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this is a primary concern of mine. WHO is currently running the government? certainly not joe biden. he was elected, but has likely had little input in the last couple years. it would seem to me that a vote for biden is a vote for.....who exactly?

welcome aboard

you are exactly right. here is the problem, shooting at a 500+yard bear, it is going to run after the first shot, who knows ANYONE that can hit a running bear at 500+ yards? NOBODY!! i too guide brown bears, the 200 yard rule is a good one. i know a guy that lost a bear (a legit 10' bear)...

welcome aboard from a fellow alaskan! (anchorage) and as said before, you have landed on the right african hunting site

don't use the lapua; a 3006 with 180+ gr bullet is a better choice. the 375 ruger with 250 gr GMX bullets are a good choice as well, i have shot moose and caribou with that bullet and it worked great.

the food at the rocking G is.....outstanding!!

try trail boss for low pressure loads. the manufacture makes recommendations on its use but it fills a lot of the case and makes for slow bullet speeds. re: weighing the rifle, mercury recoil reducers are available, i just put a round bar of lead (1 lb) in the butt of my 458 win to get the...

I'm betting a remington 700 synthetic. not many guns are made that light.

that is pretty much the problem, a 9-10# rifle would be much more fun to shoot.

welcome from anchorage! just got back from namibia, was hunting with velo dog who i am sure will jump in here at some point. you will have a grand time!!

i did not lose the animal the bullet just came apart. hey, if someone wants to shoot cape buffalo with a crappy bullet, or a moose, eland, etc. thats on them. only costs you the trophy fee, oh yeah, and a sick or wounded animal. sorry so late on the reply, been hunting in Namibia.

that is a great setup for ANY hunt!!

in this case, i did not lose the animal and was able to see what happened to the bullet. the fragmented bullet on such a small animal told me (assuming the bullet would repeat its performance) that on a moose, the bullet would have fragmented too much to penetrate a moose properly (or caribou...

I generally agree with this thought. I don't agree with this thought. when a bullet sheds its jacket, there are a couple things happening, one the bullet is getting lighter (and depending on how many pieces of it, a lot lighter) two, the pieces are likely to divert from their original...

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mark, good luck on your safari, that is a fine rifle! btw, was nice to meet you in dallas

i was thinking......fragile

that, is a beautiful rifle in the quintessential caliber!

as noted above, that is a lot of scope for that rifle. a 1-4x or 6x would be less likely to slip, be lighter and more appropriate. 2 cents worth.

@Red Leg, i kind of agree, but.....there is soooooooooo much information to sort thru. you are obviously a man of the world and experience. that said, it is difficult for a regular voter to keep in touch with the news, not counting the barrage of info that comes from all sources. imagine...

thank you for your service

HA, HA! i know but i misspelled it a couple times and settled for freak cause i didn't want to work that hard to look it up.;)

short answer....Gina is a coffee snob, freak, expert, etc. and spikeT is pulling her chain to get a reaction. all done in fun.

I generally don't like to comment on political stuff, because many on one side or the other are pretty well entrenched and i am unlikely to be able to change minds no matter how good the facts, but, here goes. trump as a human is just like many of us; plenty of problems and sins to make him a...

:A Ice Cream: I just about pissed myself reading this sonnet! funny stuff. well done @Scott CWO! that must have taken a while to compile, again, well done!

i too was interested in hunting africa since the 90's, delayed till 2016 due to lack of funds and time. you are in the right place! welcome!

a bush pig with a long bow?!! well done!

this is a revival of several old threads, but here goes: my experience with using push feeds is fairly extensive. i had 2 malfunctions from them. one, a blued 416 rem mag in a model 700. at the range, after firing (factory loads) the rifle failed to extract the round. at home i pushed the...

you could probably figure out how to make a pipe out of some of it

bout time you stepped up! welcome. i agree with your broad head choice as a good one. welcome again

I've used CFE223 in my 9x3x62. i get 2490 fps out of my loads with 286 gr a frame, no pressure signs

seems a very weird question coming from a brand new member

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that's a pretty great deal!

hey scott, if you are NOT out of ammo, it would be worth shooting one or two over a chrono to get the actual speed. would be a good reference point. and yes, 2900 fps does sound pretty fast.

cool idea, and cool rifle (y)

IVW, i agree with most of what you post. my only question is... with a good solid, 458 400 gr bullet put on the buffalo's shoulder or just behind, you don't think it would do the job? i expect it would end up under the hide on the opposite side or a complete pass thru. re: 100 fps and...

NOT what i said. what i said was: again, a 100 fps difference (in the tropical load, the 450-400 shoots 400 gr @ 2050 fps) or less will likely not be that big of a deal in the real world. so, don't use the 45-70. no harm, no foul.

I don't know if a brown bear is considered "dangerous game". If it is, then i have some small experience with the 45-70 on dangerous game. i have a 45-70, stainless and laminate stock that i extended the magazine on (they make em like that now) and i can state with full confidence that with a...

well said. pretty much encapsulates the whole conversation.

as stated before, the first shot was a bit high. the real issue to me was like @redleg said, slow reloading. the client had a tough time getting his gun to cycle, but did pretty good i thought. the PH was pretty slow getting his fresh ammo into his gun. that said, i suspect it is hard to...

I am driving a 2003 dodge 2500 diesel... because its paid for! it has 150k miles on it. its been a great truck.

sounds good, you have time to get that rifle tuned up for a tracking hunt for eland, you should take it!

well done paul! that is a very cool rifle, nicely balanced, in pristine condition. and yes you are right, kevin robertson seemed a very cool guy, was nice to meet him. again a fine rifle and you are rightly proud of it. congrats.

a tikka t-3 would likely be a great choice although a bit heavier than 6 #, i think one can get get one that weighs 6 1/4#.

that is truly a screaming deal, very nice offer!

red fox make some pretty hair raising sounds as well

to tack onto Mekaniks post: first, the travel from alaska to texas and back was THE big adventure of the trip, unfortunately. second, i think i can speak for the group that we had a blast! miss kelley fed us to the point of bursting with amazing food. the weather was....inhospitable, even...

beautiful buck

i think you should hunt brown bears in Alaska. ;)