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Annealing the brass before forming may collapse the shoulders.

Beautiful mount and a definate space saver!

There's a huge difference between encountering a close call and in provoking a close call.

I've only used my .375 RUM on two African hunts. The first hunt was in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and I used 300 gr Barnes TSX bullets handloaded at 2830 fps. A 50 yd broadside shot went through one shoulder, the chest cavity, and stopped in the off shoulder. It was a perfect mushroom: The...

I shot my first Antelope when I still lived in Colorado in the early '70s. After moving to Montana in 1975 I drew antelope tags almost every year and hunted them here until just a few years ago. I enjoy hunting them and like to eat them. I shot my first few antelope with my .30-06, a few...

I've been making pedestals and bases for some of my mounts for about the last 25 years. My first was this simple oak octagon base for my Muskox. Then I made this oak cabinet for my Central Canadian barren Ground Caribou. Then I made a bunch of hexagon and octagon bases out of oak and...

I've corrected that problem on a couple of bullet seating stems by radiusing the mouth of the stem with a Dremel tool. Using an inside case de-burring tool would also fix it, but the steel seating stem would be hard on the sharpness of the de-burring tool. A countersink drill bit in an...

The purpose of MAGNA Porting is to reduce muzzle jump. From their own advertizing, it will only reduce felt recoil by about 15%. A muzzle brake will reduce felt recoil by up to 50% or more. I bought my .375 RUM in 2004. At that time I was 58 years old, 6'1" and 220 #, lifted weights 3 times...

I made my first African hunt in 2000. Because of complictions of very nasty divorce I couldn't use my own rifle and borrowed a Rem 700 in 7mm RM with 140 gr Nosler BT bullets. The Outfitter and PHs all said that those bullets were a poor choice, but by the end of the week, I had used them to...

In the '70s through the '90s, two of my bighorn rams, one of my Shiras moose, my mountain goat, and about a couple of dozen elk that I hunted alone here in Montana only cost me a tank of gas and a $25 or less license.

I've hunted in Africa 6 times: 3 trips to SA, 2 to Moz, and 1 to Zim and SA. I've tried to hunt different critters on each trip and have mounted most of them. I still have a bucket list of African animals that I'd like to hunt, but along with my other North American and New Zealand mounts...

Years ago I found a 12 ga Rem 870 Express for a little over $200 and I thought it would be a good field gun so it followed me home. It has a black barrel and action and is in a black pllastic stock. I called it my UGLY GUN. I also bought a Skeet choke for it. When I got it home I put a spacer...

I have a .270 that I won in our gun club "Top Gun Shoot" 30 some years ago. I brought it home, glass bedded the action and put a scope on it, then worked up a 5 shot moa load for it, and have never taken it hunting. With my .257 Ackley, .308 Win, 7mm RM, and .300 Wby, I just can't fit my...

While I was working I wore a cheap Casio watch. At the end of this month I will have been retired 18 years. Since then my watch has been sitting, basically untouched, on my "catch all" kitchen counter. The time on it now reads 2 minutes fast than the time on my cell phone. I don't know...

I think that I have all of my bases covered with my: .22 LR .223 .257 Ackley 7mm RM .308 .30-30 .300 Wby .375 RUM And Black Powder with: .45 percussion Kentucky .50 inline .54 percussion Hawken

I took two different Rem 700s in 7mm RM on two African hunts and my Rem 700 in .375 RUM on two African hunts, including my Zimbabwe buffalo hunt, all without any issues.

My first African hunt was in South Africa. It was a SCI auction hunt that 4 of us took over from another friend. The cost was low enough that my "partner" on that hunt went just to see Africa. However he did shoot a Kudu bull on one of the last days. The larger the concession is, the more...

.257 Ackley .30 Gibbs 7mm RM .300 Wby

I shot my Leopard in Mozambique where they had pre baited him. When I got to camp, I shot a Warthog for camp meat, and we used 1 shoulder for fresh bait. That night both my PH and I fell asleep and returned to camp early. My outfitter was furious. The next day the trail camera got this pic...

Either of your choices should work fine. I shot my leopard with a 168 gr Barnes TTSX handload from my .300 Wby with a 50 yd shot. He dropped dead 19 paces from where I shot him. I had my scope turned down to 4.5 power.

A "swap" is not YOUR hide, it is the hide that someone else shot that you are trading for the hide that you shot. No different than buying a tanned hide at a shop in Joberg.

I've only taken one buffalo. It was on a hunt in Zimbabwe in 2010. One shot at about 50 yds with a 300 gr Barnes TSX bullet from my Rem Model 700 .375 RUM that I made for that hunt. The bullet went through his near shoulder, his lungs, and stopped in his off shoulder.

I've always enjoyed reading CB's magazine articles and seeing him on TV hunting shows, but I've only met him once... In 2017 I went on a caribou hunt in Quebec. That was the last year that non-residents were allowed to hunt caribou there. I booked a "trophy" hunt that was susposed to be 2...

About 15 years ago I built my .375 RUM for a Cape Buffalo hunt. I took it to Africa twice, and shot a variety of animals with it from Steenbok to Buffalo and Eland. Our range only has target berms out to 430 yards. I practice with other rifles almost every week at steel out to 430 yards, and...

I started using all copper bullets in 2005 when I went on a Cape Buffalo hunt with my then new .375 RUM. New rifle, new bullets, 300 gr Barnes TSX handloaded at 2830 fps, that shot 1" 3-shot groups. On my next African hunt for just Plains Game, I loaded 270 gr Barnes TSX bullets at 3040 fps...

My first safari was in South Africa, and just plains game animals from Kudu down. On that trip I took a 7mm Rem Mag with a Weaver 3-9x40 scope with duplex crosshairs. That combo worked great on all of the animals that I hunted with it. My next safari was for Cape Buffalo and PG animals in...

Probably my favorite caliber is .30. I shot my first elk with a .30-40 Krag. My first centerfire rifle was a .30-06 that I used for about 10 years for everything that I hunted in Colorado and Montana, from prairie dogs, deer, and antelope, to elk. In the late '70s a friend gave me a .30 Gibbs...

^^^^^ This ^^^^^ I believe the 11 pounds is a FAA requirement, and some countries also have their own requirements on how much ammo you can bring into their country, and some countries charge a fee for each cartridge. On my first hunt in Mozambique I brought three 20 round boxes of ammo for my...

This old revived thread reminds me of an opposite thread that I briefly participated in on another forum. The OP of that thread had killed or two whitetails with his .223 with heavy bullets and then claimed that a .223 would be a good choice for any big game animal in the lower 48 states. I...

I didn't come from a hunting family, and I shot my first deer, a spike muley, while hunting with one of my college roommates back in 1966. I proudly hung those spike deer antlers on my college bedroom wall. Hunting again with my roommate the next year I killed my first elk, a 5x5 bull, and...

Congrats on a fine warthog! I hunted with Koos in 2005.

No, I only shoot my reloads. I've shot hundreds of rounds through my 7mm RM, .300 Wby and .375 RUM, used them on 13 international or Alaskan hunts, and have never shot a factory round through those rifles.

As I previously posted, about 40 years ago I routed out a channel in the forend of my Browning Citori 12 ga and poured molten lead into it for a weight balance when shooting it without the smaller gauge tubes. Since then I've had to put a couple of wraps of tape around that lead plug to keep it...

I used a 7mm RM with 140 gr Nosler BT bullets on my 1st South African hunt. The PHs and Outfitter said that was too light of a bullet, but it made one shot kills on my Kudu, Black Wildebeest, and Gemsbok. In subsequent hunts I used my .375 RUM once with 300 gr Barnes TSX bullets and another...

Welcome to AH! What part of eastern Montana? I've enjoyed hunting deer and antelope there for almost 50 years, and I made my first hunt in South Africa 25 years ago. Time flies !

I have Recoil Reducers in 3 of my shotguns and 2 of my hardest kicking rifles (.300 Wby and .375 RUM), along with 1" Limbsaver, Kick Eze, or Hogue pads. One of the reducers is mercury, the others are mechanical, Edwards or Dead Mule. Some are 6 oz, others are 8 oz. I put reducers in my...

Just look at California's ban on the possession of Mountain Lion and Wolverine mounts!

That incident was 40 years ago and I was obviously younger and probably dumber. I guess my "back up plan" would have been to draw and shoot before he got to me. I only picked up and threw one rock, and throughout that incident, my left hand held my flashlight. Prior to and after that incident...

When I boght my house in 1978, I built this reloading bench full length along one wall. It's got 4x4 legs and the top is 2x4 or 2x6 boards laid flat, then covered them with 1/2" high density particleboard, and topped with a low nap carpet.

The only cartridges that I crimp are the full power loads for my .357 and .44 magnum pistols. I've never had a problem, so I don't crimp any of my rifle cartridges, including loads for my 7 mm RM, .300 Wby, and .375 RUM that pushes 300 gr bullets out at 2900 fps. I use Lee collet neck size...

I built my .375 RUM in 2004 for an upcoming Zimbabwe Cape Buffalo hunt. It was a stainless Rem 700 BDL in a laminated stock. I like to tinker and finish my own stocks, so as soon as my rifle came I ordered a semi-inleted laminated blank from Richards. As soon as I got that blank I pillar and...

Back in 2009, I wanted a new .30 caliber elk rifle and debated between a .300 Win mag or a .300 Wby. I only shoot my handloads, so once I get the brass, the cost per cartridge between tham is negligible. Brass for the .300 Win is more plentiful, but I chose the .300 Wby. My hunting loads for...

When I built my first centerfire rifle, a .30-06, in 1967 I put a cheap 3-9x40 scope on it. Over the years I upgraded the scopes, but stuck with the 3-9x40 power and size. With it I've killed a variety of North American animals from prairie dogs to caribou, moose, and a mountain goat. In 1977...

I haven't kept records of my shot distances, but I have remembered a few... I shot my first elk on my 2nd big game hunt when I really didn't know what I was doing, and my 1st shot at that bull was when he was so far away that the bead of the front sight of my borrowed .30-40 Krag completely...

A Zebra wasn't on my "list" on my first trip to Africa. On the last day of that hunt I accompanied one of the other guys in our group who unsuccessfully tried to get one, and we saw how elusive they were. Then in the years between my 1st and 2nd African hunts, I thought about how iconic they...

You need a higher ceiling. :( Your mount on a pedestal would bring the mount out another 6" or so from the wall. Thirty five or so years ago only had 3 big shoulder mounts, an elk, a caribou, and a moose, and my only wall space was my 12'x24' living room. I then built a 1,000 sq ft Trophy Room...

When I started to run out of wall space, I started doing pedestal mounts. I currently have 9 pedestal mounts and 3 floor base mounts for lifesize mounts. I've made all of my pedestals and bases myself, most out of cherry wood, a few out of oak, and the base for my leopard out of dark stained...

A sunset looking over the Gallatin valley from my front window... A view from my house to Bozangles in the summer... And a view from my basement window...