Thinning out some of my rifles that are not being used.

First offered is a Heym Martini in .416 Rigby, which I purchased directly from Ralf Martini, the designer of this updated Heym rifle.

Ralf handled importing it to me through Border View importers in Washington. The importer’s mark is teeny tiny on the under side of the barrel just forward of the fore end and shown below.

This rifle from Ralf has a few nice gold accents and touches such as a front sight with glow in the dark...

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I was hunting a concession in 2023 that had a lot of nice Red Lechwe. However, they were quite docile and I elected not to shoot one. I had told my PH about my 1885 Winchester in 38-55, and how that could be a bit more challenging with open sights than a modern scoped rifle.

As I’m sitting in my room looking at the trophies from that trip, it got me to thinking. What old school American rifle, and in which calibre, would you take to Africa? An 1895 Winchester in .405? A pre 64...

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I was curious if anybody has any experience handloading the 270 grain ELD-X in a Mark V 338/378. Also how they perform, I currently shoot the 225 Barnes ttsx and it is devastating on whitetails, coyotes and the groundhogs here in the Midwest but it’s hard to find bullets for often. I know there isn’t a perfect bullet out there for everything but the 225 has the speed, energy and terminal performance but because of the availability I just don’t want to invest in loading that bullet if I can’t...

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Up for sale is my un-used Mark 4HD. I had long range hunting plans for it. However, changes in my hunting property dictate replacement with a lower power (brush hunting) scope. As a result this great optic is sitting in its box and needs a new home. This is the First Focal plane model with the PR2 MOA reticle. It is mounted in NightForce Ultra Light rings with the bubble level top.
Reduced for a quick sale on another site so I will offer it for the same price here:
Scope only (shipped...

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Hi folks, I wanted to get an idea of what people thought or have done with their mounts in the past please.

My Nyala had maybe a 1-2” v shaped notch out of one ear,(probably by barbed wire or thorns). Slight curl to the ear tip as well on this side.
D&P said there was a reasonable hole in the ear too which I’m not surprised about because it would have been hard for the skinners.

Do you feel these mounts are best kept authentic. Ie mounted with a torn ear as it was? Or will it look awful...

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