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I have a Rex Silentium MG7 with a .458 bore, but I don't own a .458 rifle. It mostly gets used on my .375 Ruger. It's not especially quiet since it's so small, but it definitely reduces the noise and blast substantially. It's pretty light for a big bore stainless steel can; all the other...

Should just need a prefit barrel and either a few tools or a gunsmith to swap it out. Preferred Barrel Blanks offers 9.3x62 Tikka prefits starting at $420. No experience with them myself yet, but my next barrel will be from them.

Thank you to everyone for the input so far! It's especially nice to learn more about which hunts are more challenging. Please keep the suggestions coming; I'm reading them all, even if I don't have a chance to reply in a timely manner. Just to clarify, about $25k is an absolute maximum for...

That was kind of my thinking too. A while back I compared trophy fees on some animals. In some cases this place was high, sometimes they're lower. I'm certainly no expert. Regardless, if I go on this trip, which I'm really looking forward to, this is the place. I'm pretty sure my buddy...

Nice looking mount! Anything under 55" is $2990 at the moment. 55-59" is $3500. Over 60" is $5500. I think I'd need taller ceilings for a 60" Kudu anyway. Kudu is the only animal they have a tiered system for. FWIW, if I want a Kudu and that system is still in place next year (it's new...

I never thought I'd want a cooler with fork pockets... My 73qt Yeti knockoff (no wheels) is a pig when fully loaded. That said, I do have dreams of Canada moose hunts and south Texas exotics. How much meat can you actually cram into a 450qt cooler and keep frozen for 3 days? How much space...

Thanks for the detailed info, particularly the packing list. Sable is on the list of possibilities mainly because I think they look so good. The price on them seemed to drop dramatically a few years ago and is now trending back up. Supply and demand, I guess. If they go up much more I'll...

They don't advertise any package deals online, but maybe we can work something out. Thanks for the tip regarding Gemsbok, Waterbuck, and Sable. I wasn't sure about the relative difficulty of the hunts. Kudu is also an option, but they switched their trophy fee structure on them to a tiered...

Thanks for the advice so far. It looks like they use a company called Custom Travel for bookings. Not sure yet if they handle firearm imports, but will find out. If not I'll probably use Rifle Permits since they seem to get good reviews here.

I think the relevant points have already been covered. Basic geometry dictates that it will be easier to get a center feed magazine to feed reliably than a staggered feed. There is simply more of the round case head in the path of the round bolt when picking up the cartridge. Eliminating the...

For the past several years I've had tentative plans to go on a Safari in South Africa with a friend and several of his friends and family members. We planned on going in 2025, so the time is rapidly approaching to make these plans less tentative. My friend has been there twice now, and his...

Agreed! As far as the rail, on some rifles I'd want it, but not on a more traditional safari rifle. I understand that it's used for holding during machining, but it seems to me it could be removed with an additional setup. Once the rest of the operations are completed, flip the action over in...

I have no DG or even Africa experience, but I do have a pair of .375 Rugers in the safe. If all goes to plan, I'll be doing plains game in 2025. I chose the .375 Ruger for several very important (to me) reasons, neither of which have anything to do with which is the better cartridge. Without...

Unfortunately, Defiance has discontinued both the claw extractor and 3-position safety options. I have no experience with their claw extractor, but own a left-handed Rebel with the 3-position safety. It may be the smoothest action I have ever used, and is certainly the smoothest I have owned...

I think that's the chicken wire....

I have a suppressed lefty T1x mainly for practice off of sticks. The lack of noise and recoil definitely makes things easier. I'm also just finishing off a .223 bolt gun that's as similar to my .300WM as I could make it to allow for longer range practice and a more similar feel without the...

The only dangerous game rifles I have are two .375 Rugers; an Alaskan and an African. Of the two, the African would go first. I had the Alaskan threaded for a suppressor and generally prefer all-weather hunting rifles. The African is better looking though. Rebarreling the African to .416 or...

I'll be that guy: Minor diameter on 1/2-28 class 3 male threads is 0.4562." Given a groove diameter of .308, you only have 0.0741" of wall thickness, assuming everything is nominal. Will it work? Yes, but that's pretty thin. Also, if you ever decide to go with any of the QD systems, the .30...

I also did some research on this, but only for SA. 5/8"-24 suppressors are available in SA as mentioned above, but appear to be less common than various metric thread types, as one would expect. Not sure about any other countries. I didn't see any US-made cans available there in my online...

The .300 WSM is a short action cartridge, but just barely. Due to the case design and length of a short action, heavier bullets tend to need to be seated fairly deep, which limits powder space. The newer medium length custom actions (typically about 3.2" COAL) basically exist to allow the use...

Try contacting Ruger. I've heard of them swapping rings out for people, never tried it myself though. The Alaska Arms rings are also excellent, I have a set on one of my .375 Rugers. I'll probably buy another set for the other one too.

I've fondled a few of the 600 Alpha models now, and definitely won't be buying one. There are no lefty versions, so that immediately eliminates all of the 600 models from consideration for me. The push button safety is weird and completely unlike any other rifle I've seen, but I think it's...

I feel your pain. How do you like your MRC? I was eyeing them up before they shut down. I've been looking for years, but not seriously. I almost bit the bullet on a Ruger #1 in .458WM a month or two ago, but waffled too long. I figured that I could get my money back out of that if I didn't...

I think that soup has already been peed in, a lot. Even with the classic cartridges there are a lot that are essentially duplicates. How many .45-ish caliber cartridges are there that shoot a 500 grain bullet at about 2150 fps? Rather than new cartridges, I'd like to see a few left-handed...

Me too, and Pink Floyd Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies....

I just took a quick look and found a company called 'Infinite Thread Adapters' that offers an adapter from 1/2-24 to 5/8-24 for $24. I've never used their products, so I have no idea if they're any good. If you buy a HUB can (one with the rear threaded 1.375X24) you may be able to find a...

He attempted to salvage the original sight, but ended up having to cut it off and resize a new factory part to install behind the threads. He did say that usually he's able to reuse the factory sight, but some of them are stubborn, like mine. After he finished he bead blasted everything. The...

The Alaskan has been made both with the Hogue stock and a sporter-style laminate stock (no LOP spacers). I have the laminate, the Hogue was never available in a LH version. I personally prefer laminate stocks over the Hogue synthetics. The Guide Gun has a laminate stock with spacers to adjust...

I realize your question wasn't directed at me, but I also own both an African and an Alaskan. Mine are both in .375 Ruger and are older models from before they had muzzle brakes. The Alaskan is the laminate stock version, not the Hogue. Both of mine have been glass bedded and had 1"...

I don't have a Guide gun, but I used to have a Scout in .308 and still have an Alaskan in .375 Ruger which I had threaded for a suppressor. The good news: On my .375, I can just barely see the irons over my Rex Silentium MG7. The sights on the Alaskan and the Guide Gun appear to be the same...

I have three Rugers, a Scout in .308, and an African and Alaskan in .375. The Scout had ejector issues out of the box, namely the ejector didn't pop into position quickly enough when running the bolt at a normal speed. Some polishing and a stiffer spring helped, but I can still outrun it when...

Incredible looking rifle!

I'm probably the wrong person to provide input, since I have no real need for either chambering at the moment, but I currently own two .375 Rugers and used to own a .338 WM. The 338WM was sold because I thought it was made redundant by the .375's and my .300 mag. The .338 does have a bit more...

That grade 9 stock is stunning! I also agree that the grade 7 in the middle would have been a great second choice. Congrats on the new rifle; hope the wait flies by.

Sounds like it will be a really nice rifle! I suspect you'll be happy with the AG stock; I definitely am. I'd prefer that the forearm were a bit longer and more rounded, but that's a minor quibble. Mine showed up when they said it would and quality is top-notch. Which model did you order? I...

A 7.5" Super Redhawk in .454 Casull it the only handgun I've ever owned that I just couldn't handle. Recoil was just brutal with full-power loads. I ended up selling it and buying a .44 instead. My .44's and Lone Eagle in .308 are pussycats in comparison. Even the 4" .500 S&W that I fired a...

If you're looking at spending $2500 on a Christiansen, you're dangerously close to being able to build a custom. When I went on a .300WM quest late last year, I looked at the Ridgeline FFT. It had most of the specs I wanted, but I thought it was too light for a .300. I'm left-handed, so my...

Excellent information, and that M71 is gorgeous!

Non-traditional, but Browning makes the BLR in .300WM. A rebarrel to .458WM should be doable without too much trouble. .375 or .416 Ruger might be a bit tougher to get to feed but would probably work, as well as various wildcats. Recoil would probably knock you out from under your hat though...

I agree on the recoil comment. I used to own both an R1 in .338WM and a Browning A-Bolt in 30-06. The R1 definitely had less felt recoil to me. That said, I always thought that A-Bolt was a hard kicker for a 30-06. I have no experience with BAR's in .338, but would expect it to recoil even...

I agree with all of the above. I'll add to that, while anything supersonic is still going to be somewhat loud due to the sonic crack, suppressors do vary widely in effectiveness. As an example, I have a 16.5" .308 bolt gun that I can use with two different suppressors, a Dead Air Nomad LT and...

See my post (#51) on the Guide Gun. Unfortunately, Ruger didn't make it easy on us.

Metric thread would definitely make things easier if buying a suppressor overseas, but it appears that there are a few 5/8-24 options available in South Africa. I'm considering doing just that and already have the rifle threaded 5/8-24, so I researched it. There are also companies out there...

The Griffin Bushwacker 46 is serviceable. It is a big bore can though, not a .375 can. It's also kind of heavy. That said, unless you're shooting cast bullets, cleaning really isn't necessary on centerfire rifle suppressors.

My apologies in advance for possibly raining on your parade, but if your threaded .375 Ruger is one of the Ruger Hawkeyes and is factory threaded, it will almost certainly have 5/8"-18 threads. This thread pitch is definitely not common in the suppressor world. Actually, it's almost unheard...

The PX4 doesn't seem to get much love, but they are nice pistols. Part of the issue is probably that they're hammer fired. In the US at least, a lot of the cool kids prefer striker-fired pistols. They styling probably doesn't help either. At last count, I have four of them. Full-size in 9mm...

Which version did you see for $2500 US? I've been browsing around and haven't stumbled on that info yet?

Same here. My desires and what manufacturers seem to want to produce really aren't in sync as far as hunting scopes go. In general, my ideal is a lightweight scope with an illuminated reticle, no side focus, about 2-10x magnification, and able to be mounted in low rings with good bolt...

My first .300 mag was a WSM. Technically, I still own it, but it's on consignment at the moment. It was replaced with a .300WM for two reasons: ammo availability, and using a suppressor. The WSM barrel profile was too light to thread unless I went to 1/2-28 and used an adapter which seemed...

I also really like the Grayboe Outlander on my .308. It's the same model as was used on the Bergara Premier Highlander. It's high quality and just feels the way I think a hunting stock should feel as far as the shape of it. The AG on my .300WM is a little stiffer and lighter, but I prefer the...