And now for something completely different……

[Doug3006]

I just received the May/June issue of Sporting Classics. The inside front cover sports the strangest, silliest most mockable magazine ad I’ve ever seen. Setting aside the argument of using an AR for dangerous game, what’s the dude doing? Vaulting over a pair of Cape Buffalo in full camo holding a contraption that may be a rifle? I’d like to see this become an Olympic event!

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

And to think someone got paid to come up with that.

 

[Russ16]

The idiocracy is upon us!

For those that haven’t seen the movie watch it. About 20 years ago and the most accurate forecast of our future that I’ve ever seen.

 

[Hooked Now]

Somewhere in NYC there's a guy in skinny pants kicking up his Italian loafers and patting himself on the back. "Nailed it!"

 

[odonata]

That's not an AR. That's The Fix bolt action. The one in the ad is chambered for 8.6 BLK which can lob a 300gr bullet at around 1,000 fps. It has one heck of twist rate. I like his chances against a pair of buffalo with that setup!

I'd pay to watch how that pans out...

PS - The motto of the company is "Live Q or Die". Might want to change that "or" to an "and".

 

[375Fox]

The buffalo probably think the same thoughts I have. “What a moron.” Too bad this stuff is getting a foothold.

 

[Sideshow]

The buffalo probably think the same thoughts I have. “What a moron.” Too bad this stuff is getting a foothold.

Yes and then they come to the real world and end up on youtube……think we all know the title to that video “hoof holed”…. But I must say I do admire the adrenaline skills of the guy….love to be able to clear not one but two buffs in a single bound

 

[MontanaPat]

That's not an AR. That's The Fix bolt action. The one in the ad is chambered for 8.6 BLK which can lob a 300gr bullet at around 1,000 fps. It has one heck of twist rate. I like his chances against a pair of buffalo with that setup!

I'd pay to watch how that pans out...

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PS - The motto of the company is "Live Q or Die". Might want to change that "or" to an "and".

I guess I will never really understand the appeal of this type of rifle for hunting. I don’t think I’m really all that old at 66, just a traditionalist. Give me nice walnut and blued steel!

 

[Hooked Now]

The buffalo probably think the same thoughts I have. “What a moron.” Too bad this stuff is getting a foothold.

If you look closely you can see that dude shouting "Leeeeroy Jenkins!!!!"

 

[samson7x]

Yeah, that’s Q. They’re known for outlandish marketing with a controversial owner. He has a few Africa hunt vids posted if you’re interested in watching.

 

[cajunchefray]

Somewhere in NYC there's a guy in skinny pants kicking up his Italian loafers and patting himself on the back. "Nailed it!"

Marketing run amuck.

 

[AZDAVE]

Safe to say those of us on AH aren't the target audience
Yea that is special

 

[skydiver386]

If you look closely you can see that dude shouting "Leeeeroy Jenkins!!!!"

Oh no, not Brother Leroy!

 

[K-man]

Maybe he's "letting the buffalo decide how to die...."

 

[Hillbilly Marine]

I hear the line from "Blazing Saddles" that I repeat at least 10 times a day. "What in the wide world of sports is going on here!!!!!"

 

[Datchew]

Awww
I thought this was gonna be a Monty Python thread.

 

[Doug3006]

Yeah, that’s Q. They’re known for outlandish marketing with a controversial owner. He has a few Africa hunt vids posted if you’re interested in watching.

No, I’m good

 

[375Fox]

Safe to say those of us on AH aren't the target audience
Yea that is special

Most of us . . . Waiting for @Daisy response that this is the future of DG hunting

 

[Doug3006]

The May/June issue is the slimmest I can remember. I get that it’s off season here in NA, but I’m sure Sporting Classics is hungry for advertisers. I guess we can expect more black guns and tactical stuff in our favorite sporting magazines. I think Gray’s Sporting Journal will be the coal mine canary. When I see an add for this stuff there, it’ll be time for me to wander out on an ice flow.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

That model with the rifle isn’t vaulting. That’s him getting tossed up into the air by a Cape buffalo when old African Black Death has finally had enough of the model’s new tacti-cool toy…