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I think that this post captures the entire issue. No my friend, no. Not at all. The previous analogy does not say that you should support communism and socialists, it says that you should support freedom of thought and freedom of speech, even when you do not agree with what people think or...

Agreed! Not to mention that it will take a lot more .458 Win rounds than most people shoot in their entire life, to erode a .458 Lott barrel throat. As to the concept of freebore, I believe that it can be safely said after decades of high intensity overbore Weatherby cartridges, that it is OK.

You and I may very well agree here :cry: I hope :giggle: Support? Or tolerance for a legal activity, that can be, and has been, practiced by some with as much integrity, as it has been practiced by others without any integrity?

And you too have made the same points again and again, and this is fine :) Actually the only reason I posted in this thread is to counterbalance your heavy one-sided participation ;) Whether they be Orthodox, Jew, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, or whatever, in the long run intransigent and...

Another tale of how a few rotten apples spoil the entire barrel... So................... Aside from Vaal Rhebok, Klipspringer, and a few Eastern Cape Kudu that live wild and reproduce naturally on the high ridges and plateaus of the Karoo; a few Bushbuck that survive on the edge of "green...

I personally think that they ALL look good in Euro mounts... And it sure saves both space and money ;) Here is one of the walls in our previous house. Wall space was at a premium... Here are three views of the great room in the house we just built. The second row of skulls is not installed...

The limit to the concept is when you get into MG (mountain game). Yes, you can, and I am sure some folks do, hunt Vaal Rhebok, Mountain Reedbuck, Klipspringer on top of the Drakensberg or Sneeuberg in the Karoo with a .375 H&H, but this is where, to me, the R8 comes into its own by shedding the...

I hear you loud and clear :) My own solution is to fully subscribe to the concept that preparing a safari is half the pleasure of the entire safari :love: I am fairly analytical, so I have a good mental projection capability, and I spend hours (days, months) before each new safari, running...

I am not sure what the problem is, or more specifically I am not sure that there is a R8 problem here... To be specific, let us resume the situation: standard cases were fired from a magnum bolt. Consequence, the standard cases were not extracted. From a technical perspective, does this damage...

Most military studies admit that camo is mostly/only worn for soldiers' moral. I continue to use in the hunting fields what I learned in the military ones: FOMBEC Forme (form) - break down conspicuous shapes, do not stand in the open or on a ridge Ombre (shadows) - stay in the shade / shadows...

These must be very nice rifles indeed :) Truth be told, if Blaser produced a .340 barrel, I would likely get it, although in truth too, it would not really do anything more than their .300 Wby barrel does, delivering massive killing power at range, or up close. One of my rare - very rare...

The true reason, the .340 is not more common in Alaska...

I believe that part of the answer is that the .340 Wby recoils markedly more (I really mean markedly!) than the various .300 and .338. It also hits game considerably (I really mean considerably!) harder than the various .300 and .338 (I have .300 Win, .300 Wby, .338 Win). The other aspect is...

In answer to the various questions / comments (MD Driver, TOBY458c, BeeMaa, Green Chile, bowjijohn, Inline6, Hunting Hitman): My scope is the Leica Magnus 1-6.3x24 i. I will go on a limb to posit that it is probably one of the best, if not THE very best DG scope out there, and I do include the...

Synthetic stock is the way to go. Depending on the final weight you want, chose steel insert or alloy insert - there is no difference in strength - and keep in mind the scope weight. Depending on budget available, choose steel or alloy. The steel insert synthetic PH is typically 2.5x to 3x more...

Sorry Toby, I should have been more specific. When I wrote "R8 PH Selous", I meant that my R8 .458 Lott is a PH (synthetic stock with steel insert) with Selous barrel. I am done taking $20k rifles with exhibition wood through airports and to the fields. Too many things I cannot control...

PS: re. 150 yards reach, not that you would shoot DG past 150 yards (or 100 yards for that matter), but there IS this possibility that the next world-record kudu pops up his head over the next ridge...

Obviously the .458 Lott. There is no real comparison... Like Red Leg I would fight hard for the .375 H&H, especially with 350 gr loads... The .404 / .416 / .425 have always been in the run, but they are a little light for stopper duty, and by the time guys like Claude Kleynhans, Owain Lewis...

Absolutely! For a few months before each safari I shoot mine constantly at a 6" plate at 150 yards, which is roughly the shooting skills equivalent of shooting a 12" plate at 300 yards, but this is a modern-production Winchester 52, as good as, and likely better than, a CZ 452 (I also have an...

Is there a typo in there? Am I missing something? Like Inline6, I have shot the .22 a fair amount in my life, and I have shot, and still shoot, steel out to 1,000 meters (measured), albeit with a .300 Win, and I find this statement hard to believe... Here is what a 12" plate looks like at 600...

Had it been a 110, I would have absolved you Rare Breed, and a 200Tdi, or even a 300Tdi, is still a Defender, so you would get a pass on this one too. Of course, Kevin Peacocke has the real thing, and fears no EMP Russian or Chinese sneak attack, although a series II, or even a series III are...

OK, I will finally bite... I have nothing per se against the 6.5 Creedmoor, it is a good little cartridge in the line of the 6.5x54 Mannlicher Schonauer, 6.5x55 Swedish, 6.5×57 Mauser, 6.5×58 Vergueiro (Portuguese), 6.5x50 Arisaka, 6.5×52 Carcano (Italian), etc. etc. ... all the way to the more...

Yep, agreed spike.t, they are pushing .416 Wby ballistics out of the .416 Rigby, which is easy enough because the .416 Wby is the .460 Wby necked down, and the .460 Wby was created by adding a belt to the .416 Rigby and necking it up. I hear that the same issue is happening with the .450 Rigby...

I agree. This is the solution I have on my .458 Lott R8 PH. I cannot speak highly enough of the Leica Magnus 1-6.3x24 i. My wife does not take recoil as well and is terrified at the prospect of being hit by the scope on her 9.3x62 (she is a small woman). For her, the Blaser Red Dot RD20 is perfect.

Performance wise? Same difference. Nil. Zero. Nada. Zilch! Even this guy has been stocking .375 H&H ammo for over one hundred years. Good luck with the .375 Ruger! Oh, I am not biased, the same applies to .376 Steyr, .375 RUM, .375 Saturn (Lazzeroni), .375 Imperial (Canadian), .375 Wby (but...

I love my Stainless Classic Win 70 .300 Wby (on a B&C stock too). Until the R8 came around, it was my go-to Western fall & winter elk rifle. This is correct, but it involves work. Visually, this is what the various Winchester 70 "long" actions look like viewed from the magazine well...

Absolutely agree... around ~9.5 lbs. depending on caliber and stock, iron sighted, and empty. + ~1 lbs. for a decent scope => total ~10 lbs. + ~1 lbs. rings, ammo, sling => total ~11 lbs.

Copy/paste from another thread: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/375-rifle-options.54281/page-2#post-600803 The topic has been beaten to death, many times over I would add, but repetition is in the nature of the blogging beast, and you deserve just as much a quality answer as the legions...

Beautiful rifles, but I would never ever take them to Alaska / Yukon :oops: A full week of non-stop rain in a fly camp will turn those splendid stocks into two twisted gray planks, and rust blue will turn to ... well, rust. Trust me, I know, it happened to me (albeit in Newfoundland, but same...

That is most definitely true in full sunlight. Of course dusk and dawn are a different story... If you use your DG 24 mm scope on Leopard during legal hours in a country where artificial light is prohibited, I promise you that you will not crank it to 8x as your pupil will thirst for a 8 mm...

It seems to me that the very rationale behind a Blaser is the opportunity to travel with several barrels... + a few thoughts... As long as everything fits in one Pelican 1700 that meets maximum size and maximum weight for airlines requirements, and you have several barrels, why limit yourself...

Based on my experience, Mad Dog does not negotiate, but he tends to have inventory. The cheapest dealer was Cove Creeks a few years back, and Euro Optics was not far behind. But I have not bought anything in a few years, I have all I need, so it may be different now.

Agreed. Actually, a few years back it was $1,500 vs. $4,500 so it was 3x times the price and a $3,000 difference. Ludicrous. See my post above.

Here is the data mms45 Here is mine. It has so far killed 3 of the big 5. I have tried all possible permutations (I also have an aluminum insert stock). My favorite is the steel insert stock and no kickstop. But this is because I have a steel insert stock that I was able to purchase...

I would not know about shooting a CBL in a barrel, so I will pass judgment on this, but the lion hunt I did in the Kalahari, tracking on foot miles after miles, days after days, needs no defending, it stands on its own merit. Believe you me, a heck of a lot better than a lot of shooting I have...

Not muddying the water, Friend, just dealing with reality indeed, and the reality is that there are worthy hunts for lion in South Africa with the right outfitters, and unworthy shooting for any species with the wrong outfitters. This being said, I agree that the sad extremes to which some CBL...

We are on the same wave length, Friend, "put & take" is the issue, not the species. As to the commercial excesses of game breeding, they are endless, from lion bone or rhino horn illegal trade, to genetic manipulation. The point being that there can be ethical practices with any species, and...

The irony of the "captive bred" and "fenced" lion hunt arguments........ I typically refrain from engaging in this argument, but I cannot help but notice that the virtuous indignation about hunting captive bred lions in fenced properties somehow vanishes when it comes to hunting captive bred...

Yes you absolutely can, provided this is a quality scope with reliable and repeatable clicks, which is far from being the case with many (most) of the less expensive scopes, and even some of the surprisingly expensive ones of the previous generation, before ballistic turrets became fashionable...

No I do not use a raised cheekpiece, I find that the scopes line up perfectly with my eye, using a classic American "crawl the stock" position :) Observe also that I always place the scope as far forward as mechanically possible, with the front of the turrets housing resting against the front...

Even there you can find .375 H&H ammo, but good luck with .375 Ruger, .376 Steyr, .375 Dakota, .375 Remington Ultra Magnum etc.

Per a few members' suggestions, so that all R8 info is on the same thread, I am adding in this thread something I posted a few months ago in another thread in response to a member's question :) R8 scope mounts clearance Based on factual experience with 8 different barrel / scope R8...

A Blaser scope mount 1" weighs 6.7 Oz. and a Blaser scope mount 30 mm weighs 7.1 Oz. I am not sure that there is much weight saving to be had in regard to them. The only option would be aluminum, but I am not aware of anyone making one. Beware of mount height when selecting your scope. I also...

I do not remember the specifics, but I did post the Mauser magazine cartridges geometry drawing and formula several times at the request of members. For all I know we may already have discussed this :), or not, as others too have posted similar info :) Here it is for other members' benefit...

You are correct :) This is why the .500 Jeff is so fat and with a rebated rim. It was designed specifically to fit in a standard-length military action when Rigby absorbed all the magnum-length Mauser actions. Whether this was by supply/demand or by contractual restriction is uncertain (both...

All of the above being generally right, the other aspect is trajectory. If the .375 is to be used in a one-rifle safari including both Buff and PG, 250 fps will show in the trajectory on PG past 150 yards.

Yes, I do. I never could own one in those days - they were out of my price range - but they are built to last. Chris Sells, the General Manager (I think ?) of Heym USA calls them "East German tractors: ugly but indestructible", which is funny knowing that they were made in West Germany, but it...

This is the rear base for a German claw mount, also sometimes called a Suhl claw mount because it was developed in the city of Suhl during the golden age of German rifle craftmanship (late 1800's / early 1900's). The front base is missing. It should be in the dovetail on the barrel ring, and it...

This video does not surprise me at all... It is entirely consistent with my experience, both civilian (and military in a former life, when I saw a lot of people shoot). The simple facts are: 1) It is a rare modern factory rifle indeed, regardless of brand and price, with CNC machined action...

I tend to agree with the statement: "If 200m is the longest range at which you can hit a six-inch target with three consecutive shots (emphasis added), then that is your maximum range for taking body shots on springbuck." My own practice has been (prior to buying a Blaser R8) 5 series of 5...