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Monoblock is when the barrels are welded to the block, visable joints between the barrels and the action flats like in your pictures. I also find the joints rather ugly and prefer demiblock barrels when possible.

Thank you, very happy with it.

That nice to hear that from someone with experience of longer barrels in the african bush, I have no experience with the african bush as of yet, only the scandinavian woods and there I find it quite managable, at least with my old 9,3x62 Mauser of similar barrel lenght. It balances perfectly on...

I finally recieved my custom M98 in .375 H&H yesterday after more then 14 months waiting and must say that I really like the proportions that comes from the rather long barrel, 65 cm or about 25½ inches. I realize that it being somewhat unwieldy in the bush is the price I have to pay for that...

Regarding balance I think it is quite possible to make it balanced regardless of lenght, the barrel on my new .375 H&H which I just recieved today is 65 cm/25,5 inches and still very well balanced on the forward action screw (whats the correct english name for that?). I guess it might be harder...

Due to some EU regulation (according to the export company) I have had the bolt and the rifle scope for a little more then a week but today I finally recieved the rest of the rifle. It was very nice to finally be able to mount everything together. I have not taken so many pictures as of yet, to...

This on the other hand is probably not going to look any better even with new ink, guess it is some kind of etching rather than real engraving:unsure:

Perhaps this could be helpful: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/photos-videos-tutorial.64725/

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My new custom Mauser M98 is built on a DWM/Argentine Mauser action. It holds 4 rounds in the magazine and one in the barrel. I choosed to have it built on that action both because I like the classic style with the older action with thumb cutout but also because it was quite a lot cheaper then...

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I chosed the .375 H&H when ordering my incoming custom M98 Mauser, mostly due to its history and also for all the recomendations on this forum. Not to a small degree because of all the posts of Red Leg and others arguing it to be the perfect client rifle. Also the possibility of finding...

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I ordered my new custom rifle with 26 inches barrel.

Sounds like a dream hunt!

I opted for the Swarovski z8i 1,7-13,3x42 for my .375 H&H since it feels like it can do basically everything from very short distances to the longest I would consider to shot at and beyond.

Yes, but I am to conservative for the Blasers, the only one I owned was a bockdrilling, the Blaser BD880, back then they were still all steel and walnut...the R8 while being a great concept is far to modern for my taste, I am more of Mauser M98 guy.

In Sweden it is unfortunately an easy choice...only 4 licenses allowed (6 if you can motivate the need) means that there is really no room for redundancy:( All depending on what one hunts of course, if one only hunts big game there are more room...but for me (who hunts whatever I can on my...

Thanks for the tip but I am done with double rifles for myself, but I thought it could be a good choice for the thread starter in the sub 10 000 USD category.

Perhaps a Chapuis Iphisi could be interesting, if memory serves they are under 10 000 USD new and should be of good quality.

According to the IMF the national debt of China is "only" 84 percent:unsure: https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GG_DEBT_GDP@GDD/CHN/FRA/DEU/ITA/JPN/GBR/USA/FADGDWORLD

I went with .375 H&H even thought it made my custom rifle about 25-30 percent more expensive then it would have been with the .375 Ruger as chambering, the reason being that I think the .375 H&H is more classical for Africa, the increased ammo availability and I must confess also because I think...

14 months and counting here (placed the order in the begining of january 2024), but now the rifle has been sent and at least one part of the rifle will arrive tomorrow (if the shipping company does its part), it is sent in two packages to comply with swedish weapon legislation.

He always sounds nostalgic when he talks about the past, like with the tariffs and president McKinley, perhaps now he is trying to recreate the great depression?

I think you have to read my post more thoroughly, I am basically writing that I find it fascinating why the White House would omit Russia from the list when they have included an uninhabited island. As to Cuba, North Korea and Belarus they are not currently in the News as prominent as Russia is...

From BBC: One country that did not feature on Donald Trump's list of tariffs on US trade partners was Russia. US outlet Axios quoted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt as saying this was because existing US sanctions on Russia "preclude any meaningful trade" and noting that Cuba...

Seems that the White House forgot to do some proper research before making those signs with the tariffs for Trumps speech: Among those Trump has targeted with new tariffs: Lesotho, the tiny landlocked country that was slapped with a top tariff rate of 50 percent and only has a trade imbalance...

In Germany you have egun.de, gunfinder.de and vdb-waffen.de, in Austria there is waffengebraucht.at and in Italy there is armiusate.it. The France site naturabuy.fr is unfortunately very hard to buy from if you dont hold a french hunting licence. The workaround is to try to find the contact...

I have also been curious abot this, does the republicans actually use their current Trifecta to make any new laws or is it just all the presidential decrees so far? I would assume that they do (would seem that the Trifecta is completly wasted othervise) but there seems to be little news...

I dont understand why Trump, if he does want to make the national US debt smaller, still insists with huge tax cuts, would it not be smarter to wait with the tax cuts and instead pay of debt while still work to make the goverment more efficient and try to save on its expenditures wherever it...

I would guess that they are worn out and goes to the garbage bin rather then beeing sold, apparently they were very simple compared to the more high grade offerings from the same firms. They were according to what I have read among used by the game controll units of Kenya, Tanganyika, Northern...

I think I would feel "naked" without a hunting knife when hunting, so used to always wearing at least one since beeing a kid out on my first hunt with dad. If nothing else I guess it could be used to slice up some biltong :)

Unfortunately not, they have apparently gone bankrupt according to this thread: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/verney-carron-going-under.89985/ They might however be bought up by Beretta, perhaps Aussie_Hunter knows more since he has an rifle on order with them.

At least it seems to have been good for Chapuis to be owned by Beretta, still it is sad that so many firms get bought by the bigger ones.

South Korea seem to be able to deliver quite a lot of tanks and self propelled artillery aswell, If I recall correctly both Finland and Poland has bought a lot of K9 Thunder self propelled artillery and K2 tanks. Unsure about the quality of those but I would guess they are on parity with...

Perhaps he is trying to follow Putins playbook?

In the interview with NBC News Trump says there are methods for him to have a third term. One method that is mentioned is him running as vice president candidate with Vance as presidental candidate. Apparently Vance would then resign making Trump president again, dont know if that would be a...

Apparently Trump is now thinking about a third term, he also seems to be convinced that he has the highest approval rating of any republican president for the last one hundred years. I dont know hard it would be to change the 22nd amendment but if it can be done perhaps it would be a good idea...

I think that the most important support that the US is currently giving Ukraine is intelligence in the form of satellite images/data and real-time data about the movement of russian bombers. It was clearly visable when Trump stopped the sharing of intelligence after the meeting at the white...

My french is rudimentary at best so I just read the makers name and the calibre:giggle:

If there are any europeans interested in aquiring a .500 Jeffery I just saw this Hartmann & Weiss: https://www.naturabuy.fr/Carabine-HARTMANN-WEISS-boitier-civil-Dobble-Skare-Bridge-cal-500-Jeffery-canon-57-cm-lunette-item-12433090.html

I think that Trumps reason for wanting Greenland/Canada is more in the lines of him wanting to leave a lastning legacy in the form of territorial expansion not so much about geopolitical strategic reason. After all president McKinley seems to be a sort of idol for Trump both with tariffs and...

I dont get the impression that he wants Vance to take on the mantle, judging by how he seems to be as a person I would not be surprised if he would be planning to start a political dynasty by endorsing one of his children instead. Perhaps the Trump name and an endorsement from Trump himself...

I went with a custom gun in the form of a classic side by side in 20 gauge which I ordered from the italian firm RFM Armi, I believe they are represented by Upland Gun Company in the US. Really happy with the shotgun so far, very light and well balanced, perfect for Upland Hunting.

Apparently the company has filed for bankruptcy https://www.africahunting.com/threads/verney-carron-going-under.89985/

Will it be possible in the future to opt for a classical rust bluing rather then the plasma nitride finish on the Big Game/Highland Stalker? I think that would add to the classical look since the finish on the wood allready is so beautiful and also very classical.

https://www.westleyrichards.com/theexplora/a-new-425-wr-extended-magazine-rifle/

It looks a little like the extended magazine used on some Westley Richards in .425 Westley Richards.

An interesting read about what making a treaty with Russia usually ends up achieving. https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-has-violated-190-agreements-says-military-analyst-michael-clarke-7088