Reeder Custom Guns - Doug and I were talking about universal rifles

WB
Doug and I were talking about universal rifles
Tuesday, April 10, 2018, 09:32

for hunting. We both agree typically that would be a good .300-.388 bolt gun with good optic magnification range. But we are Misfits. He has the Blazer in 9.3X62 and I have a BRNO .416 Rigby. Such is life. My current glass is a Leupold VXIII 1.5-5X that runs short when ranges get closer to 200 yds.

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Scopes like mine bring outlandish prices on Ebay. I think I can sell it and fetch more than enough to get a good VXII 3-9X 40mm or even a VXIII 3.5-10X. That would really help me to see better if eye relief can be managed.

I love the Rigby and don't know if I should go that route or leave it as is and drop to my beloved M98 in .30-06. It has a fine classic Redfield 3-9X 40 already. Not a bad brace for hunting and world trotting fantasies.

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Doug and I were talking about universal rifles - WB, 2018-04-10, 09:32
- the caliber is not as important as bullet placement. A shot - Gary Reeder, 2018-04-10, 16:07
  - Jumping in the thread late. I shoot an -06 well. I - O’ Gary, 2018-04-10, 17:52
  - as a "for instance" Kase shot a Kudu (500 lb animal - Gary Reeder, 2018-04-10, 16:36
- Thinking about a 30 cal backup rifle - MTM, 2018-04-10, 10:46
  - South Africa is a big country so - Df, 2018-04-10, 16:43
    - Of course, if you’re Huey, just take a - Df, 2018-04-10, 16:47
      - A miss is a miss whether a 25-20 or 470 NE.... - Huey, 2018-04-10, 18:33
        No crap my friend - Df, 2018-04-10, 18:40
        Better? You took awesome animals this year... - Huey, 2018-04-10, 18:56
  - I regretted every time that ..... - SMH, 2018-04-10, 13:17
    - You got that right SMH - Howard, 2018-04-10, 16:17
- I have a 300win and would be hard pressed - Drdougrx, 2018-04-10, 09:58
  - As ferocious a cannon as that seems and is - WB, 2018-04-10, 10:30
    - I took an 06 as one of my guns - IC, 2018-04-10, 15:44
    - I've been thinking of doing a modern take.. - Gus S., 2018-04-10, 11:53
- Is .388 a typo - just wonderin'... - backroadsrambler, 2018-04-10, 09:42
  - Yeah .338, finger slip. There is the .366 though. - WB, 2018-04-10, 10:22
    - 9;3x62 - CHIPKING, 2018-04-10, 18:32
      - What scope is that? I have a project that could use similar (nm) - Brant, 2018-04-11, 00:33
        2x Nikon pistol scope (nm) - CHIPKING, 2018-04-11, 18:56