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Here's a ton of information from me and other members; https://www.africahunting.com/threads/red-dot-rmr-sights-for-dangerous-game-rifles.73440/ The Trijicon RM58 mount is what I use/have used on my Krieghoff, Heym, and Merkel. These are usually available on eBay. Search for Trijicon RMR...

I use this Wheeler scope lapping tool when mounting scopes. These tools make it easy to properly align the rings: https://www.wheelertools.com/scope-mounting/rings-and-mounts/scope-ring-alignment-and-lapping-kit/305172.html...

Personally, I would not consider it. The original caretaker, God rest his soul, may be with that rifle and me on safari... :)

And don't forget about former presidential candidate/ex-First Lady... And then go after Congress people for unethical insider trading

Some of my hunting history with the aforementioned Heym 88B in 458 Winchester Magnum: On the trail of a large elephant bull in Zimbabwe with the PH's 458 Lott Mark X Large lioness in South Africa Warthog @Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS in South Africa 150 Meter shot wildebeest The only shot...

“That double was my father’s. I hunted all over southern Africa with him. I videoed him harvesting a white Rhino in South Africa using that rifle. That double has also harvested numerous elephants and cape buffaloes in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique. It has also harvested one lion...

I run Trijicon SRO's on my doubles. Others like the smaller Trijicon RMR, Burris Fast Fire, and other brands. I also have a Aimpoint H-1 for my Blaser S-2 double. I recommend the "top loading" for battery for any reflex sight. The old style RMR Types 1 and 2 have bottom loading batteries...

Memorial Day causes me to think of those I knew who now occupy the empty chair at the table. It is good to remember them but when I do, I know why the World War II guys never spoke about their time at war. The same goes for the Korean and Vietnam conflict veterans. A couple WWII veterans advised...

A CZ 550 Safari is at most a $2000 rifle. We've watched a few for sale on this site sit for weeks at hundreds less than that. Good wood for a restock will run $500 to $1500 or more. A professional stock maker (stocker?) will charge at least $1000 and probably more like $2000 or more for...

I once owned a Chapuis C10 over under double rifle in .375 H&H. It did NOT have a Kersten Lock cross bolt and the action would open when I fired the top barrel. That was not very comforting! It would open with factory Federal ammo and my handloads. It was a very nice rifle that I sent to JJ...

For our friends who reside in countries that require firearms licenses and restrict how much ammunition they can buy every year, achieving 1 MOA for five rounds could be challenging. That would be even harder where handloading is illegal! But for those of us fortunate enough to reside where...

Since @Hunter-Habib invited me to this thread, at least he must want to read my thoughts on rimless cartridges in a double rifle… The classic double rifle is a short-range powerful weapon providing the capability for a very fast second shot at dangerous game. I read long ago how the ivory...

A reflex (red dot) sight can be sighted in using the same procedure as sighting in rifle scope by: Remove the bolt or barrels to look through the bore. Mount in a padded vice or rest(s) so that the barrel will remain stationary. Adjust the barrel(s) so that you can see a distant (the more...

The .416 Taylor is a necked down .458 Winchester. Just run .458 Win brass through a .416 Taylor full length sizing die and one has a .416 Taylor case, minus the correct headstamp for the cartridge. The .416 Ruger was a good idea of a cartridge for standard length (.30-06 size) actions, without...

If the above Reagan humor wasn't enough, here are "41 Enduring, Inspiring (and Funny) Quotes From Ronald Reagan 'The Great Communicator'" brought more than his love of jellybeans to the White House. He brought a mastery of communicating that has rarely been matched...

President Reagan, the Great Communicator: Debate: with Mondale https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1844704_1844706_1844612,00.html "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and...

My brother Marine @John Wasmuth referred to “real Marines”. Honestly, I served for 21 years but had to Google his acronym. :) That one must not have been in my "Little Red Monster" book we studied in boot camp! For those who are not Marines, All Marines are real Marines until we die and...

Thanks that's a nice one with the sight, mount, and ammo... But with taxes, shipping, and Gun Broker buyer fee (1%) it will be $14,000. That is a fair price but not a great buy... :) I will wait...

Hey @Foxi ! The problem is you Germans over-engineering everything! And I for one am very, very happy that Germans do that! :) Keep up the good work! My Blaser S2 is not even close to a traditional double rifle. It is large for caliber/chambering, somewhat harder to load. My S2 accepts...

@375Fox please do not loose confidence in your Blaser. It functions as designed. Blaser's have tight (minimum tolerance) chambers compared to many other rifles. There is nothing loose or sloppy about Blasers! They are precision instruments designed and manufactured to something like...

Politics, management, and often leadership require compromise, much like a successful marriage. As young Marines or other servicemen we viewed the commander’s decisions as foolish, timid, reckless, or just plain stupid. Then all of a sudden a decade or two has passed and we now must manage or...

I would NOT hunt with most of those TV hunting personalities. They are making a living off what they publish in print, online, or on TV. One reads of or watches a near perfect hunt where Joe Cool rarely makes a mistake. I’ve met some in person I haven’t found the TV personality. They could...

“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.” ― Herbert Hoover I agree with @Red Leg on this. The Iranian government needs to be exterminated. The trouble is that is nearly impossible to do without also killing thousands, maybe tens of thousands of the innocent...

You are on the right track. Yes, up to the pressure limit is reached. Less weight of faster powders will provide X velocity but will also reach the maximum mean pressure faster for a given cartridge and bullet weight. To achieve a higher velocity within safe mean pressure, select a slower...

I like Winchester Model 70's be they Pre-64 or modern Model 70 Classic with controlled round feed (CRF). I also have at least one push feed M70. I also have a couple of CZ 550 Safari Classic's. The CZ's are big rifles and have more magazine capacity than a factory M70 but have triggers and...

I posted this in February... https://www.africahunting.com/threads/red-dot-reflex-sight-low-power-variable-scope-or-metallic-sights.80277/ There is a lot of discussion about using a riflescope on a dangerous game rifle (DGR) for close shooting. The options are instead using metallic sights, or...

There is not enough land and habitat for large wild animals to exist in Africa as they did 100 years ago. Native Africans are multiplying and every year require more hectares on which to live, raise subsistence maize and rape, and graze cattle. As the habitat shrinks, violent interactions...

I understand there are some pretty unsavory breeders of captive bread lions. With those are also some outfitters and PH’s who provide shooting of CBLs rather than anything that resembles a hunt. But what percentage are those bad operators compared to the good ones? Still, some will dismiss any...

I hunted a couple of CBL lioness's in 2022 via following a PH and a native African tracker. I very much enjoyed it. If it is not outlawed, I may hunt CBL lions again someday. That stated, I understand the quality of these hunts may vary greatly depending on what outfitter one hunts with...

@UKLew Please my @Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS cull hunt report below; https://www.africahunting.com/threads/south-africa-cull-hunt-with-tally-ho-hunting-safaris-october-2022.71692/

An FFL may ship via USPS. My FFL ships mine via Priority Mail for about $20 plus $20 transfer fee. They may also be shipped via Registered Mail with signature chain of custody for the entire trip. This of course takes longer than Priority Mail. FedEx and UPS require overnight shipping which...

Sir, No offense taken. You mentioned Marines, who by nature practice "attention to detail" to the day we die! To quote Captain John W. Thomason's description of Marines in France in 1917, Marines have... "a tolerant scorn of nearly everything on earth. They were the leathernecks, the old...

During 1980, I attended Jungle Environmental Survival Training (JEST) at Subic Bay. One of the local instructors was a Negrito tribesman who back in his day, guided General McArthur. If your Partner Force were Filipinos, those M-14s must have been extra large rifles for most of them.

Sorry, this doesn't sound correct, assuming (always dangerous) you are referring to the terrorist attack on the USS COLE. Did the USS COLE have a Marine Detachment (MARDET)? I cannot comprehend that any MARDET wasn't armed with. But, since the COLE is powered by gas turbine and NOT nuclear...

A celebrity in his day, British safari hunter and adventurer Denys Finch Hatton was one of the most prominent white hunters in the Golden Age of safari hunti...

I usually only read this Politics forum, trying to learn from my AH fellows. This Wall Street Journal (hopefully not behind a paywall...) is worth reading. It is by John Lehman, President's Reagan's Secretary on the Navy. And those were great times to be in uniform, weren't they? Reagan...

This is a complementary video to that above from Rock Island Auction Company concerning Denys Finch Hatton's adventures, to include being the PH for Prince Edward. This provides a very good albeit short discussion of early hunting and later conservation in East Africa. "Out of Africa: A...

Folks, The link below is to a YouTube video documentary of Prince Edward VIII's journey from adventurer big game hunter to conservationist. This video is somewhat anti-hunting and pro photo safari but it is very much worth watching! Prince Edward witnessed the introduction of the motor car...

Sorry, I guess I need to spell this out... Obviously the outside of a primer is impervious to human oils found on the skin, and whatever else is on one's fingertips. That is unless those oils migrate to the inside of the primers to the igniter compound. Touching the anvil part of the primer...

Push Feed a M1 Garand may be, but it's extractor is almost a third of the circumference of the case head!

I think that most of us at 20 years old would have been more accurate than you are, time after time.

Probably... It's also a good reminder to all of us to think before talking or typing. Of course never drink and type! This is not 1985 when one had to search reference books to verify our opinions are indeed facts. There's this application called Google that puts information at our fingertips!

“The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” Ronald Reagan joked about Democrats. That was back 40 years ago when we could rib each other with a good joke... :)

I try not to give people advice on subjects that I am not an expert of. I would not recommend that anyone buys or doesn’t buy a Rolex or other fine watch. Honestly, I know what they are, and of the different reasons people buy them to include those watches’ appreciation and value on the grey...

1.) Did you have credit card, automobile, consumer debt, when you went on your first safari? No 2.) Did you have a mortgage when you went on your first safari? No 3.) What percentage of your annual before-tax income did you spend on your first safari? 10% 4.) Did you finance aspects of your...

That was Major James "Jim" Land. After retiring from the Marine Corps, he became the Secretary of the NRA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_James_Land A simple google search revealed this synopsis of the Model 98, complete with loading instructions...

Muscle memory, that is what we do recorded into our subconscious is very real. Proper training will provide proper performance, when necessary, i.e. when General Quarters are sounded, or a Cape Buffalo wants to kill you! Hard cycling of an action will sometimes dent the mouths of cartridge...

This is the State of the Union that I want to hear: . I think Robert Kennedy Jr. is the smartest of any of this year's candidates for US President. Some may consider him to be some sort of "wack job" but I've been accused of that myself :) If RFK Jr. becomes the Libertarian Party candidate...

Exactly! One can get honest feedback on AfricaHunting.com ! Read the hunt reports and reach out the the poster via PM. Follow up with a phone call or two... I didn't hunt with Mike the Spike but spend time with him in Zambia. A heck of a great guy! Here's my double-hunt report starting with...

This may have been well deserved but it may not be good for Americans going to Zimbabwe... "US sanctions Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa over human rights abuses Story by FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press...