Recent content by Nhoro

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...

I was given some 30-06 ammo. 3 boxes of factory ammo. When I checked through, there were about 9 rounds of what looks like reloads. I just put them aside to pull and reload. Not worth taking chances.

Mokore Safaris in Save Conservancy although sable might be hard there or Mokore in Coutada 9 in Mozambique for all 4 species. I would also recommend Thierry Labat in Nuanetsi or Save Conservancy as well as Charlton Macullum Safaris. All very big areas, wild and with comfortable camps.

What size are the screws? It is possible to drill out the broken screws and tap to a larger size. That is probably the easiest and cheapest option.

Hawke do a lot of springer airgun scopes. Anyone who knows springers will tell you they break scopes. It is the 2 direction recoil and even the best German brands come apart on spring airguns. So I think that expertise has helped them create tough scopes. I have a Hawke Sport on my springer and...

You can get the quick detach fittings that are flush with the stock when you detach the sling. I have sling mounts on my 3006 and 458 lott. Haven't had any finger injuries yet. My 3006 has fixed sling mount and the 458 has the sling mount that you can spin a finger nut and take it off in about...