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I usually use simple lye soap. It is cheap here in africa and works well. And there are no bleaches or chemicals added. Then dry it in the Sun.Also used normal washing soap. Canvas is pretty tough.if it is oil, then dishwasher soap can remove more.

I live in Zimbabwe. Postpone your hunt. It is hot and humid in Feb in Matatesi. Expect 40+ deg celsius or +105 F and 80 % humidity. Add to that, bush os thick and grass is tall. Added to that, game is less concentrated. In the dry season, game collects at the water holes, during the rains, it is...

Hi Russ, glad you came right in the end. Do you have a bore scope or maybe access to one? 2 things come to mind. Maybe you have a carbon ring at the end of the chamber that stages your bullet down and drives up pressure? Maybe also make the bullet unstable. And maybe check the turn rate of your...

Antelope with spiral or ridged horns develop what many call secondary growth in maturity and old age. The natural ridges in the horm get closer together at the base and the diameter also seems thicker and weightier. That is a sure sign of maturity if it is present and old age if it is thick and...

Although they are not equivalent to bonded bullets, even the old interlocks are pretty sturdy bullets. I use interlocks (and cup and core)in my 30-06 on plainsgame although I would have to be really careful with shot angles on wildebeest upwards. With a 338, you are overgunned for most...

30-06 factory ammo but I am about to start reloading. Here in Zim, factory ammo is expensive. $80 for Hornady Interlock last time I bought a box. So at $4 a shot, it adds up quick. My 458 lott is even crazier so I have been handloading with a friends equipment for years. That stuff runs about...

Maybe I am cynical but I don't really see what all these new cartridges really offer. They pretty much duplicate existing cartridges but are marketed as long range. They used to be called wildcats but now it seems mainstream manufacturers are the wildcatters. I suspect their marketing suckered a...

Zimbabwe limits the calibres that can be used on DG by diameter and energy. So lighter bullets usually have a higher velocity and benefit from increased kinetic energy because velocity is squared in the energy formula . So no DG calibres will lose by a change to copper and there are no legal...

I have said somewhere on the forum before that Hawke make a lot of springer airgun scopes. As crazy as it sounds, springer airguns are scope destroyers- some theorise that it is the double recoil, back and forward of the spring which wrecks a scope. In a nutshell, they makes strong scopes and I...

I shot an impala last year offhand. We saw him in a big pan at about 300 m and he was walking towards me. I set up and waited and he suddenly turned a trotted out of sight. We walked around the pan to look across an open area on the others side and walked right past the same impala. He was back...

I have open sights-just the standard CZ iron sights. I am good to about 75-100 m with open sights and tripod sticks on buffalo sized targets. I can’t really afford to go dangerous game hunting at this stage of my life- kids at university from next year and for the next 6. I am using my 458 for...

2 different scenarios- 1. Client takes first shot. Make it acurate. Probably 375 h&h is best 2. SHTF- now a charge for whatever reason. In reality, you take your best shot and hope for the best. A bigger bang may turn the animal if you don't put it down. Hope and pray and pull the trigger...

It may be the follower shape. The follower sets the angle of the bottom cartridge and can affect the second as well. Take some painters tape and put it on the angled bevel of the follower- you may need 2 or 2 layers. If that doesn't work try tape layers on the flat surfaces and remove from the...

I have used Caldwell electronic muffs for years. Over ear muffs are better for a lot of shooting, the in ear plugs are better for occasional shooting/ lots of stalking. My Caldwell must be more than 10 years old. They have fallen off the truck but keep on working. Pretty cheap too.

My guns sit muzzle up in a metal gunsafe- lightly oiled because of rust. I have a jar with silica gel to try and reduce humidity or at least control it. Before the silca gelz, I had a small area of rust develop between the floorplate and stock.