I am the original owner, not sure when I bought this but maybe before 2010?
Only out of the box for photos & to Tim at Matrix for beefing up
with crossbolt, brass grip pin, 0.75x4" mercury tube in the butt stock.
I had a AHR 3 position safety sitting at Tim's and I guess this got onto it as well.
He spiffed it up with bolt, follower jeweling (I prefer plain, but you know Tim
and filled, straighten the bolt handle.

The unloaded weight is 10.2lbs. Five, 500gn cartridges will add just shy of...

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Here is my first finished coin. 4 more to go. Designs are done.

Don't know why I'm sharing, just though it came out decent.

Hi, Folks.

Looking at Qatar for JFK, Doha, JNB, PE with rifle, supressor, and ammo.

I'll be using a rifle service in JNB and will contact airlink in advance to book rifle on the plane.

Wondering if anyone has done this route recently and might be able to advise on any of the below?

1 - Is 1hr 25 mins in Doha ok?
2 - How are Qatar with the rifle? Any recent experience specific to Qatar Airways would be great.
3 - How are Qatar with ammo?
4 - Has anyone done this with a supressor? Any...

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I'm a shooter, not a gunsmith. Picked up a very nice BRNO 601 in .308. Shoots great. Ejects great. But when cycling a round from the magazine the round does not "snap" into the extractor for loading. It tries but doesn't appear to have the force to snap over. It just pushes the round into the chamber. When I remove the bolt I can snap a round into the extractor with little effort and it holds. Any help is appreciated. I live in the greater Houston area and Mauser type rifle gunsmiths...

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First off huge thank you to AH this forum made planning my first trip an excellent experience..

I started down the path of looking into hunting Africa and that brought me to this site, After reading and reading then reading more I started emailing a couple outfitters we were looking for a plains game hunt and starting with kudu as our main focus That lead me to KMG safaris and after reading all the great reviews on here we sent our deposit and booked for April 15 2026.
Trying to get from...

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