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grand veneur reacted to Tony Snycerski's post in the thread Col. Arthur B. Alphin (A-Sq) - RIP! with
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I was one of the two who attended his service rip my friend . -
grand veneur replied to the thread 458 african reloading dies for 458 lott.You should make sure that all these cartridges in the future are labeled a bit better. That would save some of you, in particular the...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Alpha grade bullets that SHOULD have made it but didn't.As I wrote, I only saw a few ABC bullets caliber 375 that were used for shooting antelopes at not too long range. My hunting companions...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Alpha grade bullets that SHOULD have made it but didn't.The ABC bullets from Hirtenberger were not entirely monometallic, the expansion was triggered by a tiny droplet of lead.
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grand veneur replied to the thread Alpha grade bullets that SHOULD have made it but didn't.Yes, I used that one, in 1994 with the cartridge 375 H&H Magnum during a hunt in Uganda. I shot some antelopes with it and other hunters...
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grand veneur reacted to meigsbucks's post in the thread Col. Arthur B. Alphin (A-Sq) - RIP! with Like.
Getting back to the original subject matter: When I was in my late teens or early twenties and going to Africa was only a dream, I...
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grand veneur reacted to Hunter-Habib's post in the thread Col. Arthur B. Alphin (A-Sq) - RIP! with Like.
May God/Allah grant him an eternity in heaven/Jannatul Ferdous. Colonel Art Alphin was absolutely revolutionary in the development of...
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grand veneur reacted to Kalthoff's post in the thread Help please identifying proper rings for mount? with Like.
Looks like mounts for a scope with rails eg. the Zeiss Inner rail system Consider keeping the mounts and obtaining a scope ment for...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Help please identifying proper rings for mount?.https://jagdshop-brosch.de/eaw-schwenkmontage-oberteile-einzeln-vm/zm-35388
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grand veneur replied to the thread Col. Arthur B. Alphin (A-Sq) - RIP!.I am so sorry to read that. Many of us in Europe greatly appreciated him and his work. My condolences to his family.
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grand veneur replied to the thread Hunting Antarctica.Antarctica is a scientific continent, and everything is regulated accordingly. Hunting there, aside from the problem of how to reach the...
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grand veneur replied to the thread Hunting Antarctica.A few decades ago, hunting was still possible on the Kergelen Islands, a French territory off the coast of Antarctica. Mouflon and...
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grand veneur replied to the thread ARE IMPORTABLE TUSKLESS HUNTS AVAILABLE?.In my opinion and after I have often read various paragraph from CITES, as long as the country that manufactures such products and is...
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grand veneur reacted to Mark A Ouellette's post in the thread 458 african reloading dies for 458 lott with Like.
I stand corrected by @grand veneur I found that the .458 African cartridge is based on the .404 Jeffery case.
