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Nice to hear…that’s the exact scope I am hoping to put on it.

So while waiting to hear back, I was looking over Ryan Breedings website, drooling over his projects pages and the gorgeous rifles he’s spun up for folks over the years, when I all the sudden see a rifle that doesn’t just look strikingly similar, but the spitting image. I had corresponded with...

Here is the gun I bought. Which I learned the maker later the same day, which the photo above is how.

Yepper…went and did it. It’s been a bit of gun whirlwind the past few weeks, so sorry for the longer intro. So I’ve posted a time or two about my interest in the 505 Gibbs, truly more of a lust but possibly a foolish one given I hadn’t ever shot one. While I’ve historically fallen into a...

Big Easy I think will warm to a 450 Rigby quite nicely, especially if designed with proper weight…I mean it would be at least a baby-step down from his 505 Gibbs. I continue to lust after a 450 Rigby. Today I think you’d have an easier time finding brass, maybe even some ammo in the Rigby vs...

Maybe someone else will chime in, but will just note that while I cannot say it’s impossible, I do not think it’s something you’ll ultimately prove happy with as you are looking at some significant machine work to alter the action. Ignoring the bolt face issue, the cartridge length differences...

For my 375HH and Rigby 416, the Barnes factory ammo were superbly accurate, so much so, I ended up just ordering two cases for the Rigby. It was shooting less than .5” MOA, consistent velocities, well above Federal, and was by far the most reasonable. On my most recent trip, two bulls, both...

Did Chris have any Martinis in 500 or 505 to inspect? If I don’t warm to the 88b’s 450/400 or 470, I see one of Heym’s bolt guns in my future. Gorgeous 500 by the way. Such lovely wood and ideal scroll work. Well chosen.

That’s the one. Stock broke down about as fast as the victims of the battle. We don’t find ancient, intact muskets leaning against high, desert pines in Alaska.

There was a gent in our camp back in May that had hit a Buffalo high, getting high doubke lungs but not breaking him down. They found and finished him 4 days later and supposedly not all that much worse for wear. Granted this was told over a campfire, but the buff was described as still overly...

My hunting partner and I were just talking about this on our 9-hour drive up to fly I. For sheep hunting, listening to the Rigby podcasts…how Africa really gives us the chance to hunt artful, pretty, wood stocked rifles for the first time in a couple decades. As we get ready to hopefully fly in...

Cool photo for sure, which most the old P&T pics are. There is a really eerie one of Talifson if I recall correctly stumbling upon the scene of a hunter and bear encounter from years earlier. Just skeletal remains of the gent, bear and rifle. I’ve hunted all over Alaska the last 20 years...

@RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION keep beating Norma about the head and neck. Tell them folks want, NEED, brass and ammo. lol. And thank you for always proving so responsive and timely so…even when the response isn’t what I want to hear. M Cheers, Will

You got it. Consider it SPF. With that, the black 280ai ULA is totally withdrawn as I’m keeping it.

Thanks, I did and corresponded with them before posting. I beat the bushes pretty thoroughly before reaching out to the forum.

Chris, I’ll shoot you a PM since I head out in the morning.

Saw those, that’s why I was asking in here. Places like Meade had Jamison for $400 for 100pcs up until just recently and Norma had a run last year. It’s out there, so just not at the point where I see logic in Jamison at $11 apiece. But I might get there.

If anyone has extra or once fired. Would love to find some Norma, Jamison…heck beggars can’t be choosers. Shoot me a PM with whatever ya got. Cheers, Will

I did pay attention on the shots. All are pairs, and checked with field glasses after each shot. Left barrel on left side and right on the right, except one pair I sort of stacked vertically on the left side.

Such sad news, and especially for his folks and daughter. I often recklessly say if I slip from high trail or pass off away in the wilds somewhere, it would be better than some alternatives, but it brings my family zero comfort, especially when the day comes to pass. While I don’t usually...

As for shotgun barrels, not sure he just has an extra set, but there was a set there earlier in July. When I purchased the pre-owned 470 few weeks back from Chris, he had another 88b also in 470 with a second set of barrels in 20ga that he was going to sell for a client. The price he mentioned...

Why do they always have to wear the name of some kids playtoy, like sugar snookums or lamb chop. Is there a minimum age for lion harvest in Zim, one of the countries I thought had some age like 8 or so, maybe Tanzania. Will say, it’s 2025, everyone has to be outraged about something almost...

This thread made me chuckle as it reminded of the old Wolf Brand Chili commercial of my youth…neighbor how long’s it been…”well that’s too long.” I took way too long to book my first, like a couple decades longer than I initially anticipated, but that was due to my relocation to Alaska and...

Sorry to distract from OP’s original question, but I can’t help myself. Sexiest Mauser I’ve seen. Very classy scroll work…but the 1/4 rib is new to me on the Mauser 98’s. What model is this, or was it a total custom ground up from Mauser or other builder on modern Mauser action? Thanks, Will

I wouldn’t do it. You adore your double too much to do that to yourself. Either of those magazine rifles will make you want to put your double down more. The bulky and weight forward design of the Rigby comes from their recent replication of prewar rifles, I mean they’ve been making 416’s...

Thanks all for the kind words.

Think I listened to the same podcast, or one very similar, there were several with Robertson. He’s a big 450 3 1/4 fan for sure, and when comparing one with the 470 for frontal brain shots on elephant, he loves the 450 and isn’t as big a fan of the 470. I’ve also heard many say the opposite...

Gents, with that, thank you for looking and this ad is suspended for a couple/few weeks. To all who has liked, commented, reached out to talk and/or even picked up a rifle, special thanks to you. When I get back, I hope to sort through which ones I still want to part with, get better...

Kevin, check things out and play with options on scope, etc on your end to make sure that the LOP will work for you. We’ll catch up when I get back from my hunt. If you decide it will work and you still want it, I’ll consider it yours…won’t sell it out from under you, so no worries. It is one...

Just a couple photos of the rifle when I got it home, was just overly pleased that the wood was prettier and nicer than I expected from the seller’s photos.

Here is my lousy first ever attempts at this double thing. The lower two are the very first shots I’d taken and offhand at 50 yards, then the two above were off this bog bipod thing I had gotten for my daughter to practice off of. I have a set of 4-stable-sticks but think I may get an actual...

So this is not technically my first double, but my first double I’ve had in hand. While what I really think I wanted a 500NE and 450NE, decided a 470 would be easier to find and good place to start. I had just recently purchased a 470 88b from Chris Sells that an older client had aged out of...

Green stocked Limited run Barrett Fieldcraft is SPF.

The green camo stocked 280AI Nula, bottom/right of the first photo next to the black 280AI, is also SPF. Gents, appreciate all the questions and those that reached out. Heads up that I need to shift gears after mid-day tomorrow. I'll post suspending the WTS for the remaining rifles for any...

I cannot recall any time I’d purchased a gun via Gunbroker or GunIntl and had it in hand the following day…likely part of living in Alaska though. More importantly, I cannot think of the last time I bought a gun and it proved so so so much nicer in person than the photos marketing it. And...

Bansner SPF. Thank you JES Adv.

The light gray stocked 284win, bottom rifle in first picture, is SOLD.

Your observation is not incorrect. And while it possibly saved time in listing, I made up for it answering questions I set out in the ad, but fairly so because it’s someone buried in the mix. I was both trying to help out if someone was on the hunt for one of these cartridges and give you...

I sure hope they are. I picked one up from Chris Sells in 470 and is with JJ doing strip, clean, adjust, etc., when I stumbled upon that one referenced above. Figure some things things in Alaska should stay in Alaska, or at least try to keep them here. So went from never having owned a...

I did. They are here in the classifieds as well, just in a disorganized, cluttered type of post. Anything unspoken for by weeks end, I will suspend it and then properly relist them and put over on the **NOT**PERMITTED** and Campfire as there are more fanatics there on the NULA's and Fieldcrafts.

Ha, no worries about cluttering up the post, the gun looks to be sold. I will say I do like the fact that this one had the break if one wanted it, and then thread protector for those who don't.

SPF to a fine gentleman Surgeon.

Look away…nothing to see here. lol.

Gents this is a bit of a laundry list so I apologize, but at the same time, it’s what I was able to get together in what feels like an unending lack of time. These are all rifles I’ve had for 4-7 years and never shot, ones I’ve meant to post for sale over on another board for almost 2-years and...

New, unfired 6.5 PRC, stainless rifle by Kampfeld. Built off Win mod 70 action(Ct), Barlein #2 at 24"(1 in 8") , McMillan, Mod 70 edge build, PTG bdl bottom metal, old style trigger resprung 2lbs. Rifle as it sits is appx 6.6lbs. $2,750 + shipping/insurance. Please feel free to reach out...

Parting with a Dakota Safari rifle in 416 Rigby. I don’t have the build sheet, not the original owner, but when I called and spoke with Park West the rifle checks out with its original specs of a Safari with addition of checkered bolt knob and muzzle break with thread protector. They did not...

Safe travels, good hunting, and strait shooting! Will admit the flight menu has me questioning life choices as I ready to crawl off into the Alaskan wilderness for annual sheep excursions. Developing my menu before repackaging to trim weight, deciding which dehydrated meals to double up on and...

Maybe PM @Assiehunter, he did some loading for his Rigby 459 a while back. Could search the threads and likely find his posts on it. Not recalling any specifics on what loads he was rolling up, just that it was a splendid looking single square bridge action with some lovely wood. Expect...

With the ability of folks to hunt moose unguided, more education is better for sure. The regs are hyper-specific and hard to interpret at times. I mean 50” is easy enough to understand for minimum width, but harder to visualize than anyone can believe, especially with a bull rocking and...

Stronger man than me. While Africa hasn’t ended a similar abusive relationship, she has provided a solid source of joy and respite. The campfires, cocktails, curated meals and laundry service sure beats the hell out of freeze dried meals, living in the same clothes for 1-2 weeks at a time...