/working in Germany. Whenever I have contacted Heym they say I have to order any rifle through Heym USA regardless if I live in the US or not. Heym is not user friendly to deal with but then again "customer service" is not a familiar term over here.

There's been one for sale online here in Germany for a couple of years. Comes with a Leupold scope and in the Kilombero set up but with the synthetic stock. 7,500 Euros. I wondered about the recoil and also the ammo availability as .500 Jeffrey cannot be easy to obtain.

Beautiful piece and an amazing Banteng! What's it like getting 450/400 3" ammo in Oz?

Usually on the barrel. Will have the caliber, name of the manufacturer, proof marks. Some identifiers will have to be there.

It looks very much like a Merkel! Do you have photos of the name/proof marks? Any identification would help.

BeeMaa. Happy to weigh in with my humble opinion. I currently own two R8's and have had others in the past (to include an R93). My two current models are in a .375 H&H and a 9.3x62. Both synthetic stocks and standard barrels. I have traveled to Africa with them and the break down feature...

New England Custom Guns. Even if you do not see them on their website give the owners a call. They likely have what you need. Excellent company.

Never tried Watusi but have had South Asian Water buffalo plenty. It was the preferred steak when I was in Nepal as it wasn't holy beef cow. Cooked properly with the right seasoning it's....okay. Don't expect store bought steak taste. But if it's cheap and you can use your double go for it...