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by cordillera
Sat May 31, 2014 9:10 am
Forum: Biathlon Discussion
Topic: New less expensive biathlon rifles
Replies: 20
Views: 68441

Update

Quick update on these. I bought two left handed savage rifles here in canada for my club. Finding the rifles took months but we ended up getting good service from Bartons big country sports. I installed the stock and sights from sierra armoury on one, and just sights on another. After one season of ...
by cordillera
Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:11 pm
Forum: Biathlon Discussion
Topic: Help me pick a rifle
Replies: 6
Views: 4499

Biathlon rifle

For the price the savage with stocks from sierra armoury are excellent. My club has them all (lakefield, various anschutz, izhmash, Brno, etc). The savages are accurate and the new stocks from sierra are excellent. If you ever get exceptionally good and move into high competition then you could sell...
by cordillera
Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:06 pm
Forum: Biathlon Discussion
Topic: NBC coverage
Replies: 9
Views: 5196

Biathlon coverage

CBC here in canada has excellent coverage. All the events are available to watch. They focus on the Canadians but the coverage is pretty good. Excellent drama today in the men's relay.

Just google CBC Olympic coverage.
by cordillera
Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:06 am
Forum: Biathlon Discussion
Topic: Izhmash Action Question
Replies: 7
Views: 10168

Izhmash

I have never seen a 7 2 and I'd guess most people on this forum haven't either as they are not common on biathlon sites. However from some research I did a purple years ago they appear to be the identical action. However by the time you add sights, making a 7 2 into a biathlon rifle will cost as muc...