Recent content by Longwalker

Thanks very much for your interesting and exciting report! Congratulations on your successful hunt. Brings back fond memories of tracking elephant with Criton & Nyati, this will have to hold me till I return next year.

It seems to me that there are only two types of hunting firearms that have resisted the trade trend that leans towards designs that are militaristic, cheap as possible, and mass marketable. Upland bird shotguns and dangerous game rifles. One of the reasons why I really appreciate the artistry...

Core separation is pretty much impossible with those Oryx bullets. They expand widely, usually to 2x caliber. So penetration is not as deep as some others, but shocking power is excellent. If you’ve been getting exits on deer sized game, what’s not to like? I like Oryx bullets for most of my...

It was a rented Winchester M70 Safari Express, .416 Rem, loaded with Trophy Bonded Sledgehammer solids. Equipped with a 1.5-5x Leupold. Worked OK, but it would fail to feed if three cartridges were placed in the magazine. So it was a "three shooter". That didn't bother me until I had a wounded...

I've only hunted one elephant so far. If I ever got to hunt another, my "Ideal" would need to be practical and limited to what I have on hand for firearms. So I'd pick my Merkel 140 AE double rifle chambered in .450-400 3" Nitro Express. Perhaps few experienced elephant hunters would consider...

This is what I use. Perfect for my needs. https://ca.tilley.com/collections/hats/products/t4mo-1-hikers-hat

I'v used norma Oryx bullets in factory loads in .243 100 grain ( mule deer) .30-06 180 gr. ( Black bear, Whitetail deer, Elk ) 9.3x62 285 gr. ( Oryx, Kudu, Giraffe ) and 9.3x74R ( black bear ) In every hunting application, at every range ( 50-150M ) the Norma Oryx bullets shot accurately...

I hunted the Savé two years ago along with my brother ( Powdermaker) . I wrote a hunt report, and he did too. You can look them up here in the hunting reports section. I was happy with the numbers of game, we saw plenty of buffalo and had no trouble getting a couple nice bulls. And elephant were...

The small details of style built into my 100 year old Italian-German no-name 16 ga. double do it for me. I have much fancier guns, and more expensive, but this one is the most stylish in my collection. and the function follows the form. It is lively and shoots where I look!

Red Leg, if all goes well this will be my third buffalo. The rifle is equipped with a scope, which I used to shoot that group. 1-4x Karl Kaps with FFP German #1 Reticle. Very good in low light. The iron sights are good too, but my eyes aren't iron sight compatible any more so I also have a...

Another vote for the Ithaca M37 Featherlight. It's what I learned to shoot shotgun with. Very reliable, well made.

I tried out some new loads for my Merkel 140 AE double rifle in .450-400 3" Nitro Express today. Quite pleased that I can use Swift A-frames that shoot to the same point of impact with the same regulation as the Hornady DGX that the rifle was regulated with. We will hunt Mozambique, Coutada 9 in...

Welcome! Congratulations on your first African hunting, This is a great place to learn more!

thanks wesheltonj! I will attempt to get that in writing from Delta, since their agents are sending me two different messages.

Many thanks to Jerome and all for the excellent advice on this thread. I have a question about transit through the USA as a Canadian traveling with firearms. I have booked a flight with Delta. It departs in July this year from Vancouver and connects in Newark USA where we change planes and...