Seeing if anyone has a gloss finish Leupold scope for sale. 3x9, 3.5x10, 4.5x14 etc. As everyone knows, Leupold discontinued this finish years ago. Looking on GB, most seem to be ate up with scope ring damage and I'd hate to put one of these on a nice, blued rifle. Thanks all.

Can we have a civil discussion on this topic..?

To my mind, if you want to hunt dangerous game, let it be dangerous, otherwise you may as well just shoot deer. DG is to be shot at as close range as possible, either with a bolt rifle or a double..

A buffalo is not dangerous when you shoot him at 80 yards with a .375H&H from sticks.. I mean..if you hunt DG, isnt the taste of danger a part of the experience..?

Two years of silent reading, I’ve absorbed more about PHs and calibers than my own family.
Anyway, I’m here now. Be gentle.

So my youngest has taken a shine to deer hunting this year and he's been borrowing his brother's 7x64 brenneke for more "oomph" than the communal kid's .243. My youngest was gifted a very nice Austrian custom mauser in 30-06 a few years ago but he's been waiting to grow into it. He's ready, but it has a classic engraved steel butt plate so I want to manage recoil a bit.

I selected Barnes TTSX 130gr bullets thinking they would be just fine for deer and coyote on the homestead and the load...

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Hello to all me and my brother are planning our first safari we are in our 20s and are on a very tight budget of 15k for a 2x1 7 day hunt we wanted to take the following species
1 wildebeest
2 impala
1 springbok
1 warthog
The best deal I've found was
3500 for day rate
2700 for trophy fees
Rifle rental and gratuities
1700
2-3k for airline tickets
Now the unsure part is
Taxidermy estimated around 2-3k
From what I've read dip pack and shipping costs could be up to 5 k which puts us over...

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