My brother-in-law and his wife want to get started shooting and hunting. He is originally from Northern California and she is from the UK. He’s a manager for Apple and they recently moved back to the States from Singapore. The live in The Hills community that is a little west of Austin. He’s never owned a firearm of any kind and is a novice.

They are interested in home defense, waterfowl hunting and deer hunting. Are there any AH members in the Austin area that can help them get...

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Hi Everyone,
Really enjoying the forum! I have an NIB version of the rifle mentioned above and before taking a shot through it is there anything I should do about making it stronger and more reliable. I read somewhere that they could benefit by having some work done to improve the bedding and I'm not a big fan of the thumb safety. Being its an new old stock I figured why not invest a little money and it must have things worked out by now amongst the owners across the globe after all these...

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When I went to South Africa to hunt, I used a .308 Winchester with a sound suppressor. I had heard frequent stories about them, being recommended by hunters, firearms enthusiasts, and of course manufacturers : a sound suppressor, or silencer, on rifles. The idea seemed compelling. Less noise would be easier on my ears, more comfortable for the hunting party, not alert other game, and perhaps make the rifle more pleasant to shoot. After using the combination in the field, however, I came...

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Boarded about 10 hours ago at DFW, just landed in Madrid. We should be boarding for Dubrovnik within the hour. The wife and I are doing a short 3 day hunt. She’s chasing a “trophy class” wild boar. I’m after my first roe deer. After the hunt we’ve got 6 days scheduled touring the country to include a day of fishing in the Adriatic off the coast of Split.

More to follow as the week progresses

the .470 went for $23k.

FYI.