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  1. nomspc

    Woodleigh Bullets - Feedback for Production Requested

    .375 350 grain Weldcore SP HD
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    R8 Barrels For Sale

    https://www.africahunting.com/threads/for-sale-blaser-r8-308-standard-barrel.81162/
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    Difference in Velocities for .308 Barrels

    I’ve shot more .308 than anything else over the last 40 years. Lots of different rifles, different barrel lengths, different twist rates. As far as hunting goes, I’ve tended towards monolithic copper bullets in Barnes or Federal loaded ammo; 150 grain for .308, 165 grain for .30-06 and 180 grain...
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    What problems have you encountered with your Blaser R8?

    In 2002, I was at **NOT**PERMITTED** where I saw Jeff Cooper’s personal R93 in .30-06 choke at the range. That gun was locked up tight and nobody could get the action open. It was finally taken to the Gunsmithy where they got the action open and reported minor damage to the bolt head. This is the only...
  5. nomspc

    Anybody removed the iron sights from a Blaser R8 barrel?

    Blaser USA removed iron sights, cut, crowned and threaded a .308 barrel for me; very reasonable price.
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    What Blaser Calibers?

    6.5 CM 7-08 .280 AI* 7mm RM .308* 300WM* 9.3X62* .375 H&H* .404 Jeffery *Currently have
  7. nomspc

    For Sale Blaser R8 .308 Standard Barrel

    Blaser R8 .308 standard barrel, bought from a fellow AH member. Looks unfired and I haven’t fired it. Bore and muzzle are perfect. It’s been mounted on a receiver and has had scope mounted. Comes with magazine insert. $1150 shipped to lower 48.
  8. nomspc

    300wm rifle scope

    I like the 42/44mm objective size in terms of weight, mounting height and it’s bright enough for me, but Leupold makes the 3-18 with a 50mm objective as well.
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    300wm rifle scope

    I hunt with the 300WM a lot, have 3 rifles all with some version of the Leupold VX6 2-12X42 with CDS elevation turrets. The turrets lock on my zero, 200 yards, and are calibrated for my favorite load, Barnes 180 grain TTSX. My personal limit on a first shot at a game animal is 500 yards, but...
  10. nomspc

    Lightly Customized CZ 550 Magnum .375 H&H

    He thought the factory configuration was a bit nose heavy. Certainly the rifle balanced better with the shorter tube. I’ve long believed 22” is the sweet spot for a hunting rifle and we agreed that, following buffalo through the Limpopo bush, it was a handier package. He used Barnes 300 gr TSX...
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    Lightly Customized CZ 550 Magnum .375 H&H

    I am listing this rifle for my hunting partner and close friend. I personally vouch for him, and I have actually fired this rifle. CZ 550 Magnum, .375 H&H, mild custom work done by Jojo’s Gunworks, Southington, CT, factory barrel cut and recrowned to 22”, laminated stock with recoil reducer...
  12. nomspc

    Wanted Blaser R8 Parts

    I have a 1” mount I don’t need. I’ll send you a PM.
  13. nomspc

    Wanted African Creations Shooting Sticks (3 Piece)

    Sticks are sold, thanks to all.
  14. nomspc

    Wanted African Creations Shooting Sticks (3 Piece)

    I have a set I’m not using. Tripod, 2-piece domestic wood sticks, like new. $200.
  15. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    SOLD.
  16. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    PM sent.
  17. nomspc

    300 wm heavy bullet or switch up to 338 wm?

    https://www.africahunting.com/threads/bullet-performance-database.37971/post-1111776
  18. nomspc

    Aside from Africa, what are some memorable guided hunts around the world that rival the experience of an African Safari?

    Nothing compares to Africa. But I loved hunting in Greenland. Beautiful, primitive, you feel as though you’re hunting in the Pleistocene. We chased caribou, musk ox and Arctic hare. Spectacular.
  19. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    SPF
  20. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    PM sent.
  21. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    No thanks. I have 8 or so guns I’ll be listing for sale as I am selling off stuff I don’t use. How about $450 shipped?
  22. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    Professional.
  23. Elk Hunting

    Elk Hunting

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    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    Spoke too soon; still available.
  25. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    SPF
  26. nomspc

    Blaser Carbon Bipod Kit

    This is a Blaser Carbon Bipod for an R8 Professional. Kit includes bipod, instructions, fore end cap, 4 mm wrench and carrying case. Eurooptic has these listed for $747. Like new, $500 shipped.
  27. nomspc

    Bullet Performance Database

    300WM 200 grain Federal Terminal Ascent, 2850 fps, Blaser R8, 220 yards, elk bull broadside, both lungs, recovered under hide, retained weight 170 grains.
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    Brockman’s Rifles Dakota 76 300WM For Sale

    $3950 for an outstanding PG/elk rifle before listing elsewhere. $3450 without scope.
  29. nomspc

    Rifle Sling Recommendation

    .308 practical rifle built on an FN SPR action (Model 70). Like a scout, but with a receiver-mounted scope.
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    Rifle Sling Recommendation

    I used a Ching Sling for 30 years on a variety of rifles. It is a carry sling and a shooting sling but works best from a supported position. Shooting slings aren’t all that helpful when shooting offhand. Having said that, I’ve had good luck with the Rhodesian sling, even offhand. As mentioned...
  31. nomspc

    .375 or .416 for Cape buffalo?

    I had Blaser barrels in .404 Jeffery and .375 H&H which I shot quite a bit in the prep for my first buffalo hunt. I was equally accurate on the first shot, but quicker and more accurate on the second shot with the .375. Conversation with Kevin Robertson convinced me to go with the .375 and the...
  32. nomspc

    Best Caliber for sheep hunting

    For me, western US hunting means 300WM. I have confidence that, no matter the distance (within my personal 500 yard limit on game) or the angle on the animal, I have the best chance of dropping the animal with one shot. I never feel the recoil (or hear the shot) on the first shot anyway. On this...
  33. nomspc

    Barrel length in new bolt actions

    The first is a Dakota Model 76 by Jim Brockman: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/brockman%E2%80%99s-rifles-dakota-76-300wm-for-sale.75377/ The other is a Seekins Havak: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/seekins-havak-element-300wm-review.66356/ There may be excellent reasons to have...
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    Barrel length in new bolt actions

    I have been hunting with 22” 300WM rifles for many years. My two non-Blaser 300WM rifles have 21 and 22” barrels, and I get about 2950 fps out of Barnes 180 TTSX, which shoots under 0.5 MOA in both rifles. I’ve taken game out to 500 yards with these rifles, and think that 22” is the sweet spot...
  35. nomspc

    The Ghost and The Darkness - two questions

    I saw them in 1982. Apparently, the skins were in bad shape after Patterson used them as rugs for 25 years. They looked pretty beat up, but it was interesting to see the skulls.
  36. nomspc

    Brockman’s Rifles Dakota 76 300WM For Sale

    I have for sale a Dakota Model 76 in 300 Win Mag, custom by Jim Brockman. Jim built this one for a close friend of mine who took a couple of elk and mule deer with it before selling it to me in 2012. I took it to Namibia that year and shot a bunch of PG with it. It was a sweet shooting rifle...
  37. nomspc

    Swarovski Z5i 3.5-18X44, BRH Reticle Blaser Mount

    Scope only, $1250. What a deal!
  38. nomspc

    Safari Magazine - The Bullet & The Buffalo

    Well, 220 is 63% of 350. And that bullet is a 350. So what’s 63% of 3000? I guess I could believe that buff weighed 1890 lbs. I learn more useful stuff on this site than I ever have from hunting magazines.
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    Swarovski Z5i 3.5-18X44, BRH Reticle Blaser Mount

    Price reduction $1500 for mount and scope.
  40. Trophy Hunt

    Trophy Hunt

  41. nomspc

    Rifle for Plains Game and Dangerous Game

    Two guys, two .375’s: (The impala didn’t make the photo)
  42. nomspc

    J. Sip Blaser R8 Barrel

    You bet.
  43. nomspc

    Swarovski Z5i 3.5-18X44, BRH Reticle Blaser Mount

    Like new Swaro Z5i 3.5-18X44, BRH reticle, illuminated central dot, with box and all stuff, includes bikini lens covers. Currently in Blaser 1” scope mount, not QD. $1650 shipped. Scope without mount $1500. Mount without scope $200.
 
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