Kevin Peacocke
AH ambassador
- Joined
- Feb 10, 2018
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- Harare Zimbabwe
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- Cleveland Gun Club
- Hunted
- Zimbabwe, SouthAfrica
I am coming in late here Tanks, but better late than never. I think I know how you feel, I have had this sort of thing happen to me and the only way forward is to make a big change for the better that restores your smile. The fact that it will be going back to the factory is a necessary part of that, a sort of 'round two'. No half measures.
On the plus side the wood is gorgeous, the fit is right and the sight placements look correct and good.
On the downside the CCH isn't great, and the engraving is in a word, poor.
These are purely cosmetic points, the CCH can be removed as has been said, but in my humble view an expert engraver will need to add quite a bit to give your elephant the class that your original picture conveyed. Not easy, but possible.
I am dying to hear how it shoots and handles, which is the real test.
Are you sure you want to take it on the hunt as is though? For my sixpence I would delay the hunt and get it fixed first, it will just not be the same with something you are not brimming about.
On the plus side the wood is gorgeous, the fit is right and the sight placements look correct and good.
On the downside the CCH isn't great, and the engraving is in a word, poor.
These are purely cosmetic points, the CCH can be removed as has been said, but in my humble view an expert engraver will need to add quite a bit to give your elephant the class that your original picture conveyed. Not easy, but possible.
I am dying to hear how it shoots and handles, which is the real test.
Are you sure you want to take it on the hunt as is though? For my sixpence I would delay the hunt and get it fixed first, it will just not be the same with something you are not brimming about.
