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Guns.com - User Beware

I want to share a poor experience I had with guns.com with everyone. On November 28th I ordered the below .338 Sako from guns.com. The post only included the two photos below, but the listing included "certified used" and "used/very good" designations. Guns.com claims that if a rifle is certified used their gunsmiths have put the gun through some kind of 10 point inspection, and used/very good apparently means "normal wear".

When the rifle arrived the front site was falling...

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Politics

The USA has labelled both Canada and the EU as threats to their "National Security" in order to justify new duties declared by their military Commander-in-Chief on the international trade of steel and aluminum. So I suggest that USA made products such as firearms and ammunition should be sold exclusively within the USA so Canada and Europe can help our esteemed neighbour defend themselves and improve their national security. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that Canadians and Europeans...

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Assistance needed decoding/verifying an A-Squared Hannibal .416 serial number

Howdy from Michigan! Gentlemen I am in need of your sage help and assistance.
I have an A-Squared Hannibal chambered in .416 Rigby, (that I'm hoping to sell); it has a single square bridge Mauser action and a Leupold scope. Painstakingly, I have looked everywhere in an attempt to verify its manufacture date and model. By appearance I'm fairly certain its a Deluxe, however, its serial number: W137859, I have not been able to locate. My current and "best guess" suggest it to be possibly a...

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Northwest Territories: Rigby Community in the Field: Jonathan Wright (a/k/a Raskolnikov743)

In the second instalment of our Rigby Community in the Field series, we’re sharing the story of Jonathan Wright, who took his Rigby Bug Game Rifle on a bucket list Dall sheep hunt deep in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories of Canada. To honour the talent and personality of the community member submitting their Rigby tale, every story in this series is presented in the hunter’s own words wherever possible.

Rigby Community in the Field: Jonathan Wright (a/k/a...

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Nicknames and localisms

Is there a glossary somewhere of all of the nicknames and local names of the animals of Africa?

For example, Simba for lion, etc.?

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