Recent content by JoninCO

La Sportiva Nepal if the terrain is really gnarly or cold, La Sportiva Trango Cube if it isn't. There are a million good boots in that category, try on all you can.

The Blaserbuds forum has a robust classifieds section also. I would start here myself, but those chamberings would be desirable there as well.

Good deal on that one. Revolvers are my first love in guns (I'm not rich enough for it to be doubles) and nothing off the shelf even comes close to a FA gun. Most customs aren't in the ballpark either. Good luck with your sale, someone will be getting a great one, without the two year wait!

Our cabin is about ten miles south as the crow flies on the side of Long's Peak at 9300ft, and we were all up for Christmas and New Years. I've seen lion tracks and sign more and more recently. We're very aware of the wildlife, we usually have elk and deer present most of the year, and the...

I'll pile on the bandwagon and say 300BO isn't a great choice...just use a bigger cartridge if you're using a bigger gun. I was around when AAC developed the cartridge for a military requirement, and that requirement as improved lethality over the MP5-SD in a similar sized platform that had a...

I agree that a Savage isn’t a Blaser and if you’re a Blaser fan you’ll cringe on the surface. I’ve been really impressed with the Impulse. I went to a writer’s event at my old job and Savage was next to us. I shot a couple dozen rounds thru them and was very impressed with the accuracy (Savage...

I think it's great for people who can't or won't buy a Blaser. I'm already invested in R8s, so I don't have the need but for $1899 MSRP for the carbon barrel version it's certainly more appealing than $6K for a Blaser with a threaded barrel. It has some really nice features and the ones I shot...

I’m with everyone else in the camp of saying “no” to rounds between the fingers. I don’t want to compromise my firing grip, and I think it’s a marginal time saver at best. - Will the cartridges stay oriented after firing? - Can you maintain a grip if you have to shoot in a sub-optimal...

These are such great guns. I have a 416 Rigby with the hideous front sight ramp, I certainly like the barrel band on yours much better. There isn't a better gun on Earth for $7500 in this category, I would imagine it will go quick.

No worries, I didn’t take it that way at all!

Yep, that would be one for sure

Is there a scenario where any new 470NE 88B isn’t worth $15k?

These are excellent guns, and really well made. Like a lot of European manufacturers they're not great at getting the word out but they are a bargain. Good luck with your sale, someone will be getting a very nice rifle.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/heym-rifles/heym-mauser-m03-africa-ph-458-lott-26-quot-w-scope-mount-30mm.cfm?gun_id=103137459 These are excellent guns, and the price is right. If you’re not dead set on a wood stock it would be a good one.

I’d buy that 375 Ruger in the classifieds for $1k and shoot another buffalo! A bunch of us troll the sales forums and shops on a daily basis…we know what your budget isn’t, but what is it?