Recent content by VertigoBE

I don’t think it is a fanbase of amateurs driving the price up, the market is too large for it. In my opinion, this is governments, or large institutions starting to position themselves.

I think that objectively, the Heym Martini is the better rifle over the Rigby big game. So is the Heym 89b the better double rifle over the Rigby Shikari. However, Rigby has its name and nostalgia going much more for it, than Heym. It evokes a more emotional response and seems to do (a bit)...

I would put it even more simply: Whatever the atomic bomb, firearms, cars, computers, etc. do, they do not displace human critical thinking. And some of these inventions did/do come with negative side effects (with the rise of motorized transport we've all gotten fatter, with portable computers...

The only situation I have experienced so far, was when chasing zebra. We had climbed up a kopje and installed ourselves on a rock that hung a bit over the edge. In front of us was a bit of plain, with the bush starting again about 300m from us. We had seen a group of zebra starting to come back...

Perhaps move this discussion to another thread? This is originally the W.J. Jeffery thread.

Perhaps you could get a .500 Rigby going?

Waidmannsheil ! What a beast of a stag! Very well done.

Are there no requirements on these wildlife guides to be at the same proficiency level as a PH? Like the system in Zimbabwe ? I cannot imagine going on a tour in the wild, not having the guide carry a rifle, ready to do the necessary.

Waidmannsheil ! A very exciting hunt it seems, with a satisfactory result. And that’s a brute of a cat? Congratulations !

Even from the thumbnails I would have said Austrian or German. OTOH, 4900€ is not a crazy price for a German 450NE guild rifle

Ok, fair enough.

A question to our (retired or not) professional members of the US military. Having read through the pages of comments on this gettogether of the top military with their commander, I fail a bit to understand why there would be such a cold receipt and negativity to this. Costs, time wasted, etc...

Hi Mark, just found this thread, looking for info on Schmeisser rifles and how they compare to the typical US competitor rifles. After 3 years of ownership, how do you feel about them? Would you have bought something else instead? I'm more looking at something like 14.5", lightweight version...

Just posted the exact same idea! I thought I was the only one!

Built by Hartmann&Weiss, A 500NE, side by side double hammer rifle, rebounding hammers with automatic cocking on opening. Top lever and top slide safety. Double triggers, front one articulated. Quarter or full length rib, with irons, pop-up WR style ghost ring at the back and a place to mount a...