Recent content by Nhoro

That is interesting, I would suggest that the powder weight difference at 5 or 6 grains is pretty small compared to bullet weight and rifle weight and so has less significance. It would suggest the Hornady load is travelling at higher velocity. I have a 458 lott. The difference between 2050 fps...

I do half marathon./ 3/4 marathons in Zimbabwean conditions. So I have researched and used rehydration salts. Also hunted/ guided/ filmed hunts. Generally I am acclimated to zim conditions in Harare- so 35 deg max. But I have lived and worked in Mozambique and Chiredzi so no stranger to 45 deg...

Ai summarises the knowledge on the Internet. Therefore the more woke nonsense there is, the more woke nonsense AI will spout. There is also strong evidence that it self samples. AI has already produced so much information that it outweighs all the previous data on the web. It now uses its own...

Victorinox multi-colour for me. I have had a Leatherman wave but it was stolen. The Victorinox is big but better quality.

Honeybadger flipper for me. Mostly open boxes and pop bottle caps but have used it to open up holes in impala leg to tie it on the back of my 4x4. I often mull over the perfect etc, should it be a Swiss army knife with useful gadgets or a plier based leatherman or just a plain knife blade. I...

One Day you left out the most difficult to feed bullet shape, the flat nosed solid. Especially the shorter lead core solids like Hornady DGS. I reckon if your gun feeds those, it will feed anything. But as you say, test, test and test again.

I live in Zim and have camped and hunted all over the country. I have filmed for wildlife documentaries and filmed hunting. Nuanetsi is amazing-huge numbers of plainsgame,leopard and buffalo. Some unusual zim animals like Nyala are common. I also saw bushpig and honey badgers during the day so...

I am preparing for snow in sunny Zimbabwe, IvW has gone over to the the darkside! I never thought I would see the day that you bought a 458 win mag. It looks like an interesting rifle. Ihope it shoots well for you.

308 with 168 gr ttsx will be good for the Kudu as well as all the smaller game. 6.5 cm is a little light in my opinion but is a great springbok/impala calibre. I would suggest some heavier and tougher bullets if you do want to push that 6.5 cm. The heaviest ttsx you can find would be a good...

Why the he'll is that banana brown

+1 just need to round the edges. It helps a whole lot to reduce felt recoil. Those corners dig in.

There are many threads that will give you data. Michael458 did extensive tests on velocity vs penetration. From his data with identical brass solids, penetration peaks around 2350 fps. 45-70 will kill buffalo but in a charge situation, it is a little dodgy.

I used fine grit sandpaper, 600 grit up to 1000 grit with a flat backing block or file. Then you can polish the rails without rounding.You also need to polish the bolt where it runs on the rails-top,bottom and outside edge but not the back of the lugs. Also the ejector groove and parts of the...

Not sure about Botswana but sound suppressors are illegal in Zimbabwe. It is a hangover from the civil war in the 70s rather than a hunting restriction but the law is still in effect. The notion that supersonic bullets are somehow silenced by a muzzle device is crazy and the damage to hearing is...

I have a 3mm brass bead that I had fitted over the 2 mm standard that comes on the CZ. The V looks more like the middle diagram. The bullet impacts in the centre of the bead at 75 m so not a traditional 6 o'clock hold. I set it up that way for snap shooting, put the bead on target and let rip...