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@SWS1 Glad it all worked out for you both. Yeah, beginning of this year I'm pretty sure Qartar was still carrying trophies then and have only very recently jumped onto the "anti" bandwagon. Might pay to have a word to Geoff before heading ocer to Oz. See what he says about getting trophies back...

Updating my post above to say I have communicated with the seller and decided to not buy these. Smo1127 replied VERY promptly to my enquiry. Great service. Cheers

PM sent re the Barnes .375 270 gn Cheers

Hi @SWS1 Thanks for your comments. We are using Geoff Olsen, as we have done for several years. Yep, he is the "go to" guy and I think this particular case has him pulling his hair out but we remain confident he will find a way, eventually ! The nub of the "issue" is airlines. I think now all...

I have seen the supposed Alliant "announcement" re suspending powder supplies to the civilian market. Have also seen comment that those same propellants are employed in the making of artillery and tank ammunition in, of course, vastly greater quantities. And while current world hostilities rage...

@JES Adventures Sir, Very much appreciate your reply and information. A great help. Thankyou. Cheers

I am quite happy shooting a 375 H&H. I have done some range sessions shooting from a bench of 50 rounds in succession ( allowing barrel cooling ) before feeling recoil weary enough that my shooting starts to be affected. However, I qualify that by saying rifle suitablility is all important. My...

@PARA45 No apology necessary, but thanks. Not so long ago we used to be quite well serviced by airlines, even down here in NZ, that carried hunting trophies. Sadly, now most seem to have jumped onto the antis bandwagon and refuse to ship hunting trophies. I'm jealous of you USA hunters as you...

@PARA45 @JimP @Vintageguy @375Fox Gents, many thanks for the comments. Since posting my question we ( three of us ) have continued pursuing possibilities with our NZ based customs broker, a great guy trying his best to help. I'm unsure at this stage if there is light at the end of the...

After a bit of life experience, and reading thread topics similar to this one, my own rule re scopes is: most rifles have something of a mix, either Leupold or Swarovski. Any DG rifle is scoped strictly with Leupold. No disappointments so far.

Hi AH Members, I have a question re hunting trophy shipping costs. Some friends and I are wanting to ship Bezoar Ibex trophies from Turkiye to New Zealand, and are rather aghast at just the arifreight rates quoted. We all know about cost increases but these prices seem a bit off the scale. What...

Beautiful Bushbuck. Congrats.

The future of hunting is very muuch in the hands of future governments, especially western governments. Given their track record of managing things properly and correctly doesn't give me great cause for optimism at this particular moment. But, at the same time, surprising things sometimes arise...

A favourite spot I'm loking forward to revisiting late this year.

Great story and that rifle has tidied up very nicely. I'm also a 243W fan. I like it so much I have two of them. One a Sako M591, retro fitted with a True Flite 23 inch barrel. It's a little laser. The other a Ruger American Rifle Predator with a crappy plastic stock and a barrel with such a...