My Pelican 1700 has two mid-layers of foam cut for two different pairs of guns. They have been relegated to the scrap foam pile to be used when I have a need for a chunk of firm foam in some project. They have been replaced with Pelican's Re-Set grids. Stumbled on this new system a couple weeks before the SCI convention while looking for something else. Tested on the flight to Nashville. This system works.
The Re-Set, with the plastic grid holding a bunch of firm foam pegs, not quite an...

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Hi all,

Well I took my Merkel 141 for it's first range outing yesterday...l couldn't wipe the grin off my face, I'm a fully converted double rifle nut now it seems!

However it was not all roses....accuracy was non existent. I couldn't even determine a sense of regulation as there was a complete lack of consistency. I had loaded up some Hornady 250gr ECX bullets, with several loads of Viht N140. However in my guns short 20" barrels I only managed to get just over 2000fps with a 50gr load...

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Dear AH Members

We are putting together a different kind of safari one that takes you back to the roots of African hunting and we believe it will be the adventure of a lifetime.

EXPERIENCE SOUTH AFRICA LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN 2027​

OLD SCHOOL SAFARI​

This is not the Africa you see from the deck of a luxury lodge.

This is the Africa of old.

The Africa of dusty boots, campfire smoke, and long tracks disappearing into the bush. The Africa where the day starts before sunrise and ends...

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Good day members

I am currently contemplating building a 8x68S hunting rifle. I really would like it very much if you who owns a 8x68S rifle will give me feedback regarding this caliber. Good points and not so good points will be more than welcome ...if you can have a second 8x68S what would you like to change on this rifle? I want to use this rifle to hunt plains game at longer distances than with my 8x57 JS and my .308 Win...

Gert

2 boxes S&B 173 grain SPCE

2 boxes Norma 150 grain SP

$140 shipped for all - payment by postal money order or check from AH member

Thanks JMV375