Recent content by Hooked Now

I never got on schedule in RSA. I was too excited on the flight and we kept taking little cat naps at lunch once we arrived and started hunting...and then I was too excited with the hunting. I was on the ATL to JNB flight and it takes off at 9pm or so and landed at 7pm or so. So I didn't...

Post it on here, please.

Great question. Our PH on my one and only excursion was a wizard on the braai. Everything he cooked was varying shades of spectacular. You mentioned buffalo. I loved the buffalo we had. Like a great filet but...more. Zebra was everyone's favorite. Bushpig, kudu, gemsbuck, everything was...

I've used the SST in a .308 on antelope. It worked phenomenally well but that thing does expand in a hurry. I opened one up and it looked like a tiny grenade went off in the heart. Nothing left in there. Others who have hunted more might be able to tell you what it does on larger game, but...

Read this to my wife just now and she was, I think possibly, rolling her eyes at me over her cup of coffee. Her comment was "At least I'm not alone". Maybe we should form a support group for our suffering spouses. We coukd help them through this and get them to understand our malady and...

You won't regret it. I understand having the bug bite you a little later in life. Enjoy this trip to the utmost. Parts of it will go fast. Take your time and find a moment now and again to catch a deep breath and soak it in. I only had a couple of regrets from my only trip so far and one...

Bell and Carlson has an option that dropped right in for the 550. Shoots nice. It's not a McMillan, but it works well. I'm assuming what works for the CZ 550 would also work on your 602 but a quick call to B&C would confirm.

Great read! I can't imagine that last several minutes setting up and moving...setting up and moving. All on an ele that had flipped a truck. Thank you for sharing all of that.

+1 on Leupold and +1 on Trijicon. I have a couple of VX5s for the Leupold. None hunted hard so no comments on their ability to take a beating. The Trij is new and on a .375, but it is a 1-6 so probably less than what you'd want for your range. There seem to be some great prices on Leupolds...

Yep, correct. Good eye!

Yeah, I know. I thought about that after I posted, but didn't follow up. I forgot that the CZ even had a set trigger until I was reading up on something else. Not thinking I would want an ultra light trigger on a .375 anyway, right?

Charles Barkley would say that looks turrible.

Stock CZ is on the left and Timney on the right. A remarkably simple design in comparison.

I know we have some very experienced gunsmiths and afficionados around here, but for those of us whose skills are at a someone more beginner level here's a big vote for Timney. I placed an order for a new trigger for my CZ 550. The factory trigger was okay, but I thought a drop in Timney would...