Recent content by DLSJR

One load for my .375 H&H. 300 grain bullet, 70.0 grains of RL15, Federal 215 primer and 2,550 fps. That’s the only load I shoot in my .375 H&H. The only variable is which bullet, among Bear Claw, TSX, A-Frame, Nosler Partition and Cutting Edge Safari Solid. They all group together so no...

I’ve only shot 2 elephant bulls, the first with .458 Winchester and second with .470 NE. Each performed very well, though the 500 grain Hornady solid on first elephant did not. It was bent with the rear end flattened. But, we did dig it out of a dead elephant! I’m keen to do another...

I may be coming at this with a bit different perspective since I hunt with both a .375 H&H and a .416 Hoffman AND I’ve had major shoulder surgery on my shooting shoulder for a torn rotator cuff. A Labrum tear is nothing to take lightly and I’d stay away from the .416 until you get it fixed...

My daughter and her then boyfriend (now husband) climbed Kilimanjaro on a private climb for just the two of them in 2023. I arranged the climb through Tom Dames of the Original Ker & Downey Safaris. It was planned superbly, without a single glitch. Tom is a 2nd generation partner in Ker &...

That’s a lot more boot than you need and as others have mentioned they’ll be noisy. Light weight hiking boots are fine but my favorite footwear for prett much everywhere I’ve hunted in Africa is the Palladium Pampa boot. It’s canvas, so light weight, cool and dries fast. A relatively soft...

I typically wear shorts on safari, but not always. When it’s chilly I wear long pants. I’ve got two African hunts this year, September in Mozambique and November in Zambia. Since it’ll be warm to hot and I’ll likely be getting wet it’ll just be shorts for sure, but I’ll still have a pair of...

I’m a banker. I wonder if I can write my own letter? ;)

I’m going to Moz in September. I’ll be damned if I’m giving them any financial information to enter their country. Not gonna happen.

The first time I got a good friend, who was a long time turkey hunting partner of mine, to go archery elk hunting he asked me what it was going to be like. I told him it was a lot like spring turkey hunting, except with 800 pound Tom’s.

If you fly Qatar, Turkish or Emirates you’ll have no problems with your guns showing up with you at your destination.

Neither is a preferred cartridge for an elk or moose. Period. End of discussion.

When will more of your bullets become available? I just tried to order .338 semi-spitzers and they show “Out of Stock”. I’d like to be your customer, but you make it difficult.

I don’t think elk and kudu are all that comparable. I enjoy hunting both greatly; but I can’t imagine any kudu, anywhere, comparing to hunting elk in a quality unit during September into October. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada have incredible early season elk hunting for old, big bulls...

Monroe is a pretty special place. I drew the only non-resident random archery tag in 2008, which was the ‘Spider Bull’ year. I hunted the last 12 days or so of archery season and it was ridiculous how many good bulls that unit held. Bugling activity was incredible! I called in several...

I’m a big fan of 225 grain bullets for my .338. They just shoot very, very well in my rifle. I mostly shoot Barnes’s TTSX or Federal Trophy Bonded Bearclaws and both perform wonderfully on anything I’ve ever shot with them.