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R8 Professional, R8 Safari, .22-250, .300 WBY, .375 H&H, .458 Lott, 1000’s of rounds, 0 issues, 100’s of smiles.

On the other hand, I am completely convinced that he is very capable lof deferring. One only needs to sit there and eat ice cream to accomplish that.

The poor guy can’t pull together two complete sentences, how do you possibly think he can pull consensus on anything from his cabinet and advisors??

Joe from MORNING JOE.

When I was 14, I complained to my Dad that we never spent time together and I needed more. I knew, however he explained anyway that he had two jobs - 40 hours a week and 2.5 hours Monday-Thursday plus 10 house every Saturday. He told me he understood my needs but didn’t know what to do. On the...

Watching the news out of California. A small group (10 arrested) of pro Hamas protesters shut down the Golden Gate Bridge with what looked like 6 cars and a few chains for hours. Took 4+ hours to clear them off. I wonder how long it would take them to remove a few conservatives and 6 pickups...

Good practice. Moving - making a decision - sight - shoot - reload - shoot again. When I was starting to practice with my Krieghoff.470NE for a Cape Buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe, my PH came to visit during his round of Hunt Shows. I was shooting a target at 50 yards off sticks and doing quite...

I’ve been blessed with 64 years of hunting many species in many places, not nearly as many as others here but still, quite a bit of hunting and, after 7 safaris to 3 countries in Africa and taking over 30 species in Africa alone, using everything from a .22-250 to a .470NE, I have taken all but...

Misspoke. .300WBY in all cases. Not .300WM

35 years later and I purchased a Blaser R8 Professional (synthetic stock) and my 2nd barrel was a .300WM. Kind of forced the retirement of the Weatherby.

In 1973 I purchased my first new gun, a Weatherby Mark 5 in 300WM. The dealer/gunsmith installed a double (set) trigger with a little shoe like a Glock trigger. When one pushed the trigger forward, the shoe came out and it set the trigger The standard trigger was quite wide and serrated and...

Has to go GROUND. Takes a few extra days.

UPS always. USPS never.

I have always used plastic boxes with both factory and handloaded ammunition. I just make that the hand loads are in their own box and the brass is not a mix of different makes. Then no one can tell, if they even cared, which, over 7 safaris in three different countries, never happened. The only...

Almost snorted my margarita

Too many times I’ve read “No photo, it didn’t happen!”

I was blessed with a wonderful wife who, at a WTF fundraiser, bid on and won a hunt with Sun Africa Safaris because, even though I had no interest in hunting South Africa, she "wanted to go someplace new." We have returned to RSA every year for the last 8 except for Covid. When there is a small...

Trijicon sells a block with the correct threaded screw holes that can be machined to fit the Krieghoff or other doubles and makes for an exceptional solid and low mount.

This is my RMR on my Krieghoff Big Five in 470 NE. A red dot at the breach of a double works best and it should be mounted as low as possible to keep its optical center close to the line of sight of the original open sights, thus preserving the original stock hold and cheek weld that existed...

If there were no white men to hear it, it must not have happened.

I have noticed that Greenies never belch or fart!! they just have s$#T coming out of their mouths.

The Greenies state that Farming and Fishing are major contributors to global warming but none of them will give up their avocados, almond milk or caviar. Never ends: "Rules for thee but not for me."

Of course. One of several great things available in OZ

Absolutely love the vehicles available in South Africa, where a Land Cruiser is a proper off road vehicle, especially after a trip to the aftermarket store. If I could import one, I would have already done it. I’m currently driving a 2012 Tundra crew cab with a ARE cap, OME front suspension, ARB...

Started hunting as a kid and went through those phases or very similar phases on my path. We might add to 5. a 5.1 when all of 5 applies but the hunter has been blessed with so many memorable hunts and great trophies that he passes on good to great animals just to enjoy seeing them for as long...

470 NE in a Krieghoff double. With a red dot. Because I own it and it has proven itself with multiple one shot kills on everything from Cape Buffalo, Sable, Waterbuck, etc down to Warthogs from 5 yards to 160. Also, hunting with a double is so “Africa”!!

My metal ammo case with lock, plastic ammo boxes and packaging always weights significantly more than 5KG. I prepare a list or spread sheet listing caliber, number of rounds, weight each round, total weight per caliber and total weight, all in grams and KG. I add the following statement: “I...

HI Hunted Africa 6 times, so far. Not an expert but have a learned opinion on boots. I have hunted for years in the Northeast, Canada, out West and found that, with the exception of Canada in December, good boots (at least for me) provide a good footbed with arch support and good ankle...

Unfortunately, while hunting in Africa for 6 of the last 7 years, I have only hunted Cape Buffalo once (so far) in Zimbabwe. I purchased a Krieghoff “Big Five” in .470NE, 180 rounds of ammo at an estate sale, RCBS dies and all the supplies necessary to reload 500 gr TSX and A-Frames. I shot...

Our 500 gallon propane tank feeds our cooktop, hot water and our house heat but only when we are not home, we have a propane generator which can quickly be attached to the propane line and a gasoline one. Neither are “whole house” but they are quickly hardwired to transfer switches, we can run...

Propane generator in a faraday cage with a 500 gallon buried propane tank is a simple solution, however your non protect tv, freezer and refrigerator are toast.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

I was doing a site analysis for the expansion of a small manufacturing facility in CT about 15 years ago. The site security was beyond any I had ever experienced and we could not even enter the main building to meet with the owner and project manager. Emails were received at a separate location...

Or just get a 20 foot storage container or a metal storage trailer and add a metal floor or layers of hardware cloth/screen to the floor and cover with a second plywood floor and put your generator, refridge, freezer and tv inside. Ground it well and do not penetrate the metal shield and you are...

I forgot pasta and lots of it and pasta sauce in glass jars. The acid in the tomatoes keeps the pasta good for years. There are many types of pasta and many flavors of pasta sauce to add some variety. Regarding testing a Faraday cage, you could but it is not necessary. Just make sure that there...

If thinking survival for a prolonged natural or man made disaster, you need to forget your current way of life and current diet. 100s upon hundreds of pounds of rice, different dry beans, dried fruit, hard red wheat, cooking oil and shortening (which needs to be rotated), gallons of bleach, many...

In 1974+- we had an ice storm in New England that took out many local and regional power lines, many others throughout the northeast, New York and Quebec and much of the associated grid. We watched that first night while transformers melted down and lit up the winter sky. No power for 10 days...

I have voted every election for the last 57 years. I most often have had the privilege of voting for the person that I felt would be best for the Country and therefore for my family, which now includes 5 kids, 13 grand kids and 2 great-grand kids. Now, once again, I will have to chose the...

The last 5 trips were with Qatar out of Boston. We live in CT and it is a 2 hour drive through Massachusetts but we have never had any issues with the drive. I have also driven innumerable times CT to Maine through Massachusetts without incident. Guns are disassembled and in a locked case...

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue...

My Parents were always in a kind and loving toward each other but had a special appreciation for New Years Eve. I was born 10/01/1945.

I had him make a .458 Lott Safari profile barrel for my Blaser Safari stock with a KickStop. It has a sling stud in a barrel band, banded hooded fiber optic front sight and adjustable single leaf rear sight. Had my jeweler add a white gold inlay to the vertical line on the rear sight which...

I hunted Cape Buffalo and other game in Zimbabwe in 2021 and finished with a plains game hunt in Pearston, East Cape, South Africa. I used my Krieghoff Classic 5 in .470 NE with my hand loaded 500 grain Barnes TSX for the buffalo and for a sable in South Africa. We left my wife and a tracker...

.470 .470 .470 At 78, with decades of collection, additions and deletions to and from my gun safe, I am blessed with a great selection of nice rifles in a wide spread of calibers from .22-250 through most everything to .375 H&H, 470NE and .458 Lott. Never went bigger as I don’t see the need and...

I’m sitting here in Port Elizabeth, relaxing after a 5 day tour along the Garden Route from Cape Town, through Hermanus. My wife and I are on our 6th tour which will end with a plains game hunt in Pearston, East Cape with Sun Africa Safaris, a small family owned and run outfit with both father...

No need. Came into Cape Town yesterday. Fire arms were off to the side of the normal luggage area. Big sign at FIREARMS desk. Went there with copy of SAPS firearms permit, passport, invitation letter and a smile. They checked all serial numbers and counted my ammunition and I was gone in 5...