Recent content by JimP

If You have to resort to trying to drill it get some left handed twist drill bits to use. But I agree, heat is your best friend here.

I once had a CBP officer say that to me as he was trying to check the SN on a mounted scope. Then I showed him my trick. I opened the bolt and popped the floor plate of the rifle open then handed him a flashlight. He said that he never tried or seen someone do that. They had always tried to...

If I am at or near max on a load I'll back off a grain or two just to check the pressures and velocity with a few loads. If I am a number of grains below max I'll just load some to check pressures and velocity. When I am working up a load I'll just purchase 1 lb bottles if it's a new powder...

I have always said that if the Air force didn't want the A-10 then they should just transfer them over to the Marines who will put them to good use.

I hunted in unit 36c both years, it is a smaller unit but holds some better deer. Any of the units just north of the border are good. Also unit 33 north of Tucson holds some nice bucks. I haven't looked at the draw odds in a number of years to see if any are easier to draw than others.

You need points for the better units in Arizona, but there are areas that you can draw with just a couple or none. I drew mine with 8 points and put in on a whim the next year and drew the same tag with just their loyalty point. There are some good hunts south of the border but don't know...

I also have a Mark V and a Vanguard. The Mark V is a 340 stainless with the glass stock. It's also one of the first made when Weatherby brought manufacturing back to the US. The Vanguard is a 25-06, two totally different rifles but both are great performers with fantastic accuracy . I used...

I have always had the idea if you are going hunt then go hunting, if you want to go on a adventure then do it but you need to weigh the risk of doing either one.

I did a tour of SA after my first hunt. And one thing I wouldn't do is to drive around and leave my vehicle with my rifle in it. On my tour we stored the rifles with a PH.

Why rent a vehicle and pay for however your hunt is for it to just sit and not be driven. Just get picked up at the airport and shoot a couple more animals with what the car would of cost.

I don't know if I would say all of them or even if the majority use them. In both my hunts and seeing a dozen different PH's only one had a suppressor for a rifle, a 270 Winchester. And he did a lot of cull hunting where they are very effective.

To pass them down they don't need to be custom, or expensive name brand knifes. I have my dads Boker pocket knife. It's been sharpened enough that every blade on it is slightly shorter, he packed that knife for 30 years that I know of. It was taken away from him once when he was arrested for...

From what I can see this is one problem with booking a flight too far out and not knowing if it might be canceled or postponed by the airline. This happened to me on my first hunt. United changed my flight from Dulles to Denver by a couple of hours. As it was booked that flight took off just...

There needs to be a safe storage area for you to store them such as a safe. https://avansa.co.za/blogs/avansa-blog/legal-gun-safe-requirements-south-africa-sabs-saps-standards

We have a unit here in Colorado where there is a 100% draw possibility for archery, muzzle loader and first rifle season. Then the points will kick in and even a resident will need upwards of 10 points. The reason? It is a migratory unit and hunts. If you are lucky you may see a couple of...