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This will likely be all about trophy fees. Probably 8-12 animals. A trophy fee list would help a lot with an informed decision.

It’s almost certainly a “sporterized” military surplus action. Somewhere around 10M military actions were made across several variants. In the context of Mausers made by Mauser (and not FN, interarms, empire, Brevex etc etc). The magnum mauser action is just plain bigger - the ring is larger...

I misunderstood your point. I don’t recall that generation caring enough about what the gun writers wrote to even refute them (I seemed to be more their target audience as a kid). As my friend’s dad said - “most fishing lures are made to catch fishermen, not fish”.

I wasn’t sure what to make of this comment when I first read your post. I hold hunters of the previous generation in a different regard. I think the average hunter then had a tremendous amount of practical experience, and were likely quite proficient with the one rifle and one shotgun they...

We see this rifle very differently. It’s a no-name Mauser sporter, on a run of the mill intermediate, military style action, in an obscure caliber specific to Rigby. The action is worth about $400 to $500. It’s odd to me that you found a pre-war magnum mauser, cased, with a peep sight...

I always thought these guys were primarily entertainers, writing articles interesting and entertaining enough to sell publications with advertisements. They needed to write well enough to be enjoyable to read and have enough hunting and firearm knowledge to be relevant or maybe credible (not...

Your preferences are broadly shared. Their value is based on them being decorative items, maybe in the range of ~$50 depending on condition, and in no way tied to their “cost basis”. While it’s interesting they are from Kenya and hunting is no longer allowed there, it doesn’t change the market...

The “lion” is likely a Grants gazelle back skin. The dark markings on the rear quarters are consistent with that.

Yes. It’s not a 6.5 x54 MS though. Look at the case dimensions - almost identical to a 6.5 CM

Are you familiar with the 6.5 Kurz Mauser? It really was a 6.5 CM in all but name.

I was mistaken. Speaking with my wife just now, the oldest in our private group of 12 was a 69 year old woman. They did it basically as a marathon for a number of years, and the best runners would run the “four day hike” in four hours and change. So, yeah, you had plenty of time to look...

I did this May - the four day hike to Machu Picchu. Including dead woman’s pass at 14k feet. It’s worth doing. Oldest in our group was 62. Oldest the tour group had taken was 78. Let me know what you want to know.

I chose not to reply with my initial thoughts. As many others have said, there are a lot of US veterans here (many of which are disabled), which paid their own way. I also can’t fathom the go fund me crowd having any sympathy for any hunt, however cleverly, or fraudulently described. Start a...