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Two bull elephants available for 2024 $15,000 all inclusive pick up & return vic falls. All hunting will take place in Binga district. At added cost spotted hyena may be added. Lon

1 dead, client 2 others injured. Kafue National park, Lugup lodge. Lodge

As some of the AH hunting members have known I have been dealing with cancer for a long time and in intense pain for the last year. This week I have sold not only my pre war Rigby .416 DG rifle one of 189 and trust me there is a difference between the original and the ones being made today. To...

Yesterday I was in Safari outdoors and was looking at the myriad selection of mechanical sharpening devices, they even had a 2sided wet stone what do you use. Lon

As a Zimbabwe safari operator I have watched our post Covid cost of doing business increase substantially. Here are a few of the increases. Elephant permits 100% increase Plains game permits 50% PH with his or her hunting rig 50% Toyota 4X4s 100% Toyota OEM parts 100% Fuel varies Food % unsure...

Today I was able to watch parts of Ben Foggles SurvivalOf The Species. I am apologize not sure which episode. This was a one hour program dealing with hunting in RSA. I agreed with everything (except the ONE anti hunter), it was very fair and showed how well african game was being taken care of...

We have several Hungarian hunter who need help in traveling from Hungary to Zimbabwe. The problem is they keep having their rifle seized while still in Europe. Does any one have first hand knowledge of how to make this travel with Firearms possible. Lon

On Wednesday a Zimbabwe PH lost his life to a buffalo. This was not related to a hunt. The buffalo was found in a gin trap. The understandably enraged buffalo focused his anger on one person, a Zimbabwe PH who died of massive chest and head wounds. At this time I do not want to publish the...

A long time ago I remember seeing some adds for WILLIAM DOUGLASS DOUBLE RIFLES. I think the price was close to $10,000.00, caliber .470N, with ejectors. I have never seen one. Were they any good? I also remember they were regulated for Federal Premium. Why did they stop making them?

I have given a lot of thought to even starting this post. I have reached a stage in my life where I would like to bring a few things to light. That some members especially the average working guy, who we always directed our hunts too.I will be posting a few stories. As far as I know I will not...

I know that some of you out there think the R8 is the finest rifle ever built. I am not posting this to take anything away from what I assume is a fine rifle. Here is the situation we recently experienced. We had a foreign hunter and language was a big problem. This story was relayed to me from...

Does anyone know where I can purchase tap sets? I have the Brownells number 2 set I need the number 1 set or similar. Must include 3, 4 & 5. Straight, taper & plug.

I will be ready to mount a RMR sight on my wife's 88b & 89b in the near future. Due to the mounting system that will be used the sight must have the Trijicon footprint. I would prefer 1 MOA, 2 MOA might be acceptable. Both are available to me in South Africa. The Trijicon RMR type II seems to...

Does anyone know what size and thread is used on the rear trigger guard screw of a Zastava Mauser? The front screw is standard Mauser, but the rear screw (original is missing) seems to be a different thread. This is a CAMPFIRE rifle and like all of them a mess.

Does anyone know who makes a red dot mount for a Heym Martini Express? Heym show one, but who makes and or sell this mount? It uses a Talley pattern 19mm X about 800 thousands. Sorry about mixing the metric with imperial.

The day before yesterday a croc took another fisherman, that makes three since the first of the year. What is different about this one the young man was pulled from his canoe, yes a regular canoe. Somehow he managed to get free and back to shore. In a moment of what I would call insanity he...

Today most of our visiting hunters are from Scandinavian country and Germany. Most seem to have to fly thru Frankfurt none of them will travel thru Frankfurt with a firearm. I have an American who was in the process of booking his airline reservations from the U.S. to Zimbabwe. His booking is...

Binga campfire is bringing me a couple of Zastava M-70 .458 WM to look at. They recently purchased these rifles, every time they fire a round the magazine pops open. I have never worked on a Zastava rifle, but I have seen a few and really never paid much attention to them other than the fact...

Trophy elephant 7 day hunting days allow for travel all inclusive $15000.00 days can be added at $600 per day. best hunting is now until May. all inclusive means. all daily rates all Ph fees all meals and drinks laundry every day airport pick up and drop-off at Victoria falls airport only...

Does anyone have any suggestions on breaking in new or very tight older double rifles? I have had recent experiences with double rifles that are very stiff on opening and closing. Due to ammunition availability and reloading being impractical shooting 100s of rounds is out of the question. The...

We just got hit with a major rain/lightning storm so I am not going outside to do any scope weighing, but I am guessing that the newest Swarovski Zi6 weighs about twice what the old Leupold DG scope weighs. I believe this would push most CRF Model 70s in .375 H&H to close to 10lbs. Strange 2...

We had a borehole drilled for all the game in a certain area in the conservancy to fill a natural pan that we call zalo as we felt it would be great for them to have water here during the dry months as there is a lot of good vegetation for them this would also increase our wildlife numbers in...

I would like to make a statement. That at least one of the persons who murdered Bloodnut was apprehend and died trying to escape police custody. Firearms that were used in the murder were recovered. For those who commented on the inefficiency of our investigative law enforcement I cannot say...

Here is a list of rifles with and without scopes that are suitable for Africa, this is not meant to be the only rifles suited for African hunting it is just rifles either owned or available to me for weighing. Note all weights listed in pounds. 9.48lb 7.62X51 FN-FAL carried by Rhodesian...

I have been informed that Ethiopian Airways on 30 November will start 4 days a week service London, Heathrow to Bulawayo Zimbabwe. If interested you may want to verify thru your travel agent or Ethiopian Airways. For many visiting hunters this will be a welcome change. Cheers, Lon

We just received news from one of our clients that his elephant which was taken in the Binga district of Zimbabwe has received USFW permit approval. Cheers, Lon

Has anyone had experience traveling from the U.S.A. or Canada to Zimbabwe with ammunition only? As travel on airlines with ammunition becomes more and more difficult we are finding more clients wish to use our firearms which is not a problem. What is becoming a major problem is ammunition. In...

Has anyone traveled U.S. to Africa with ammunition and no rifle. Any problems

Not sure if this is correct or not? My wife just informed that on her Zimbabwe forum, that it was stated SAA airlines is no longer transporting Firearms. I do not know if this is correct on not, maybe someone can clarify. Lon

Hopefully some of you out there can give me some advice. Recently I was advised that I had developed cataracts on both eyes. If I want to improve my vision I am going to need surgery. I asked the Dr. that I saw in Bulawayo his opinion of shooting heavy recoiling rifles after surgery. His answer...

Hopefully one of you can satisfy my curiosity? I just finished doing repairs on a Zimbabwe National Parks Rifle. The rifle has Browning Morgan Utah, Belgium stamped on it Caliber .375 H&H The action looks like a Mauser 98, but in Push Feed? The bolt release was very cheaply made just a piece...

Long time Zimbabwe PH, Dion Stephens passed away today. From what I understand was natural causes. For those of you that knew him, he was a great hunter and one of the Gwaai's colorful characters.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said: "Cabinet has resolved that returning residents and visitors are no longer required to present a negative PCR certificate on arrival at ports of entry. Only a valid vaccination certificate showing that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with...

Wanted CZ550 Magnum stock only, usable condition.

Effective immediately, from President Dr. Emmerson D. Mnangagwa 1. All returning ( Zimbabwe) residents and visitors have to undergo PCR testing and will be quarantined, at own cost, for days (????)recommended by WHO, even if they present & negative PCR test results from elsewhere. There is more...

We start a new hunt in a couple of days and I decided to take my original .404 Jeffery. Our visiting hunter and my wife who will be PH on the hunt will both be using .404J on 550 CZs. For ammunition they will be using Hornady solids. Since we are low on ammunition I decided to use some Federal...

Most of our visiting hunters from the U.S.A. fly into Victoria Falls on Ethiopian Airways. So far all have been satisfied with the airline. My Question is this Ethiopia seems to be in a very perilous state at the moment. If the rebels continue to take the country will the airline continue to fly?

Toyota is discontinuing the 79 series Land Cruiser after the 2021 run is finished. Toyota cites the reason as "Risks of foreign exchange law violations and usage". Effectively, Toyota is trying to cut off access to its Range of Vehicles to terrorists. It is my understanding that in Dubai a buyer...

Would you hunt with a Safari Company that required Covid vaccination for all hunters and staff? After my wife and I having a bad case of Covid we had our entire staff to have Covid Vaccinations. Here is my question, should Safari Companies require all visiting hunters to have had full...

$10500-00 All Inclusive non trophy Elephant hunt in Binga district airport pick up and return Victoria falls accommodation at Tented hunting camp all laundry meals and drinks Ph fees, ranger fees Days can be extended @ $500 a day Elephant can be upgraded to trophy if so required at an extra...

It is with great regret that I inform the members of this forum Phil Smythe has passed away. Note by @AfricaHunting.com: This post has been moved to its' own thread for the condolences. To read the story of what happened you can read: Professional Hunter Phil Smythe Mauled by Elephant?

Tokoloshe Safaris submitted a new resource: Tokoloshe Safaris - ZIMBABWE - Customized Dangerous & Plains Game Hunting Safaris in Zimbabwe just for you since 2002 - Read more about this resource... This is an informative ongoing and open discussion thread with Tokoloshe Safaris. Members can ask...

We received this message a few minutes ago this is copied from another operator, We received the okay for a specific foreign/international hunt from the Ministry of Tourism. We also applied to the Ministries of Transport & Health for further approvals last week and now await those. Hopefully...

Information for members. It was just announced that Zimbabwe's lockdown has been extended for two more weeks. Which should be about 4/5/20.

A bit bored during our lock down. While doing a major a cleaning of all of our firearms I got to thinking. What do all of you think a proper firearm rental should be on a African hunt? Our average rental rifle would be a M-70 with a Swarovski scope or a iron sighted english Mauser. Here in...

Here in Zimbabwe I keep hearing that the CZ 550 is no longer being produced and if there are any new ones left with the factory or suppliers they are in European calibers? I did not read the article in Magnum magazine, but it is my understanding that they said more or less the same thing. I read...

I am looking to buy a complete B-Square Mauser Scope mounting Drilling Jig, new or used!

I have an intermediate Mauser action that I need to drill & tap (#8 screw) for scope mount bases. I am looking for a scope base jig with bushings, drill carbide bit and tap. Wheeler, B square and a couple of other companies use to make them, but none seem to be available now? Can anyone help me.

If anyone can give advice or help I would appreciate it. I have two .404J #1 is a Rigby single square bridge long (not magnum action) #2 Is a .404J built on I believe a commercial Mauser (maybe military action) both have the same size magazine box 3 rds is the maximum that can be put in the...

I need help! A friend wants me to put a reflex on his Sako 85 Brown Bear. I have tested quite a few, Trijicon, aimpoint, sig sauer, Leuopold and Kahles. I prefer the Kahles and the Leuopold. What I do not know is who makes a mount for Kahles or Leuopold to Sako. Appreciate any and all help I...