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@Rando8586 Idaho............FWB

It has the half round bbl instead of the bull bbl, so is a bit lighter than some.....FWB

It weighs 10.4 pounds.............FWB

@ActionBob I'm with Gina on this one.....the old iron wheelers are the classics. Had a 47 Mod D and a 34 Mod D also, but now down to just the 1929.......Bill

Dang, @ActionBob you certainly know your tractors......I have a 1929 John Deere Mod D with a 350 cu in twin popper in it......but never knew JD made a two stroke.......a corn popper motor. ........FW Bill

America has become a country where small, minority groups are catered to. Often to the exclusion of the majority and in the face of common sense............always be vigilant where the crazies are concerned. ..........FWB

@matt85 Thanks for info.........FWB

Ya, @CoElkHunter 30 years for Utah, I alternated between Henry;s Mtns and Book Cliffs. Never had the money for Antelope Isl. @JimP No worries, I think a Mod 71 in 348 has enough history to make a great bison rifle. The cost of hunts in the Continental US. in either $ or preference points has...

I bought this rifle hoping to hunt wild bison one day. Received the draw results from Utah yesterday. 30 tries is enough. Now, hoping to generate a little money and hunt a different buffalo in Africa. Maybe I can draw THAT tag.....Somebody please buy this rifle, shoot a bison, and send me a...

I ordered this rifle from Big Timber 30 years ago, and took possession 28 years ago. It is unfired. In the very desirable 45-2 4/10 chambering. Spirit level front sight for use with interchangeable inserts. The rear sight is the finest ever made for a Shiloh, and is no longer available...

@FallowJaeger Your problem, as you have already surmised, is that you will have too many good choices. Follow your instincts......a smaller operation, where your PH is an owner, is my recommendation for your first hunt. Every operator has strengths......when you have winnowed it down to just a...

@Hunter-Habib Excellent info, thanks for posting. It brought back many memories of both BSA rifles and motorcycles. The bikes were less revered by us...."Bastard Stopped Again" was a common moniker. But the rifles were a cut above the usual junk that us kids hunted with. I think, from your prior...

Sadly, it's Burkina Faso military that is blamed for executing the 56 children. US funded military. When American tax dollars floods these poor countries, competition for wealth leads to waring of factions and chaos. Hunting is a collateral casualty. .........FWB

AMERICA WILL FIX IT Before 2009, US aid to Burkina Faso (BF) was nil.....about $200,000 per year. This could not go on. "though the Country was home to no specific terrorist threats during this time, and certainly none to the US, the US Govt began supplying a significant influx of funding...

@Rafiki Looks like an awesome project. The best reason to do this is simply because you want to. And having taken a No. 1 to Africa several times (I currently keep one there) this is very interesting to me. I could never find a rifle chambered in the 50-140-700 and wondered if it was simply an...