Recent content by WyoBull

Use the right bullet and put it where it is supposed to go and you will have no tracking jobs with the 243 Win. Obviously a larger caliber for anything is going to create more damage but the OP specifically talked about medium antelope/deer size game.

Sad to see Joe selling McBride's Guns but glad it will still be owned by somebody else and hope they don't change it much. When we lived it Austin I bought several rifles/shotguns from him but more than that was all the reloading supplies. I still have stuff with their pricing label still...

I guess I will weigh in as well on the 243 Win. I have always hunted a lot of varmints and because of that I have a number of varmints calibers, the 220 Swift being my all time favorite. But, I had a gap between my Swift and my 7mm RUM I wanted to fill. I wanted a caliber that I could use for...

55 F here in Central Wyoming and windy. It has been a crazy warm and mild fall/winter so far.

Your 7mm will be just fine. Just use a good bullet and my choice would be a Barnes but there are others. My second choice would be the 375 H&H but even that is overkill for Moose unless you are in Grizzly country.

To the OP - don't overthink it and believe you have to have a pair of Courteney's just because they are worn a lot if Africa. As has been said above, they fit very different from what we are used to here. I wear Kenetrek here in the US and for my last trip to Africa I wore my Kenetrek...

I have a Pelican 1750 case with wheels and it has served me very well. https://www.pelican.com/us/en/product/cases/1750?sku=017500-0000-110

Safari clothing, nice pair of boots, compact binoculars, Case Trapper folding knife in nice leather sheath are a few ideas.

Just to give you an idea on the shipping costs, after 26 months post hunt, I finally got my Cape Buffalo, Crocodile skin and crocodile euro skull from Splitting Image Taxidermy in South Africa. My Buffalo was a pedestal mount and has a marble base so it is heavy. The crate weighed about 570 lbs...

Same here, NIGHTHAWK. Mine is a Tikka T3X Superlite and I worked up a load using the Barnes 80 gr TTSX that is a little faster than the Barnes Vor-TX factory load using the same bullet. I have as much confidence in that rifle and load and any of my rifles. In fact, is has fast become one of two...

I would say that is the case with any caliber. Use the right bullet in the 243 and it is a great caliber for up to deer size game. With the load I have worked up for mine using the Barnes 80 gr TTSX, I would hand my rifle to anyone hunting Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer, Pronghorn Antelope etc., and...

10 in my belt cartridge holder plus 4 in my rifle. I take a total of 40 rounds per rifle with me to Africa.