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Killingtime
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Double or bolt, new or used
Betterinthebush
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Parkwest SD-76 bespoke in .257 Roberts
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Same for me!!
Either just a top end budget of around $15,000.
Killingtime
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Double would be the chapius elan 450/400.
Bolt would be Parkwest sd76 savanna in 257wby
Bolt would be Parkwest sd76 savanna in 257wby
Schüler Jumbo
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House of Merkel 140AE chambered .500 Nitro Express.
WAB
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Bailey Bradshaw single shot. One of the most elegant rifles I have ever seen.
A custom built bolt action,with the nicest Turkish walnut. Mauser styled action in the cleanest English styled stock, with all mandatory safari grade additions. Quarter rib, barrel band, front sight with pop up bead…About the only thing that wouldn’t fit the budget would be the engraving…I happen to be working on one at the moment
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Maybe I'm just too practical - just give me a Ruger Hawkeye African, and I'll take the left over $$ as a poor man's Spiral Horned Slam (kudu, eland, nyala and bushbuck)
Thinking I'll have 4 times the fun, and that first scratch won't hurt near as much ...
Thinking I'll have 4 times the fun, and that first scratch won't hurt near as much ...
F. Vaccaro
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I'd probably try & get a double in .375 H&H
Russ16
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I’d get a M70 in 300 H&H and have it custom stocked.
But I already have the Chapuis in 450/400.
But I already have the Chapuis in 450/400.
TXdawg
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Dakota 76 African 404J….cannot replicate it (new) today for 15k, but I purchased it used and unfired for quite a bit under your threshold.
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I am again looking for 600 Nitro dies preferably RCBS 1 inch. The set I purchased previously are 1 1/2 inch and do not fit my die. Another member has graciously taken them off my hands. If anyone happens to have a set of 600 Nitro Dies that will fit my Rockchucker Supreme RCBS press, please shoot me a message and thanks in advance for any assistance you may have to offer!
