Recent content by Doug Hamilton

Anther great write up! I remember seeing Hatari! when it first came out with my parents, brother and sister. We saw it at a drive-in, kids in the back seat, popcorn supplied by.Mom. One of the events that made me decide I would one day go to Africa. Dad and both grandfather's were hunters so...

You probably never had to stop a charge with one.

In what country would a .30 caliber bullet be legal to hunt cape buffalo?

I've taken two. Both with.my .458 Win Mag. The first one was hit in the heart, but a little low. He changed and the PH and I shot him.again and he went down. When we went in the bull jumped.up a started to close on the PH. His rifle malfunctioned and I wss able to break the bulls neck when was...

Makes me miss the 70's. Sigh...

I knew that. I just didn't want everyone to know how old I am.

I don't have a .35 Whelen so I'm not an expert .What I can say is that I took my .300 Win with 200 grain AccuBonds on my last safari. Everything died within two steps of where the bullet struck. One was a huge old waterbuck bull that turned and took a step before rolling into a dry river bed...

My PH was a big fan of Swift A-Frames.

I take it that you don't reload. Is there any other ammo.available! Which does your rifle shoot best? That's your answer.

On my last safari I took my Nikon Monarch 10x42s. I also took my Vortex 8x28s for my wife to look at animals and birds. The PH liked the Vortex so well he thought that I should carry those. I've hunted with the Nixon's all over the Western states and BC so I carried those. As JimP said, carry...

I got a news flash for you. Just because a hunter chooses not to use a lever action does not mean that he does not hunt a lot or shoot a lot. A .45-70 is nowhere near the middle in capability for big, tough, dangerous game. It is about the equal e f a .30-06, which has also been used to kill...

And sometimes the parent says, "Don't do that, you'll kill yourself!" Then the kid does it just to.prove he can. Then dies because it was a bad idea.

A lot of people confuse something that can be done with something that should be done.

Right! With.proper hand loads my .458 Winchester sends 500 grain bullets out at 2160 fps. That would be the sane as a 470 NE. I am nit especially recoil shy, but I can see no reason to take more abuse at my end.

Nope. It was just obvious.