Those of you who are also afflicted, anything you have found helpful to tame it?
Been really bad this last week and driving me crazy.

I thought it would be cool to use Pelican's on-line tool to get foam cut to exactly fit my rifle.

Not blaming or throwing shade on Pelican here, but fair warning to everyone to be very careful and sure that you've measured twice before they cut once.

I will say that I thought I had done just that. So maybe old-school hand cut foam is still the way to go....

There is a Valmet double in 9.3x74r up on GB right now. From the bluing wear, it looks like it has been carried a LOT in the African way, over the shoulder with hand near muzzle. It looks like it has been carried a lot and shot a little. I already have one in that caliber, or I would consider it. Price is fairly reasonable.

I was at Wildlife Revolutions yesterday, taking an elderly friend to drop off some things he wanted to get mounted. While there, I got my first chance to see my Lord Derby Eland mount which they recently finished. I’m very pleased with how it came out and I’ll be picking it up next week once I borrow a big enough trailer to bring it home; it’s as big as an Alaskan Moose.


Once I get it home I’m going to be taking down several animals that are featured on the largest wall in my game...

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A new addition - a Holland & Holland Royal Double Rifle in 500-450 3.25" NE

As many of you have seen, I am selling 300 assorted guns in the Poulin Auction at the end of the Month. All are listed as from The Buckstix Collection. search Buckstix to see them.


However, I'm still actively buying and have added this Marvelous Holland & Holland to the Collection. Interestingly, its only 13 serial numbers below the famous "Big Stick" that was owned by Teddy Roosevelt. Its likely his and mine were...

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