Recent content by DLSJR

Gracy is worth every penny they charge. I’ve had two safaris, one in Tanzania and one in Cameroon, where my return flight home was going to be delayed for reasons beyond my control. Each time, a phone call to Gracy got them in action right away to find me a substitute flight. They are on...

The last time I got a flu shot, which was about 25 years ago, I got sick for several days, really sick. I haven’t gotten the flu ever since and never get a flu shot. I do take lots of supplements, multi-vitamin, magnesium, glutathione, D3/K2, zinc and several others. I seldom get anything...

@uplander01 - you didn’t mention a model 70 action, but if you’re looking at pre-64 model 70’s, the appropriate action size is a group 7 action, which was made for .300 & .375 H&H chamberings. That’s what the .375 H&H pictured in my post above is built around. You mentioned a manageable weight...

Did you look at Emirates? They’ve been less expensive than the others and are as comfortable as you’ll ever be flying to Africa. That’s who we are going to fly to JNB for a September hunt in Moz/C9.

California has had several of these incidents over the years. There have been two deaths where lions attacked unarmed people within an hour of my house, most recently 2 years ago. A friend shot one while turkey hunting, about 10 feet off the end of his barrel. We have a very large lion...

My newest rifle is that perfect .375 H&H we’re discussing here. I was looking for a good pre-64 model 70 in .375 but not finding one. One day I got a call from the fellow who loads my ammo and builds damn accurate rifles. He found a deal on a pre-64 custom in 7mm STW, and other than the barrel...

I’ve never asked any PH what he carries when hunting dangerous game, at least not till we were out hunting and we’re talking guns. But then, I’m pretty damn particular about who I hunt DG with and have great confidence in their abilities no matter which rifle or cartridge they’re shooting...

Thanks for sharing all your observations, they’re appreciated. Glad you (and Scott) had a good hunt with Mike. The one time I was at Maswa North, December of 2019, it rained every single day of my son’s hunt and was a muddy ordeal. It’s an interesting area, that’s for sure.

I was in a similar room at Heathrow, on my way home from Botswana many years ago. Too long a story to tell, but I switched up my carry-on and a checked bag, which had some ammo in it. (Note: don’t ever have your carry-on look anything like any bag you’re checking). I was waiting to go through...

That looks very interesting.

I used to shoot skeet quite a bit when I was young. We loved to have friendly competitions afterward to see who could get the closest to the house from low 8 and still break the target. Of course, we did it with the gun mounted since we were getting dangerously close to the house. I got to...

I never said practicing good form at a slower pace was bad. Practicing at a slower pace has its benefits. My point is that none of these practice scenarios come close to replicating an actual charge from close range. In real life, they’re over almost before most clients realize what the F...

The problem with every single one I’ve ever seen is that NONE of them come at you anywhere near as fast as a charging buffalo can move. FTW’s seems good, but it’s about half the speed of the real thing, or less than that.

This has been a wonderful write-up so far. Please keep it coming.

The 400 grain Bearclaw at 2,400 is a fantastic buffalo load. When I had my .416 Hoffman built in 1988 Remington had not yet come out with their chambering, but they’re nearly identical case dimensions with the Remington being very slightly smaller. I called Trophy Bonded Bullets to order...