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Hello! You and I are quite similar! I craved and saved for the rifles from when the New Magnum first came out in 2015 and the Standard in 2017. In 2020 Mauser rearanged the distribution and I managed to buy a Magnum in 375 H&H and then a Standard in 7x57 for a VERY modest price. They are truly...

That's a great deal! The heym Safari is a slightly modified M98 action. 450 Rigby is powerfull calibre and should sit comfortably in the Elephant zone with a heavy .458 bullet and plenty of powder.

Either way you are well covered by a 30-06 for those critters. I shoot boars with 180 gr Swift Scirocco from my 30-06 and it's a great bullet and calibre combo. Stiff bullet and high ballistic coefficient makes it a 3-400 meter bullet but I shoot them on average at 70 meters so that I can seee...

I would buy this instantly if they skip the engravings and price it at the lower end of M98 custom pricing. A Synthetic 300 WM M98 is perfect addidion to my wooden Mausers in 7x57 and 375 H&H. I Always prefer wood in general but a week of constant sideways rain will not be kind on walnut...

It's easier to be forgiven that getting permission so I bought them and mentioned as a natural piece of information. She used to it though; on our first date I brought her to a gunshop, she didn't run away and now we have kids together also :)

I got about 40% off on the MSRP so basically a song and a dance...

Mauser still have some in stock in Germany. They will also make new ones but it will take five months and cost a kingdom...

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I thought I have better post a little bit of Mauser porn! I have had a Mauser M03 in 30-06 since 2015 and have bagged a host of critters with it, mostly Wild boar, fallow deer and the odd Moufflon. Mauser released the newly minted M98 Magnum in 2015 and the M98 standard in 2017 and I have had a...

I meant to say the the relative recoil between 375 H&H and 30-06 feels lighter than for 30-06 and 6,5x55.

I've shot a 500/416 and instantly knew I needed a DR after that. I think there is a diminishing recoil effect. The difference between 6,5x55 and 30-06 seems more substantial than between 6,5x55 and 30-06 and so on. The 500/416 was quite shootable and I think a 500 NE is an itch I need to scratch...

Good Luck! I'm looking forward to your report.

I have shoot the Sako 85 in 6,5x55 and it bounced every 5-10 rounds back into the receiver. The "S"-length action have far less if any of those issues. A friend just sold his Sako 85 in 375 H&H and I took over his cases, some had a dent and he also stated that they bounce back occasionally. I...

Thanks for providing good input, much appreciated! Indeed one of my concerns would be PG-hunting for Eland and maybe Giraffes in open terrain where the can see you. My experience with fallow and roe deer here in Sweden is that they readily can see when things are out of order at quite the...

Great minds think alike. My first trip will probably be Namibia and after that Zambia and so on and I'am curious about distances for PG-hunting which I presume is somewhat dictated by the excellent eye sight of various antelopes.

Thanks! I have! One of my fondest memory of my grandfather was helping him with the "surströmming", I didn't eat it myself and I would buy a gas mask before going near that stuff again :) /Cheers

Hello! I have been a lurker here for many years and as Africa is calling ever louder I decided to join in order to vent some questions and better prepare for the dark continent. I have been hunting in Sweden for years and would like to use any rifle bought also on the northern hemisphere. My...