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Trout, redfish, or snook? Redfish and Snook.
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Quarter ribs hinder scope choices, objective size. Other than how they look, I don't know if I'd spend a bunch of money having one fitted. Just me. DF Now don't you think this would look better with a Rigby fore-end, barrel band swivel, wrap front sight, and quarter rib? O Looks vs. utility. The barrel band lets the rifle ride much lower over the shoulder with sling. OK is thick stuff. If one likes to wrap up in a sling for a long shot, not so good. Banded front sight, the Champlin has one, looks good, may be tougher than a ramp sight, but doesn't offer that much for me. A properly mounted ramp is pretty stout. I've already given my opinion on the quarter rib. All that stuff looks cool and safari, just may not be worth the cost for what it offers. I like pretty guns, but utility is a big deal for me. DF
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Quarter ribs hinder scope choices, objective size. Other than how they look, I don't know if I'd spend a bunch of money having one fitted. Just me. DF Now don't you think this would look better with a Rigby fore-end, barrel band swivel, wrap front sight, and quarter rib? O Looks vs. utility. The barrel band lets the rifle ride much lower over the shoulder with sling. OK is thick stuff. If one likes to wrap up in a sling for a long shot, not so good. Banded front sight, the Champlin has one, looks good, may be tougher than a ramp sight, but doesn't offer that much for me. A properly mounted ramp is pretty stout. I've already given my opinion on the quarter rib. All that stuff looks cool and safari, just may not be worth the cost for what it offers. I like pretty guns, but utility is a big deal for me. DF Yup DF.
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Looks vs. utility.
The barrel band lets the rifle ride much lower over the shoulder with sling. OK is thick stuff. If one likes to wrap up in a sling for a long shot, not so good.
Banded front sight, the Champlin has one, looks good, may be tougher than a ramp sight, but doesn't offer that much for me. A properly mounted ramp is pretty stout. I've already given my opinion on the quarter rib.
All that stuff looks cool and safari, just may not be worth the cost for what it offers.
I like pretty guns, but utility is a big deal for me.
DF Y'all are without question correct. The only thing I'd quibble with is the quarter-rib. On the Zastava, even with a 30mm tube, 40 mm objective, and Warne QD low rings, there's still plenty of room between the bell and barrel. Besides, if the rifle had a rib it would be wearing 20 or 24mm glass, 1-6x or so, illuminated. Plenty of room, just like your picture. Also, I think a fiber optic front sight (like the one in your picture) with one or two rear leaves would be helpful in poor light when trying to find a pig in myrtle and oak thickets. You're in Louisiana, right? I'm in Florida. The thickets around our marshes aren't terribly different. As for the barrel band swivel, again, you're absolutely right. I've always shot using a hasty sling so the swivel stud on the stock just makes sense. But there's still a lot of wood on the front of that thing! The economics are hard to justify, as well. This isn't a pre-64 action or Oberndorf Mauser. It's a $550 Serbian rifle. I guess I didn't forget everything that 27 years as a CPA taught me. I expect ultimately what I'll wind up doing is the same thing I generally do: just continue to carry that old Mauser into the woods and kill stuff, while waiting for the urge to pass...assuming y'all will stop posting pictures that make me covet my neighbor's rifles! So much for Lent....
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Dang it!!
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What is wrong Rev.
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You ain't playin' very nice. I'ma tell Ingwe if you don't quit!
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HAH! Tell him what?
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"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Winchester M 70 Stainless Steel .375 H&H.
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Betcha it'll kill a Florida porker.
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Yup.
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Betcha it'll kill a Florida porker. Although what I'd do is load that .300 H&H down and have some fun with it.
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Rev,please don't take this the wrong way,BUT,load down a .300 H&H! Keep this up I'm gonna tell Ingwe.
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I have that same .375 H&H SS Classic. I cut mine to 21", added NECG irons and a 3-9x40 Conquest. And, yep, it'll sure stick a porker... DF
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My brother-in-law just bought an Aimpoint and shared one of the video downloads he received. It's over an hour of Franz Albrecht and his friends taking out European boar in Hungary, almost all at full speed. On this particular video they're shooting Sauer 202s. Holy cow, can that fellow work a bolt. I've seen a clip of him with the Merkel and he's even faster...which is incredible. There's something to be said about young eyes and reflexes. And the piggies end up in a nice little pile! Even more amazing when you realize they're doing it all offhand.
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My brother-in-law just bought an Aimpoint and shared one of the video downloads he received. It's over an hour of Franz Albrecht and his friends taking out European boar in Hungary, almost all at full speed. On this particular video they're shooting Sauer 202s. Holy cow, can that fellow work a bolt. I've seen a clip of him with the Merkel and he's even faster...which is incredible. There's something to be said about young eyes and reflexes. And the piggies end up in a nice little pile! Even more amazing when you realize they're doing it all offhand. The shooting is incredible, no doubt about it. I don't know if you've seen the clips of the indoor range where they shoot, but it is a live-fire range with a video of running boar. At the shot the video freezes for an instant and a red dot shows bullet impact. I wish I had one of those handy! I remember as a kid reading one of Jack O'Connor's books and he had an illustration of how to practice a running shot by having someone roll a tire with a target in the middle down a hill. The only problem in south Florida is that we don't have any hills. One of my parishioners is from Germany and his mother frequently shoots driven game. And you're right: they pile them up at the end, have a little ceremony respecting the game, then off to the market they go. He said it's a pretty interesting experience.
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