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Being as my eyes are as clear as Barack Hussein Obama's (Mm Mm Mm) origins, I need the High Viz-is But only to shoot modern revolvers

Quote: Originally Posted by Wildalaska Somehow the thought of German engineers throwing stuff to see if it breaks is not quite the picture we have in mind of QC... Is this what USoptics does?

What's not to like about TSX??? That's my choice hands down. Brett

The 458 WM is a good cartridge, but it has several drawbacks. For one, it has too much terminal performance for most NA uses. There is simply not a need for the kind of penetration that a 458 will deliver. I have not seen a beast that needs a 450-500 grain bullet in the wilds of NA. It has too much recoil for most hunters and very few actually enjoy shooting full power loads in the 458, though I might add I would be in the minority and I...

I imported my ZKK-602 on a Form 6 from Canada back in 1984 and I remember it required special handling because of the customs etc. The shipping and 60% customs were about equal to the price of the gun - around $300 for the gun plus another $300 for the shipping and customs. Czeck was considered a commie county hence the high tarrif. Wish I had gotten a Zeiss Jena scope with it now. I had a Ruger No.1 with scope shipped in from PA a few months...

If Ruger made then they would be pulled from the shelfs in a month just like their Gold Label we waited years for.

You could build any of the desired caliber rifles on the Ruger #1 or #3 action and the magnum would be no problem. Not a repeater but neither were Farquarsens and there were many of them used on dangerous game.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wildalaska $195? Small change, I have two guns sitting in Germany right now waiting for my import permit, shipping is like 385...Euros Not quite the same...one rifle from Continental US to Alaska is not comparable to two foreign rifles, without paid import tax (presumably yet), valued and insured in excess of $10K (Blasers I guess?) crossing one ocean, clearing customs, and then getting shipped along the path of...

I'll keep that in mind about the winchester bullet you used when I p/u an 06 barrel, but 3 out of 3..... can't complain too much. I was still hoping someone out there that uses an encore with a std tc encore barrel can chime in and tell me what kind of groups they get at 50 or 100 yds.

Quote: Originally Posted by tvfinak I recall back in the early - mid 80's - I don't know when they stopped - the AK F&G stated that the .458 Win. was the most reliable big bear stopping cartridge. Don't remember any more details- perhaps I could find something if I did some research. Believe it or not I've got a .pdf copy of that report. USFS generated it way back when (early 80's I believe). It's pretty...