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grand veneur replied to the thread Did Rookhawk steer a fellow right?.After everything more or less positive I have written about the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum, @rookhawk friend should not have any... -
grand veneur replied to the thread Did Rookhawk steer a fellow right?.Anyone who was already involved with cartridges in the sixties and the seventies or even earlier, should remember what the trend was...
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The original idea behind the 416 Rigby, which is the parent case of the 450Rigby/460Wby/338Lap, etc., was to give larger case capacity... -
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There are several reasons I chose the 450Rigby for my DG rifle build over the larger 470 and up chamberings. First, I wanted a magazine...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Did Rookhawk steer a fellow right?.The cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum was the best cartridge caliber .458 on the market before the cartridge 450 Rigby came. The latter...
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grand veneur reacted to deewayne2003's post in the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle with Like.
@661944 Like you I am in the process of deciding what scope to put on a .375H&H and after looking around and weighing several options I...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle.https://www.eaw.de/en/produkte/produktkategorie-schwenkmontage/
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grand veneur replied to the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle.https://www.recknagel.de/en/info-service/catalog/ Scope mounts, Catalog 12 Page 28-33
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grand veneur reacted to 661944's post in the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle with Like.
So it sounds like a 2-10x42 is the more versatile option for a do it all scope. I guess if i am close enough to need a 1x scope i’m...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle.It is a good option for quickly removing a scope, but I prefer pivot mounts because it is faster to mount again the scope than with the...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle.If the rifle is also used for hunting dangerous game, it is better that the scope can be quickly removed so that you can shoot with open...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Need advice on scope for my first safari rifle.Since you plan to use the rifle for something other than only DG in Africa, I would choose a scope with bigger objective and...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Did Rookhawk steer a fellow right?.I would never have bought Weatherby's gun either, but I got to know the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum by shooting with such a rifle...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Did Rookhawk steer a fellow right?.The problem is that everyone thinks this way when it comes to the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum. It is strange that the same reaction...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Did Rookhawk steer a fellow right?.In Europe, the Weatherby MarkV rifles caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum are sell for an average of 1000 Euros to 1500 Euros,...if a buyer can...