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I would get a CZ and send it to Allan Henry on the KZN south coast. He can just smooth the action for you or do a full monty on it, new stock etc. Or anything in between. I had a serious look at some of the work he’s done to CZ’s and was thinking of getting one but decided to go for a Heym instead.

Great offer! What area is this?

For my next hunt I’ll be taking my .404J and .300WM and feel very happy with that 2 gun battery. In saying that my brother will be with me with his .375HH and I am right handed so no issues with camp rifles either. It is highly unlikely anything will happen to your rifle making it unusable. But...

I have been using the swaro 10x25 for ages and I am a huge fan of them. The glass is really good for a tiny pair of binos. I wore them slung over right shoulder onto left hip for a while but have recently been attaching the pouch onto my hunting belt, so strapless use which I quite like. I used...

I feel the same way! Although I’m sadly a bit further away from getting one. I’ve recently got a Heym .404 and now want (need?!) a 89 as well. The question is in what caliber!? I was pretty set on .470 but now I’m reading some lovely old books that talk about .577’s and there are a few others...

Thanks DWB, you beat me to it. I much preferred this explanation to the rather gung-ho one he posted earlier. I must say I have enjoyed his other videos (hence me watching this one in the first place) and I have found him to be a good shot in the other videos. He can be a bit much sometimes and...

I agree that is a possibility but in that case a simple explanation would have sufficed. I have watched a few of his other videos and have enjoyed them as I stated in my first post, that is why I am so surprised by this one. And I definitely agree that there are worse hunters out there. But...

We don’t know if the buffalo was found dead without follow up shots, as you say, we don’t have the facts. I would guess it is unlikely that no more shots were fired. Having all the facts or not, I am in complete disagreement with him showing the world that it’s ok to take that shot as a first...

At 8:15 into the video you see J Alain Smith (hunting with Adam Clement) taking his FIRST shot at a Buffalo. Its running directly away from him! He then takes another shot and then narrates "A going away shot is never good on Buffalo". One guy calls him out in the comments under the video and...

Surely no one loves that idiot!? [emoji23] Regarding working the bolt while shouldered or as shown in the video. It’s obvious that the fastest way to work the bolt and get another shot off is if the rifle butt remains on the shoulder. Less movements, less time. On a magnum length action the...

I’ve hunted 3:1 a few times and ever 4:1 where the PH is also a friend but these are more casual hunts with friends where it’s more about the fun we have together as mates rather than hard hunting for top quality trophies. We all tag along on the stalks and it is a lot of fun having your friends...

I’d be all over this if you were in South Africa. Good luck with the sale.

My hardest hunt to date was my first Buffalo hunt, in the Omay area of Northern Zim in November. We hunted hard for 10 days, tracking one particular old bull for a number of those and never got a shot at him or any other bull. We left camp before sunrise and got back well after sunset with a...

I agree with what some others have said, a free range eland and/or other plains game hunts in beautiful wild areas would be great and a nice warm up for later DG hunts. Another option is a buffalo hunt in SA in as close to a wild free range area as possible. I’m hunting a buffalo this September...

Hi Scott. Jeff is a good friend of mine, I told him that you had tried to contact him but were unable to. He said he'd look into it and get back to you. I'm sure its too late for this year but just thought I'd let you know. Hope you have a great hunt! Good luck!