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Let me know what you find out about bringing them back with you! We are in the group right after you.

This is exactly what I was referring to in my post. These guns are a bargain in the UK and can be brought in at a reasonable cost. Here is a gun I’ve posted previously. It is a higher grade gun but still is imported for about 2/3’s of its value in the US. And below it is a gun of similar...

IMO the best way to buy a vintage British gun is to go to Britain. Prices are much lower than US pricing and a gun can be properly vetted and repaired prior to shipment. In the US there are less than a handful of smiths qualified to evaluate and repair a classic English gun. By buying in the...

The comments were not directed at you. They were directed at the member who called the offering ‘fishy’ because it listed the scope as a 34 mm tube.

Congratulations on the sale. Absolutely stellar rifle.

I totally agree, but for Europe that needed to happen thirty years ago. Europe is now locked into a future with a middle eastern majority. There really is no means to avoid it at this point.

I have a 30 mm as well, but I believe that Swaro switched to 34 on these scopes. Absolutely beautiful rifle!

That didn’t help, but it’s relative birth rates that are driving the middle eastern influx into Europe. In 2007, our executive team and board sat through a presentation by one of the world’s top economists in which he predicted exactly what we are seeing today. Europe cannot support itself...

There are trading floors in better locations if you look around a bit. Many large corporations do what you do in less urban environments. Koch in Wichita is just one example. Cargill and Williams Energy are others.

Our daughter and her fiance, both Ukranian nationals, were helping me on the farm yesterday. He was sharing video of bomb strikes into civilian neighborhoods taken from his family’s flat in Kiev. The Russian leaders making these decisions are truly butchers. It would warm my heart to see UA...

I’m within six months of placing a major order for steel in the construction of a new fertilizer plant. If this tariff increase sticks, it will hurt our project, but we will still move forward. I know of many others that will not survive a cost increase like that. It’s probably too much to...

I’ve been going back through this thread and find the responses very interesting and likely indicative of society in general. There are some here, I like to think that I am one, who try to stay informed and develop balanced opinions based on fact. These folks are generally met with hysterics...

Highly respected by who, you? Seriously, you’ve got to try harder than that.

The best I have had done were by Collett’s in Bulawayo and Pretoria. They also do exceptional leather work. They made a clutch out of warthog for my wife that is absolutely stunning.

I think the OP is looking for something that rolls up tight for travel and is useful for protecting the rifle in the bakkie rack.

Collett’s Wildlife Artistry, Pretoria. They are lined with a soft cloth not unlike the boyt cases. Eland is particularly good for this as it is tough and very soft.

I had these made Up from eland Leather. They roll up just like canvas.

I must be mistaken on the hunt referenced. I know the royal family hunted with Tony in NG43 but it must have been a different hunt. I do recommend you chat with Werner.

I may be mistaken, but I thought that that safari was with Tony Sanchez-Arino and took place in NG 43 with Kgori Safaris. Werner Lombard was with Kgori at the time and now runs Bokamoso Safaris. He would be a good place to start for information on hunting in Botswana. I believe that Bokamoso...

Nice bear!

I shoot mine a lot more than that. It will likely have to go off for a set back or a new barrel soon.

Perhaps just to see if I could get someone to waste their time responding!

W Wind in contoured land is tough. I couldn’t believe some of the wind reads we were getting in the Barbour Creek school, but the mirage doesn’t lie!

Ver Very interesting. I thought they might give the 6.5 Grendel a look. I understand that some of the SpecOps folks are using it. Certainly a good idea to step up from the 5.56!

I don’t push it. 3,000 fps is pretty easy with them but I don’t want to burn the barrel out too quickly.

My 6.5 PRC is a ballistic twin to your .264. I have switched to the bondstrike after attending the LR school. What a bullet!

Like I said, I don’t own one. If I did, I would use the norma bullet I mentioned. I don’t get all the animas toward the cartridge. It has gotten a lot of folks into shooting, which can’t be a bad thing.

My eyes were opened at a recent long range shooting school that @cbvanb and I attended. The school guns were Barbour Creed 6.5 Creedmore I do not own a creedmoor, but I shot one extensively from 500 to 1550 at Barbour Creek shooting school. If I were looking to hunt with one, I would use the...

I don’t necessarily disagree, but it is in no way the fault of the corporations. They have no choice, although they are easy targets.

Let me provide some hard data. Years ago my division was buying into a Chinese manufacturing company. They were operating production facilities similar to mine with 10x the staff and 1/2 the op ex.. I toured every facility prior to approving the deal, so my data is not second hand. Workers...

It’s pretty simple, corporations have no choice but to produce their product in the most efficient way possible. If they don’t, they are out of business. How many people will pay 50% more for a product because it is made in the USA. Answer, not enough for the company to stay in business.

A friend of is the fellow who writes Precision Rifle Blog. His comment was that James Eagleman taught him more about wind than anyone else ever has. That’s a pretty strong endorsement!

Very interesting dynamic. I would have expected this rifle at this price to move in minutes. I’ve recently posted what I thought were very good deals on quality rifles on AH and subsequently sold them elsewhere. Perhaps AH members are hitting the point of saturation! Again, if anyone is...

Kestrels are a last resort. This school teaches you how to read the wind where it matters, out at max ordinate. The wind where you stand may be completely different than the wind acting on the bullet, particularly in high contour areas. We correctly called no wind a number of times when there...

I would just check their website. Barbourcreek.com

@cbvanb and I recently attended Barbour Creek's Level 1 and Level 2 courses in Eufala, Alabama. Following is a synopsis of our time there. General: We stayed on-site for a small additional charge. I highly recommend that you do so as it gives more time to visit with the other students and...

This rifle is sold. You guys missed a good one here regardless of what Bob says! :)

Agreed, if someone is looking for one they'd be crazy not to jump on this. If I were in the mood to sell mine, it would be for a lot more than is being asked here!

Agreed, this falls into the ‘who cares’ category. Irrelevant and uninteresting.

I am truly glad that you have not been a victim. However, I have a number of very close friends who are Farmers in RSA who have had a very different experience than you have. They have lost friends, family and neighbors to this atrocity. Please don’t belittle their suffering or begrudge the...

Maybe a sorry this property is already leased for hunting sign?

Exactly! I have friends who have joined together in a sort of armed militia to defend their farms. A few years ago I was on a farm in the western cape. A week later the neighbors were dead in a vicious farm attack. These folks live in gated compounds in continual readiness for an attack...

And Canadians do know how to deliver an ass whipping. When I moved to the states I was shocked at how few men had actually dropped the gloves and sorted things out. Growing up playing hockey in Canada, I didn’t know any guys who had not.

Ramaphosa and his staff may be a lot of things, smart is not on the list.

I found it beyond odd to be in church on Sunday and have the pastor praying for the country in the midst of their trade war with the US.

As mentioned previously, I was surprised at the level of animosity toward the US when we returned home to visit my in-laws. Personally, I would not hesitate to fly up (of course I’m using a Canadian passport when I do), but I would not drive across the border and run around with US plates on my...

If I'm understanding your point, your handle is well chosen!

This rifle is sold. Thanks to all who looked.

OK, to continue on with my choppy listing: Rifle weight: 8 pounds 12 ounces LOP: 14" Trigger is slightly over 3 pounds, very crisp. I have cycled the rifle slowly and quickly. It is flawless. Round count must be in the range of 300 Bore is as new Round capacity; 3 down 1 up. There is room to...