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The kickstops are all the same, but why use it if you do not need it? As for the bipod, I have 3 polymer R8 stocks and use them for target shooting with bipods, never had an issue with flexibility.

And you will need a European Weapon Passport in any case!

Hi guys, I am Dutch, hunted in Africa about 30 times, and avoid Amsterdam/Schiphol as the plague. You should absolutely fly from Frankfurt!!!! Take care and enjoy.

4 Swift A-frames, 200 gr. from my R93/8x68S. All recovered from Oryx shot broad side between 150-200m. at 850 m/s. One seems as if it broke apart, although no major bones were hit. Most A-frames that I shoot at Oryx, about fifty the last few years after I changed from Nosler Partition, are...

A Docter Sight II serves me well since 2014 on a R93 in 458Lott. Over 300 rounds , still accurate. Next August elephant hunt again. Why should I change?

I had a 1:8 made with enough freebore for the Berger 170, but am waiting for these bullets since 2020. Meanwhile I shoot the 150gr Nosler LRAB with a very good precision. My 1:10,33 hates thes 150gr Nosler LRAB and only likes 130grainers but, as an exception, the 150gr Nosler Ballistic Tip give...

@ Sarg. If you have nothing to say about the calibre on Ele just refrain from answering. Although You were quite right about 458Win bashing by people that never shot this calibre in real life.

Th topic is about Kamchatka!

I have two 6XC barrels for my R8, only use them for competition shooting. The original Blaser barrel has a 1:8 twist, likes the Sierra TMK 95gr and with 845 shots done the grouping is still 4mm or less with 5 shots at 100 meter. The Berger 105 Hybrid does 6mm groups from that barrel, so I...

Pakistan, 2015

@CBH Australia:But, the 8x56 Hungarian is a 30mm tube and I believe the German assembled version is a 25mm tube. No, the German version is 30 mm too. Apart from 6 PM II's with 34mm I have a 3/12x42 Klassik and 3/12x50 Klassik in use, since 1996 and 1999. Nothing wrong with them!

@DieJager: ik neem aan dat je mijn cynisme niet door had?

Last Friday two planes from SA landed in Amsterdam with 624 passengers, only 61 of them had Covid of which only 13 the omicron variety. I do not understand why people in Europe worry...............

Norma African PH 458Lott cartridges can be fed from a Atzl adapted magazine, just checked. I have no 416 Rem or 375HH so can not check that.

I load my 338LM to 91.0 mm, no problem in my R8 with Atzl. A standard 458Lott load is shorter, but will check a.s.a.p. When measuring the houses I find no difference, just a little notch in the Atzl-version that lets this house engage in an Atzl system.

Hi Forrest Halley, sorry to disappoint you but the Atzl trigger can be used with magnum calibers in the R8 without any problem. Unless the 338 Lapua Magnum is not a magnum............... Attached a picture of both types of switch housings, sizes exactly the same!

I got into the Blaser sytem in 1999, with a R93 Professional in 8x68S. in the years that followed I bought a lightweigth 270 for mountain hunting, a short 308 for stalking and the driven hunts in Germany,a fast-twist 270 from Bixn Andy for the heavier 277 bullets for my Freestate hunts and a...

Para45: Quite right And as usual: you get what you deserve!

This has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans, just plain USA-healthcare-greed, stupidity etc. Just give it a name.

Gert, ons het a nuut puppy en die jagseizoen gaan begin hier. Daarom sal ek eerst volgende jaar SA toe kom. Maar ek sal sien !

Hi Gert, ek hoop jij het goed gekuier bij Wollie? My 8x68S is a plain Jane R93. Use it nowadays exclusively for PG, used to be my mountain rifle and caliber.

7x75R SE von Hofe, a necked down 9,3x74R-case with tons of speed and power. With 7mm you have a lot of choice for high BC-bullets

Jammer Gert, ek is dan al huis toe. So omtrent 10.000k noord.

The Blaser K95 can be bought with a carbon stock. Light, undestructible and very pricey!

Dis kak man, ek ga sondag Namibia toe. Ek zal saam kom met Wollie volgende week vrijdag in Stampriet.

The Blue Sheep in Pakistan is stronger, bodywise. But I have the impression there are less. You would have to hike a few days there too, but the altitude is less. About 3.300m, whereas in Nepal we crossed 5.000 m. The Blue sheep are hunted in the Hunza region, in the North. A real adventure...

The two buffalo in my avatar were non-trophy bulls,

My hunt for Blue Sheep was in 2011 in Nepal, flew from Kathmandu to Dorpathan and then walked for 6 days to get into the hunting area. Two days of scouting, and on day three we connected with a group , one of them I took,it was a 28 inch ram. then 6 days back. This was the finest hunt my wife...

Hi Scott, I took my Marco Polo in 2002, times were different then! Like you I am a GSCO member, with a World Slam on Sheep and a Super Twenty on Capra. My last Argali was in 2012, 60 years old . No car involved!

Really strange those guides as Yuri Matison has quite a good reputation. He hunted a lot with Hossein "Soudi" Golabchi and even has an Argali subspecies named after him. In 1996 I hunted with him at the Fetchenko glacier to take my first Ibex.

Hi James, the 6,5mm comes in different sizes. Some calibers, like 6,5x52R, use .257. Other calibers. use 264. The Swede is a .264.

Gert, I would not have bought the 338 if high BC bullets were to be found in 8mm/.323. The 8x68 starts at 2.900ft/s with a G1 BC of .520. At 500m it retains 2.020ft/s. The 338 I shoot with 300gr Berger OTM with G1 BC of .882, so totally incomparable, and retaining 2.070 ft/s from 2.720 V0. It is...

I used a target prepared for my 6XC, do not be confused.

Hi 8x68, used the 200gr Sierra HPBT for long range untill I got my 338Lapua. COAL 3,615, 67gr of N550 with CCI 250 give 2.900ft/s from my R93.

Capt. John.H. Brandt wrote a very fine book about hunting Eurasian wild cattle, as he called them.It is called "Horned Giants". He also describes wild bovine species like Gayal, Kouprey, Anoa amongst the more common Water Buffalo, Banteng and Gaur. So there is much more to find!

Forget the 22-250 for tiny ten. You want them as a trophy I hope or just destroy and kill? Took some of mine with 308 FMJ ,the others with a shotgun. With the Creed and a good bullet you should be ok for tiny ten and the rest. 9.3 for heavier PG and if you want to go magnum, go for 458Lott. Up...

Yep, for Blaser you need the barrel number. I fly with my R8 and R93 a few times every year to SA and Namibia. And regarding Ethiopian Air, they have about the youngest fleet of aircraft. Their last accident was with an American made Boeing 737 MAX. It was a design fault of that US-machine that...

Shooting a hippo in the water is no big feat indeed , I shot this one for meat for a local festival. But once you have seen their teeth/tusks you will absolutely want to shoot a trophy bull busy crop raiding! Technicall: R93 with 458Lott, Norma PH FMJ ammo

R93 is not in production anymore. Prices of this model and components have sored here in Europe! Actually I use this model for hunting and the R8 for target shooting.

Do not forget that the very best production trigger can even be improved a lot by using the Bixn Andy version! With a simple button-switch you can go from 700 gram, for hunting, to 250 gram, for target shooting.

Totally cool, you love the trigger? Swap with the Bixn Andy system! Here in Europe we like the detachable magazine/trigger of the R8 but as we do tons of driven hunts, many prefer the older R93. I use R8 for competition shooting in 223,6XC and 308. Hunting with R93 in 270,308,8x68 and 458 Lott.