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Nyakasanga is in the Zambezi valley

Thierre Labat speaks French and English. He hunts Lord Derby in CAR, not sure if he can organize forest elephant. PM me for contact details.

I filled 2 x 458 cartridges with lead and fitted them into the butt to balance my rifle. Tungsten shot and epoxy would probably be better. It is quite easy to drill a few holes and fill with shot and epoxy. Just make sure to ram down the shot. You don't want a loose shot or 2 to rattle. Make...

I would use Peregrine expanding copper bullets from start to finish or A-frame, tsx or TBBC. I would also be happy to follow up with solids. When conducting photographic walks, I load solids only because elephant is my main concern. Only a brain or spine shot will be quick enough and the...

I would advise everyone to be very careful about exportable and non- exportable hunts in Zimbabwe. All hunts by foreign citizens are exportable but your home country may not allow it or Cites may block it. Beware of non exportable hunts, these are often problem animal permits which are only...

Safety is opposite and the back of the body is different-CZ has a smooth tapered truncated cone while the 602 is kind of like a mauser rounder and with a rounded step down. I have never compared the 2 side by side but otherwise they look the same. Internally, they are similar but not sure how...

I had a further thought on the 30-06. I shot an impala last year. Offhand at around 30 to 50 yards offhand. I had walked past it so was twisted around so don't judge the marksmanship! I hits behind the ribs and the bullet went straight through like a solid. It was a 220 gr bonded pmp...

I would absolutely expect a shift from prone on a bag to standing off sticks. Even a sandbag vs a hard rubber rest or a v rest vs a flat rest. The magnitude of the shift may vary. There are so many variables that can change poi and you would just need to work through them and minimise each. I...

That's fighting talk ! Without knowing exact details it is hard to say- maybe wrong powder in handloads ? But I think the Blaser action has more moving parts and they are smaller and statistics are against them. Also one small malfunctioning part in lockup can cause a problem. I don't think...

You don't want high velocity or rapid expanding bullet. You will literally tear the animal in half. You would think that a normal plainsgame calibre will whistle through without expanding but even klipspringer and common duiker will have a big exit wound and the small duikers will be carnage...

I would start with a good first aid course. I do one every couple of years because you forget. Then first put in the items that you use often, painkillers, antihistamine, rehydration salts, a few different sizes of self adhesive plasters, anti biotic ointment, Thermometer ,lighter and magnesium...

All of the factors that you have outlined are related to pressure. Failure of the chamber or lugs would occur at peak pressure, so that is surely the main factor. So engineers will determine the weakest link, ie chamber or lockup. Then determine the failure pressure for that component and reduce...

I think you should fix your primer seating first and see if the problem persists. If your primer is not seated and worse is angled, then the firing pin wastes its energy seating the primer and in addition will not hit the anvil inside the primer squarely. Then see if you need the extra spring or...

Did you pull your bolt apart and see if there was any crud in the firing pin ?

Quite the opposite. .416 Rigby (400-grain bullet): .330 SD Note: 410-grain bullets have an SD of .338 .458 Winchester Magnum (500-grain bullet): .341 SD .338 Winchester Magnum (225-grain bullet): .281 SD Note: 250-grain bullets have an SD of .313 .375 H&H Magnum (300-grain bullet)...