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Elite Hunting Outfitters

Elite Hunting Outfitters

Just finished Selous' A Hunters Wanderings in Africa, an 1893 edition I picked up at an auction some time ago. Only read it as an e-book before, and this was much nicer. Currently re-reading Raymond Chandlers The Lady in the Lake. Next up might be In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin. I probably...

A bit of hair loss to the face, but the neck almost completely bald. Bosses worn, but not broken. Not so much drop, and the tips not worn much at all.

Elite Hunting Outfitters

Elite Hunting Outfitters

404 J - since that is what I've got. Only one buff (so far?). North Fork SS 400gn at ~2240

North Fork? Their SS (semi spitzer) and the PP (percussion point) bullets have the same weights and dimensions (and should therefore have the same POI. The only difference is that the tip of the PP has been pre-cut in order to expand faster.

Elite Hunting Outfitters

I use CCI 250 and Fed 215. Never had a problem with either. If you've had several misfires from primers out of the same 100ct box - and the spring is good - then I'd rather suspect a bad batch, or that they've been contaminated some way or another between production and trigger pull.

That kudu... Beautiful!!

Yup I did. Don't know if it adds anything more to your existing knowledge. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/mozambique-buffalo-with-tsala-hunting-safaris.85706/

You guys seem to have had a great time, as I would expect. Reading your reports and seeing your pictures really takes me back to August last year, when the wife and I were in that very same camp, hunting under Rouans guidance. Keep it coming.

Nobody seems to have mentioned the .348 Winchester. Perhaps for a good reason? I don't know much about it apart from what I can read at Wikipedia. Seems to pack a bit more punch than the 7x57R you already have, without going into .375 H&H Flanged territory, and also a little bit more than the...

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