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Fit for an emperor: the Steyr Mannlicher classic.(Cover story)

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The chamois herd grazed lazily on the side of the mountain a little more than 200 yards away. Guide Kefer Hubert and I sat quietly in the blind watching them through binoculars. As we watched, a fly buzzed inside my eyeglasses onto the corner of my eye. I hurriedly shooed it away, the waving of my white hand startling the chamois, an animal with excellent vision and they quickly bounded higher up the mountain. A 6,000-mile trip, a grueling hour's uphill hike and a careful, silent walk to the blind and dummy blows it brushing away a fly. Swell.

The hunt was by invitation of Steyr Mannlicher. a company formed at the birth of the metallic cartridge ...

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