SCI Report--pic heavy

[505Ed]

Well, the travel to Reno was horrible. Delays, snow--cold weather. I had to come across from CA. It was no fun. Well I thought the attendence was a bit light, but there was a ton of stuff to see. I like DSC, I love SCI!

I did not see our fellow members much, as we were all helping others at the show.

I helped Luxus Walnut at there booth, they are the largest importer of Turkish walnut in the US. They sell wood to the likes of Westley Richards, FAMARS, Fabbri, Frilib, and custom markers like Empire rifles, and Lon Paul.


Here we are at the Luxus booth--Clay (one of the owners--in the white hat) is going to advertise on our blaser buds site! They cut there wood in the garden of eden. They have some great looking wood--top shelf


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

I even helped them sell one of there doubles, Grandpa buying his 18 year old grandson his first double!!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22



I had to make the rounds-- well I found myself at the Blaser booth-- Looked at the R8, and as much as I did not want to like it, I did! It has a really nice feel-- although it is either going to be left or right handed, due to the cut of the stock. The trigger system works well and from the reports the cost will be 5-10% more. Bigger calibers are to come like the 458 lott and 500 jeffery. Here she is!!!!

The R8


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

Me trying out the system


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

I also went by Mauser and Sauer-- I will have to own a Mauser M03, they are well built and I think my next "buy". The Sauer 202 takedown is a fabulous weapon but at 8G's hard to swallow. I'd take one if I had Corjack's money .

Here is Sauer and Mausers booth-- Thorston Mann is setting and Lee at Sauer USA is in the cowboy hat with his back to the camera--in front of Thorston.


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

Our very own mauserman working hard at the Blaser USA booth--showing off!!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

I then made it by Eurooptics--saw our very own Corjack working hard with Alex Roy selling all kinds of Scopes, Blasers and Sakos.

Alex and Ron


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

They even tried to sell me a R93-- I had to get out of there!!!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

I finished out the day just looking around-- getting ideas for mounts. Looking for good deals on hunts, and talking with friends. Maybe one day we can all get together at one of these and have a night out!

Awesome 50" buffalo


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

I really want to shoot a Thar!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

A free range whitetail from MN-- scored a scant 201--SCI


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

One stunning croc mount!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

Just for Biebs-- Westley Richards in a 577 Wow!!!!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

Champlains with there brood of fine old guns!!!!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

A stunning Fanjoz 470--price a low 35,000 euro!


By coachsells, shot with i1037 at 2010-01-22

It was a great day and, a half--did not see it all but had a great time!!!!!

[dinsdale]

Thanks for the report...I wished I could have gone this year,but it wasn't in the cards.Then with the weather guess it was just as well.

My friend had alot of his taxidermy all over and I would have liked to see them out of the studio.

I'll see Alex Roy in a few weeks though and Blaser in Pa. so guess thats OK.

Damn its a small world as I just contacted Luxus about a piece of wood a couple of weeks ago!Then show season started and have been waiting for a reply.


Dinsdale

[505Ed]

If you are needing to get in touch with one of the guys at Luxus--I can get you in touch with Adam or Clay they can help you out!

Ed

[dinsdale]

If you are needing to get in touch with one of the guys at Luxus--I can get you in touch with Adam or Clay they can help you out!

Ed

Yaa...I emailed Adam some pics,he needed better so I re-sent them and called him to tell him so a couple of days just before Christmas .

But I knew show season was coming and the holidays just before that,so I figured to follow up when DSC then Reno was over....

Hopefully I didn't get lost with all the big spenders out there at the shows.....guess this could be a good litmus test on customer service

To be fair I told him I was in no paticular hurry,and I know they have bigger fish to fry on the show circuit.I've helped out at a few also,and glad I don't have to make a living that way.It's not much fun to sit in them booths.I will have to see how the Blaser folks can do 10 days at Harrisburg,with some kid with sticky fingers handling the merchandise It's a giant flea market mixed in with outfitters.

Dinsdale

[thechamp]

Thanks, lots of good pics and putting faces to the names we hear all the time...



Couldn't help but notice that Corjack and Alex Roy use the same hair stylist!


Back to the subject at hand, what caliber you getting your 03 in?

[retrieverman]

Back to the subject at hand, what caliber you getting your 03 in?

I know this was a question for Ed, but I am feeling the need to try a M03 too. I am not very imaginative, and mine will be synthetic stocked with a short barrel in either 308 or 9.3x62.

[deerhunter338mag]

Thanks for the report and the great photos looks like a great expo can't wait till next month when we have our one.

[mchughcb]

Thanks for the report and the great photos looks like a great expo can't wait till next month when we have our one.

I don't think we can hold a candle to the gear there. Although Mialls may slip one or two R8s in. I can feel the force.

[deerhunter338mag]

would be nice

[Olsen]

Great report and some good pictures

Nice to see some fine guns and some working hard to sell them

[HunterAU]

Great report , great photos thanks mate!!

[Dom]

Thanks for the report and pics 505Ed, some nice looking outfits there all the way around, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

[Brew]

Dinsdale, thanks for the warning about the Harrisburg show, now I won't even try to make that one. Sounds like Dallas and Reno are nicer.

[505Ed]

Back to the subject at hand, what caliber you getting your 03 in?

I dont know--Mauserman and I will have to make a deal-- I'd really like a 8x86s and 375 combo safari contour. I might just do a regular gun and buy a Sauer 202 one of these days for a carry across the pond gun. I forget I'm saving to hunt more -- I know I'm a gun junkey!!!

Ed

[dinsdale]

Dinsdale, thanks for the warning about the Harrisburg show, now I won't even try to make that one. Sounds like Dallas and Reno are nicer.

For the East coast...it's what we have

It's OK...huge building,for those that know Reno;about 3x the floor space.

Lots of fishing charters along the east coast and fishing outfitters all over the east and Canada.A few NZ guys,bunch of PG guy's from South Africa and a few from Namibia.Some western US guys,alot with high fence elk.

If you go looking to talk to specific outfitters or specific products its just OK.

There used to be a booth from Hendershot's(a gun dealer in Maryland) with a guy that had some serious Blaser inventory.He's not there any more.That was my introduction to Blaser products.

Never been to DSC,Reno a couple of times....I think its great,and I like that it's exclusive for admission.Harrisburg is a show that people go to for the day for entertainment,just like a county fair.They are a some serious buyers but lots of kids with sticky fingers from cotton candy that run up and down the aisles(sorry,cant stand unruley kids)....Most who go are "whistle gophers";that is they see a Kudu mount and let out a big sigh and comment how far away Africa is,and that someone would actually go there!

I want to go and see a R8,this is the first time Blaser as a company has a booth,and they even took out an ad on the show homepage!

I will file a report on the whole show....stay tuned....

On another note re. my other post above...emailed Luxus about my wood;and Adam promptly returned it,and we are sorting something out next week when they are off the show circuit Two Thumbs Up