Recent content by 318AE

As others have pointed out, the advice in this matter had changed over time, as bullet construction has improved (the really, really old timers would often say solids only for buffalo, back when the available cup and core bullets were exceedingly fragile and unreliable and basically crap). The...

+1. It’s uncanny how you find them inside the hide on the far side, looking just like the picture on the box.

Looking forward to a 2028 Rigby DR and elephant hunt report!

Depends on whether you are trying to gift a natural history museum to your heirs. :unsure: I prefer the euro mounts. Never a regret. Just a matter of personal taste. Even had a nyala done that way.

The 40” being discussed here is an outside width measurement, I believe. Tips often curl in and sometimes break off. SCI has some type of system that aggregates multiple measurements, including the boss. A bull without broken tips will measure better in that system.

You’ve gotten some really good advice already. When they’re priced in brackets by the inch, I wouldn’t ask questions about the inches, but about the property, the herd and the hunt. I’ve taken eight. I honestly don’t know the width of any of them. This one is the narrowest, oldest and the...

+1 on Dchum’s suggestion of a vintage, gloss, German scope of moderate power. The optics clarity is outstanding, the reticle movement precise and they are durable. A smaller objective closer to the bore line. RJ Renner and turret scope adjustment sounds like something made by committee to...

I appreciate the report. Looks like you made the best of your time there. After I had a disappointing experience at one of Adam’s other areas earlier last year, I was offered a “guaranteed buffalo” hunt at Moyowasi at an unspecified discount. I’m glad I passed. Blake is an exceptional PH...

It’s great to see another maker entering the market, making the walnut and blue classic rifles many of us here appreciate.

I used them in 2019 with good communications and results. I would use them again if I had another hunt in that area.

Great perspective. I’ve read that the 458 Win Mag was intended to replicate the ballistics of the venerable 450 NE 3 1/4, for which the standard loading was 480 grains. I’ve often wondered if they had just used a 480 grain bullet and relieved the powder compression slightly, if it would have...

One thing not mentioned yet is the barrel twist rates required to stabilize a 300 gr .333 caliber bullet. It’s likely rather like the “6.8” version of the 270 today. I have no doubt a 300 gr .333 caliber bullet is quite effective if stabilized. I don’t really hear about anyone loading a 300...

The very top of Gelai in the forest reserve remains good for bushbuck, but that’s about it. The northern slopes of Gelai in Adam’s area are pretty much bomas and goat pastures at this point. The area lower down remains very good for lesser kudu, and still has eland and gerenuk. Blake is a...

It’s a remake of the Rigby peep sight. The Rigby is a great sight. It perhaps increases the lock time, but I’ve never found that to be an issue. The Rigby is graduated along the circumference for range/distance. I’m not sure about this one. That needs to be done specific to caliber/rifle.

I went to the very up to date T-Rex exhibit at the Bullock State History museum in Texas yesterday. I was surprised to learn that a T-Rex actually weighed less than large African savannah elephant. They have never found one estimated to be over 28 years old. They believe that was their...