Your favorite 2 rifle and 1 shot gun combination

Yup, Savage model 24. I own 3 in .22/410, .22/20 and .357/20. The model 24 is not made anymore but there are always plenty of them on Gunbroker but the prices have been going up.

Savage currently makes a plastic combo thing called the model 42 in.22/410 and .22 mag/410 iirc. I handled one and was not in the least impressed with it. Other folks will probably be perfectly happy with it.

Chiappa makes the Double Badger with a rimfire barrel over .410 but I have no experience with them.
 
Guilty on all counts.
Well at least you're honest about it!

That 8.5 is especially niche. It merited a Google anyway.

I guess it's somewhere between a 35Whelen and a 338 Win Mag in performance? I can't help but think that a bog standard 30-06 with a heavy bullet does exactly the same thing with none of the hassle though!
 
Well a 30-06 (which I use in the 8x64S version ) would kill anything a 8.5x63 does...

In fact one rifle in >=7mm would be sufficient for everything, but DG.
But life would be boring without some toys
 
1. W.J. Jeffery 475 No 2 Jeffery
2. Custom 300 Weatherby
3. SRM 1216
 

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Grz63 wrote on Doug Hamilton's profile.
Hello Doug,
I am Philippe from France and plan to go hunting Caprivi in 2026, Oct.
I have read on AH you had some time in Vic Falls after hunting. May I ask you with whom you have planned / organized the Chobe NP tour and the different visits. (with my GF we will have 4 days and 3 nights there)
Thank in advance, I will appreciate your response.
Merci
Philippe
Grz63 wrote on Moe324's profile.
Hello Moe324
I am Philippe from France and plan to go hunting Caprivi in 2026, Oct.
I have read on AH you had some time in Vic Falls after hunting. May I ask you with whom you have planned / organized the Chobe NP tour and the different visits. (with my GF we will have 4 days and 3 nights there)
Thank in advance, I will appreciate your response.
Merci
Philippe
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VIGILAIRE wrote on wesheltonj's profile.
Hi Walden. Good morning from England, Chris here (The Englishman!) from Croatia. Firstly it was a pleasure to meet you and Michelle - a fellow Sanderson! I have finally joined AH as I enjoy it very much. Glad you enjoyed the hunt and your write up which I read on AR was very good indeed. I am sending on WhatsApp pics from Bojan of some of the animals hunted recently. Take care and best regards. CS.
 
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