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The 416 shoots about as flat as a 30-06 with 180s. I'd put one of those 1.7-10x42's on it. I think Swarovski used to make something like that. Perhaps others do.

I didn't grow up in OZ but we lived there for 3 years when I was in my late 30's. I loved the place, even if I lived in Canberra. My vegemite recipe for my fellow Sceptic Tanks. Sourdough bread cut thick! Pre toast it in the oven at about 415-430 F for 3 minutes. Spread a light smear of...

That is a sambar. Rusa is half that big.

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I could do a complete rifle in the GRS with the 338 or 6.5 for $4500, minus scope mount. Or in 7mm Blaser for $5000 I could do a complete rifle in the Professional S for $3500 in 338 or 6.5. Or in 7mm Blaser for $4000. Minus scope mount.

R8 PROFESSIONAL S STOCK WITH SYSTEM AND A RAIL $1500 R8 PROFESSIONAL STOCK WITH GRS WARG AND AND AN AREA 419 RAIL $2600 R8 6.5X55 SEMI WEIGHT BARREL WITH 200-300 ROUNDS OF NORMA AMMO $1700 R8 7MM BLASER MAGNUM SEMI WEIGHT FLUTED BARREL $2000 WITH DIES AND 425 ROUNDS OF NEW NORMA BRASS AND 150...

If anyone is looking at Sip again, they are trying to be active on Blaserbuds again. Be on the look out!

I remember getting off the airplane after moving to Australia wide eyed from car shopping. I wasn't wealthy at the time and am still far from it. We went to Toyota and there was a used 70' series Landcruiser troop carrier. The price was 100,000 AUD about $75,000 at the time. I wanted it...

My take on it is, that it depends on you. I am of the theory that any overly unused very expensive items tend to be a source of buyers remorse very quickly. I work with two guys that own the Platinum grade versions of F150's. They bought them before the super markups happened, and they were...

I went to the Alaska State Trooper Academy about 20 years ago. The first week or two of the academy we got sprayed with pepper spray and then had to accomplish task. 1. Get your radio out and call dispatch to let them know your location and what had happened to you. 2. Draw your ASP and...

Barrels and mounts are sold pending funds.

In case anyone ask, that Crimson Trace is one of the Japanese ones. I don't really want to sell it, but I'd take $800 for it as a package with the mounts and a barrel.

New R8 silver Jaeger receiver $1600, no wood! R8 300 RUM barrel. Got some scratches on it $850 with a box by of HSM Berger ammo. Unknown round count has plenty of rifling. R8 300 WSM semi-weight 20 inch barrel threaded. $1000 with two boxes of Norma Tip Strike ammo. Unknown round count plenty...

Just don't care, and not going to support it. I'll probably go to the Salt Lick expo next year, maybe sheep but probably not.

The 470 recoils the same as the 500 NE, so yes!

Between the two I am shocked that people have such a short memory on this. J Sip as a scam artist and Pale Horse with quality issues. There seems to be a concerted effort to raise the two of them back out to rebirth like a pheonix.

I personally feel that the added value of the Krieghoff decockers (being a Blaser user) is worth a considerable advantage over the Heym. Heym sure is pretty though.

Indeed, he was a really nice guy.

In Germany there are rules as part of the German Hunting tradition. Normally it is only native trees that exist in Germany. So if you cut a branch off of a Colorado Blue Spruce and put it in the mouth of a roe deer (rehbuck) you'd be wrong. I got my Jagdschein in 2017. Here is the page...

Maven's are made in Japan or China depending on the model. By Light Optical Works in Japan or by someone else in China. They are nice, but they are not on the quality of German/Austrian brands. A lot of people claim this to be the case, but it isn't a thing. Alpha glass comes with an Alpha...

So there are no western hunting shows with Africa as a center point in 2023? That really sucks.

A horse a piece!

Put them on many a 700 clone. Nothing wrong with them. If you are using a big 34mm 5-25x56 (for instance) you can lift the cheek weld up as they give you spacers. I really like mine. I also splurged on the bottom metal and it is really nice with the magazine box. I can't fault them!

I have a 7mm Blaser, and stuff to feed it or I'd take it. What a great deal.

It is really strange to me that both Pale Horse and JSIP would make an incredible popping sound (removing their head from their arse) on the same week. There is a guy on the BlaserBuds forum claiming that JSIP also came to the table this week, with actual product from an order only 3 months...

Age can be determined by what archeologist call the "lick test". If it taste like dirt it is old. If it taste like chemicals it has been aged.

Couple possible outcomes. 1. Enough young Russians die that it creates a national insurgency in Russia. Russian public has no taste for war. Oligarks get tired of losing money and kill Putin ending the war and relaunching democracy (albeit Oligark placed democracy in Russia). 2. Russia...

If I was only left handed. Wonderful gun.

I rented a rifle on my first safari. It was a 50 year old Musgrave mauser in 308 that had been fired about 4000 times. It did have lynx mounts and Nicco Sterling on it. I paid $400 to rent the rifle and ammo for 10 days. Fired 26 rounds total. Concur about finding out what the rental...

The guy I hunted with in Namibia had zero hair on his legs, and I didn't see many male Afrikaaners that did. Guy was about 6'8 and I am 5'11, I wanted to ask him but didn't want to deal with the wrath if he got offended.

I just listen to you. Too much short shorts action. At least (or I am hoping) no Nair was involved prior to the filming.

All of the cervus elphus group (elk and red deer) are at their absolute biggest at 8-11 years old. Weather, feed, genetics and predation will influence what kind of head gear they have on at this time. A lean year for moisture, or a year where they spent the entire season getting harassed by...

This is really smart. I live in the Chihuhuan desert, and I shake out my shoes every morning no matter the season. We have a lot of scorpions. They have a wasp type sting, it isn't deadly but it is painful enough that I don't want to experience it on a regular basis. I might go to...

Yep!

We rode quite a few of those exotic trends in the 80's and 90's. Pot bellied pigs, emu, ostrich, neighbors imported Murray Grey cattle from Australia. It was all 70's oil money that eventually dried up and my dad ended up back in law enforcement. I think that cat Wildlife Partners guy and...

This is the smartest thing to do.

Not going to Nashville. Vegas and Reno are handy to those in the West. Nashville is a long damn way to go to spend money. Dallas I would have probably done.

Spent about an hour or two watching the Star-S ranch exotic animal auction. https://www.dvauction.com/events/120337/lots?page=1&items=50 Results were kind of spectacular, but I have nothing to base it on. Giraffe bulls went for $70,000 each. A pair of yearling cape buffalo went for either...

That actually looks really decent as a skull mount.

Also why would you ever bring your wife on an African safari? I like my wife a lot, but f** that!

I wanted to clarify the taxidermy issue. The only way I am doing taxidermy is if it on something like a zebra rug, hyena rug, civet rug. The rest will just be skulls. I don't have trophy room or a wife that will put up with an entire house of lifesize african hoofstock from floor to...

Wife and I were talking about how much I have been working, and how much money she has been blowing on stupid shit ( to me, pretty much). Anyway she asked me if I wanted to do a guided hunt next year in 2023 or 2024, to which I replied yes of course I ado. But I am still trying to figure out...

9,3x70 Expert http://www.cartridgecollector.net/93-x-70-magnum

I am in the anti-Gore Tex crowd. I have had foot rot in a lot milder places than Africa.

Concur, I had a ton of problems with my outfitter in 2005. Not sure if he is still operating or not. Don't care, but it was the best hunting trip I had ever been on. Just amazing! 99.9% of them were created by another client in camp.

What would the 5th Namibia category be?

This is the only thing I don't understand: Dubarry Wexford Boots $569. I would think something designed for the English countryside (cold and wet) would suck someplace hot and humid. I served for 20 years in the Navy mostly in aviation and intel. Spent a lot of time in Afghanistan, Iraq...

My two cents on Namibia. There are a lot of different types of operators, and for the most part they fit into one of these 4 categories. 1. Ranch with the primary emphisis on cattle. It seems that more Europeans go to these than Americans. 2. Resort type place with swimming pools and more...

Please let me know what you have.

Pretty much! I used one when I lived Europe on a Merkel in 7x64, this same model. Was brilliant!