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Making a rifle feed with any random bullet is a challenge. That is what started this thread. To get a spitzer bullet to feed is quite easy. Round nose is also fairly easy. But a hydro or flat nose solid is tough. Between a hydro without plastic cap, a Hornady 480 gr solid and a Pergrine 515 gr...

These work and are pretty cheap. You can find quite a few similar ear buds but these are useful because you can tie the string to your cap...

I would fit a 1-4 scope with an illuminated centre dot. I have tried one with both eyes open on 1x. It acts like a red dot sight. I tried a vortex but would buy a trijicon with optic fibre like the one mentioned earlier. I have iron sights currently but as my eyes get older, I will have to fit a...

I have the same opinion. I also ask how much you need to dial a 1-4 scope. Surely on AR rifles and quick shots, you would use mil dots. Long range and tactical sell, ģood sense and practicality do not.

Something not mentioned- mark your softs or solids. In my case I have all soft points marked on the bullet head and the cartridge base with a black marker and I seperate solids on the left and softs on the right. Lastly, you can carry both softs and solids, Ido.But load what your PH suggests...

I think it is a hard outer sole and a soft foam midsole that makes that loud POK . One piece soles are better. Steel inserts are terrible for quietness as well, people thump their feet down like they are stomping grapes. Good boots are hard to find but Courtneys or something similar are hard to...

Ì often shoot with my sons, 16 and 14 yrs old. I can still humble them when they get cocky but it is getting harder each year. :ROFLMAO:

My theory is getting on the sticks and finding your target in the reticle has little to do with accuracy but everything to do with speed so get it done as fast as possible.Then you can take a moment when it counts and pause then make an accurate first shot. Then crank the bolt and get back on...

I think that depends on the client and I think you should tell your PH to shoot if he thinks it is getting away. All the PHs I know don't like to shoot unless necessary so if they think the shot is good, they will not shoot.

With regards to a client being asked to stay behind, I think we have to accept that it was not planned to have a wounded buffalo to follow up. So you can be in good shape to hunt but poor shape for a follow up. The PH recognised that the situation had changed and asked the client to sit this one...

I have followed up buffalo as a learner hunter with a PH and also behind 2 PHs with a camera. The camera follow up was a certain wounding and the PH called in a second PH on the property + clients. Both fired shots when we caught up and then later the buffalo was shot from a tree by the PH...

Further fuel to the fire, another video by the same guy where he says his average across a lot of rifles and ammo is 1.8 ". He documents many manufacturers 'guarantees' of accuracy. His video supports my view- true 1 moa is very common online but very rare in real life. I myself am pretty sure I...

Something I have been thinking about for a while now, many will boast that they can hold a 3/4 " group all day. But very few people can step up to the firing line and put 5 bullets in 1 inch around the bull. $1000 prize and it took 5 days before someone took the money. I hope the youtube link...

I use ear muffs with electronics and push them up over my ears when i filmed hunts. They can stay on all day. I have also seen clients using in ear electronics that have a wire and battery connecting the two earpieces, easy to tie to a cap or shirt and put in when close. If you ask your PH to...

If you enjoy actually shooting different rifles then buy another. Some people enjoy the actual shooting, some the huntinh. I would say get something different, so 500 calibre and maybe a double. If you have a bunch of rifles and only shoot 1, then there is no point keeping safe queens. So you...

Blue duiker and suni are smaller but i dont think anyone has the on quota. Pretty rare so probably grysbok is the smallest huntable species. Low velocity solid is best as you say. I think maybe one of the old english rook guns would be great. A lead cast bullet from a revolver calibre would be...

I have guided and filmed Tiny 10 hunts. I think the argument of gut shooting is simply confusion. The shots advised by PHs are as lethal as any shot, and probably just as quick as any shot you can take. Even a brain shot does not kill instantly as the heart continues beating for minutes. I have...

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Yes it is suitable, others have said premium bullets - I would add use heavy bullets. Shouldn't be a problem as the calibre was designed for high BC bullets which is pretty much guarantees heavy bullets.

This is another skull, big bull and you can clearly see the earhole( red) and the zygomatic arch (blue) . Together with the previous photos, the centre of the brain is between the earholes and in line or slightly above the zygomatic arch or cheekbones.

So I was walking around a skinning shed and found an elephant skull cut in half. So I took some pictures. You can see the brain cavity highlighted in blue. Then I stuck a broom stick into its ear hole and got my son to point at the brain. You can see the brain sits directly between the ear...

My experiemce, hottest iron + wet cloth. I have needed lots of heat and steam. I have done a few stocks including an old(70 years?) Brno .22 that looked like someone had hammered tent pegs with it. I havent managed to burn any wood but often had to really wet a cloth and the wood and iron it...

I use Hornady app on my phone. Simple interface and looks clean. I am sure the Lapua etc work as well. Hornady has their own loads built in so it is easy to pick a similar bullet and tweak the velocity to get ballpark figures. You need to go to the range anyway to confirm but at least it gets...

Feredays have a limited selection, I was in there today. They are on Facebook so maybe check if they have the style and sizing you need. THEY had Courtney Selous and 1 or two other styles in quite a few sizes. Otherwise Courtney will ship to your PH.

Well said.

Now that opens up another rabbit trail. I agree and would add that round nose bullets open quicker and hold together better. I suggest because the nose of the bullet is not so long and skinny. I carry Peregrine VRG mono copper softs in my 458 lott. My theory is that if it doesn't open, then it...

Boiled linseed oil will build gloss after a lot of coats, not high gloss but it is the finish on holland and holland etc.

I have just been doing my gutters and fascia boards on the house. So a pice of the old galvanised metal gutter became a boiling tank and my camping stove the heat source. I believe the gutter is original from when the house was built circa 1970s

I have used 450 gr monolithic copper Peregrine solids at 2280 fps and Hornady 480 gr solids at 2250 fps. Those are both capable rounds and were not pushing reloading limits ie no pressure signs even in the heat of Gonarezhou.The monos took up a little more room and so the 450 gr seems a better...

I am smart, I know that a 450 Rigby and a Rigby 450 NE double are different weapons. Perhaps if you knew anything, you would understand rhe difference. Good that you havent lost your sense of humour and your humility. Oops..... wrong guy.

The 450 rigby was invented in 1994. Culling elephants was before that. So it appears we should change the history books and credit Tsuro with the invention of the 450 rigby.:ROFLMAO::A Shit:

Leica has better glass but the difference is not night and day. Many people on the internet wil tell you they can 'see' the difference. I have been involved in video and photgraphy for years and have a fair understanding. You dont just ' see' the differences, they are minscule at 1 or 2 %. Some...

I went and shot tje rifle and got maybe 2 to 3 inch groups. So I did some more research and started plan B. Put a brass brush on a rod and put it in the drill. Scoured the barrel out, followed by patches soaked in Handy Andy ( a kichen cleaner with fine grit/ ammonia etc.) Went to the range and...

And then I guess a big fireball indicates unburnt powder. So the velocity ladder of that round would have flattened out before the 120 grains ie 115 to 120 would show little if any increase in velocity ?

Another air rifle shooter here. I had a springer and my younger brother still has his Daisy pump gun. That is still acurate, our sons have competitions at christmas etc. We shot as kids every few days, offhand with open sights. All my rifles have open sights, all zeroed. My lott only has open...

Pretty impressive. Just a random question for experienced reloaders, does faster powder reduce the fireball and give you more velocity for less powder ? Just spitballing here and thinking less of a faster powder might make more velocity with less unburnt powder ?

Blazer R8 ? Not technically designed as a take down but it fits the bill I think.

I think it has a lot to do with marketing and fashion. Magazines and shows push new ideas and concepts and that's not all bad. We had the magnum craze- flat trajectory so you could reach out. The 300 win mag could do what the 308 does but 100 yards further out. So people reduce the weight of the...

I like them. Solid build and operation usually. I have seen some butt ugly wooden stocks - maybe it was just the finish ? It was even worse than the gorilla snot that CZ use. But generally a good reliable rifle.

The second group looks to be a little over an inch. Nothing wrong with that. Try and keep ttack of your shots to see if they walk across the target as the barrel heats up. The danger of a stock touching the barrel is that you dont know if that stock is going to absorb humidity and warp further...

Ok it makes sense. My crossbones are Cz from factory which sound like Winchester bolts. I really like the idea of epoxy strengthening the wood and creating an even surface with no chips or splinters. I think it makes a huge difference to the woods strength. I saw a PHs rifle that was showing...

I Must confess i didnt see the engraving. I think the bolt needs free movement to tighten properly so maybe coat it with release agent and epoxy around it ? I havent really come up with a plan.

Nice work. I have thought long and hard about bedding crossbones. On the one hand, you would strengthen up the bolt to wood contact and if you colour the epoxy, you can hide the bolts behind a black circle. But then I think their true purpose is to compress across the grain and stop splitting...

I would say not. Pick quick expanding designs like a frame, tbbc, nobler partition and accubond . However a 375 calibre hole through the vitals will kill a lion pretty quick. A small difference in expansion is probably not going to change the outcome. However an accurate shot will decide the...

Mozambique is fantastic, so many animals. I have filmed hunts for both Gary and Neil. You are in for a great hunt. I would advise you to look carefully at the 7x57 ballistics. A reputation on plainsgame second to none and built on 175 gr bullets at a modest velocity. I would suggest that you...

If you are hunting Coutada 9, you will be with Neil Duckworth so ask him what he would like you to use. Shots there are pretty close range. I like heavy bullets which pushes you to lead based bullets. They open up well and penetrate well. I would go with a frames as heavy as are accurate in...

I would suggest you get some dummy rounds made up. If you spend a bit of time in front of the TV working g the action, it will smooth up. Also you will see brass rubbed on any rough spots on the bolt/action/ magazine. Then you can polish those areas. I have also heard of people using toothpaste/...