Recent content by Mark Audino

Good gun. I successfully used the .350 Mag. in the 673 Guide Gun, the follow-on to the 600/650, for bongo in Cameroon. XS iron sights. It's a rugged hunt as everyone knows and yet that gun came through the abrasive contact with thick cover like I had just pulled it out of the box new. Those...

Maral Stag. Western Mongolia. September 2025.

Sorry, it was sold. I am always on the lookout for a good copy and will let you know if I find one.

For sure about Aoudad. They have gone up but a free-range mountain hunt for them is the sheep equivalent of capra's Mid-Asian Ibex. They are two of the best mountain hunts in the world for the money.

Ibex will drive you nuts, which means they are worth it. Pakistan has some of the most professional outfitting in Asia. This pair came from Dureji.

This Mid-Asian Ibex was taken in Uzbekistan in July 2024 in the Western Tien Shan. 51" and 12 years old. Very rugged hunt. Ibex spend their time up high that time of year, but they are there. I doubt whether he will have survived the oncoming winter. At 8,000 feet, we saw snow measurement...

Try Superior Ammo.

So right. I remember Eddie Bauer's gun department. Fine guns there! I also remember that Marshall Fields had a nice gun department and they sold Belgium Brownings. And yes, Abercrombie & Fitch. I remember walking into it and a gunsmith was trying to open the chokes on a Merkel O/U and the steel...

ITEMS are SOLD. Thank you.

Sale Pending. Thanks to all who inquired.