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    Suppressors Top 5 Suppressors ( can of worms ? - Excuse the Pun)

    Much appreciate the input guys. Have emailed Steyr to obtain their view on the suitability of a silencer for the scout and have yet to hear from them. Tuukka, could you PM me a price list or your email address please ?
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    Suppressors Top 5 Suppressors ( can of worms ? - Excuse the Pun)

    Hi Normbal, many thanks for your detailed input! Well, RSA gun regulations have their pro's and con's: Pro's: 1. You no not need any license for a silencer and many enthusiasts make them on their CNS machines in their back yard with relative success, so they are cheap; 2. You do not...
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    Suppressors Top 5 Suppressors ( can of worms ? - Excuse the Pun)

    Moses, I hear you. Honestly I don't even know all the names one would be able to get locally, but as silencers are relatively easy to manufacture, every second gunsmith or CNC machine enthusiast could make one and slap a name on it, which could leave me digging through rubbish for days. I...
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    Suppressors Top 5 Suppressors ( can of worms ? - Excuse the Pun)

    Hi Guys, I'm looking to buy a Steyr Scout chambered in 308 and I wish to put a silencer ( as we say in South Africa) on it. I already own a Steyr 30-06 classic half-stock, who is the apple of my eye and who travels in hard-case only and hunts covered in a Bocca Shield only ( you get the...
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    Steyr Scout 308 any good ?

    Thanks for the input thus far guys...seems thus far the jury has a thumbs up on this one... Being able to put a silencer on it or not will be the make or break here I guess. Anyone have any idea if putting a threaded silencer on it is possible - especially considering the both thin and fluted...
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    Steyr Scout 308 any good ?

    Hey Guys, I currently own a Steyr Mannlicher 30-06 Classic halfstock which I am very pleased with both in terms of quality and accuracy. I have to date hunted exclusively in Africa ( South Africa and Namibia) and this rifle works for most anything I've come across in the African bush ( apart...