I am looking seriously at a nice early Dakota Model 10 built by Don Allen. It is in great condition. Very svelte package with a light contour barrel. Nice but not exhibition wood and matte finish. Nothing overly fancy…just classy and chambered in 6.5x57.

I can’t find any recent sold comparables. I just know I like the rifle but don’t want to get into it wrong. I would have to sell a few to justify this one so want to be a little educated at least.

Any rough ballparks on what used Dakota...

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Lots of threads here on "show us your".........hunting knife/double rifle/shotgun/hammer gun. How about showing your 9.3x62. I don't have one to post but would like to see what models, custom or not, forum member have and enjoy. I'm thinking of going that route and need some "eye candy"!!

Hello friends,

Many of you have asked me for advice on gun searches as it's a bit of a hobby for me to "see what is out there" each week. I discussed this with @AfricaHunting.com and he permitted me to create a running post on the Classifieds section.

The purpose of the posts will be to show what interesting guns of good quality and value may be popping up on the Internet each week. My personal guidelines of a "good gun" are as follows:

"That is a quality weapon with soul...

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I had a scary dream last night that I was in the bush and was essentially hunted at night by a dark supernatural creature with glowing green eyes. It made me realize there is likely a lot of people who know of true or slightly true spooky stories related to safari hunting. Please tell me your supernatural tales or even tales you heard from a friend or a PH and I would love to compile them! Feel free to make it as long or short as you like with as much or little detail as you please. Ghost...

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Hey guys figured you might want to check out my custom 404 Jeffery. it just got done and hopefully will have it in time to get my paperwork done for my June Safari in Botswana.

Little back story on the rifle, Once I decided on my first Safari I decided I wanted a 404 Jefffery and called every gun shop with in 4 hours of me and found this one sitting on the wall at a gun shop in Ennis, MT. JL Wisner built the rifle and he said it was his last one that he did and then I brought it to Noah...

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