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I realize when you get into the upper medium bore and large bore rifles that factory ammunition and reloading components are going to be expensive. However, if you are looking at anything from let's say 9.3x62 and down, do you consider the price of ammunition or components when buying a rifle...

I'll be heading to the Northern Cape for a hunt on the edge of the Kalahari next year. This has gotten me to thinking about my boots and more importantly their soles. I hunted in Limpopo this past August and walking in the sandy soil on the roads I felt like my lug soles were digging in too...

I finally have a rifle in .375 H&H. It is a Remington 700 XCR with a H-S Precision stock on it. I bought it used from a guy who said maybe 100 rounds had been shot through it. I estimate it was made in 2020 or thereabouts according to the barrel code. The trigger on it seems to be decent though...

I came across this the other day and wonder how "endangered" hippos really are. Further, how many of these dubious lawsuits were settled by the Biden Administration with lawyers fees being paid to the anti-hunting organizations like Humane Society International, etc...

Today I learned that the BBC News Service publishes a page in Pidgin. Seriously. https://www.wired.com/story/bbc-digital-pidgin-language-service/ https://www.bbc.com/pidgin

DSC Carolinas Foundation, the DSC chapter covering North Carolina and the Piedmont/Upstate of South Carolina, will have our first banquet and gala on March 1st in Lexington, NC at Childress Vineyards. This is the winery owned by NASCAR legend and chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen's...

Steve Dettelbach, the Director of the US's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, will resign effective on January 18, 2025. I am pretty sure he would have been fired by incoming President Trump if he had not.

Is anyone familiar with the .375 Whelen Improved? I came across one and was wondering if it is worth bidding on. As I understand it, the .375 Whelen is based upon the the .30-06 cartridge necked up to .375. I must admit I have a thing for obscure calibers.

Which book would you buy if you had the chance: James Mellon's African Hunter published in 1975 or the 2004 updated African Hunter II by Craig Boddington and Peter Flack? I see the later at auction right now but Amazon seems to have both.

I'll be hunting near Thabazimbi, Limpopo next week. I've been watching the weather there and especially the highs for the day. Does it really hit the upper 80s and low 90s as predicted or is this abnormally warm? I guess I'm not used to seeing those kind of temperatures for the equivalent of...

As the title says, I'm running for the NRA Board of Directors and I need your help to get on the ballot. I know a lot of members here are also members of the NRA. I have been a critic of the grifting and corruption at the NRA as well as a critic of the refusal of some Board members to...

Is anyone taking the Delta 200 flight to Johannesburg on Friday? My brother-in-law and nephew will be joining me for a 7-day hunt in Limpopo with @TSALA HUNTING SAFARIS. It is a hunt I won at the SCI Convention that is part trophy and part cull hunt. If you are on the flight, let me know and we...

I am heading to RSA in a couple of weeks. I have reached out to Rudi Fischer of Safari Bullet Company and he can ship his bullets to me at my outfitter or my hotel. They look interesting but are they far superior to other premium bullets such the Nosler Accubond/Partitions, the various Barnes...

On my recent trip to the Eastern Cape I took two credit cards with me. One was from Wells Fargo which is my regular bank. It was the WF Signature Rewards card. It was quite surprised when I saw my statement because it had a 3% fee for "foreign currency conversion." What made this even more...

Researchers at the Jenner Institute at Oxford University have developed the first, low-cost, vaccine for malaria. It is now being rolled out to children under the age of 5 in Ivory Coast and South Sudan. It is called the R21/Matrix-M vaccine. The vaccine is supposed to be 75% effective in...

I've come across a Weatherby Mark V Alaskan in .375 H&H in an auction estate sale. Included with the rifle is a Weatherby hard case and a Pentax scope. From what I have been able to find out, the Mark V Alaskan uses electroless nickel coating over chrome moly instead of stainless steel. It was...

On my just concluded hunt in the Eastern Cape I used my Maven B.3 8x30 binoculars. They worked fairly good and were light enough. However, the PH and my brother-in-law who had 10x binoculars were able to pick out some animals that I missed. This was especially true when we were searching for...

My brother-in-law was supposed to be flying to Jo'berg on Wednesday as a non-revenue Delta retiree. Now the flight is all full because Monday's flight from Atlanta to Jo'berg (Delta 200) was diverted back to Atlanta. Was anyone on Monday's flight and, if so, what caused the flight to divert...

My outfitter asked me if I could pick up some Hornady reloading bullets for him and bring them with me to South Africa. They are unobtainable in RSA. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to do get them here before I leave. He has another hunting party coming in mid-June that could bring...

I don't think I'd be hunting in Burkina Faso for the time being. This was put out by the US State Department and the Government of the United Kingdom this morning. https://www.state.gov/joint-statement-on-civilian-massacres-and-media-suspensions-in-burkina-faso/ The following joint statement...

The long-running Politics thread is for serious (or at least mostly serious) discussion of political affairs. The thread "On A Lighter Note" is more for non-political memes and funny stuff. I'm proposing a new thread that combines the two. It can be for any politically oriented meme or...

I just picked up an Interarms Mark X 7x57 Mauser. I believe it to be a Whitworth as it is marked both Alexandria Virginia and Manchester England. Correct me if I am wrong on this. Instead of the usual Monte Carlo stock, it is has straight stock with a raised check piece and a schnabel fore-end...

I like my gin and tonics. I have started to collect a few bottles of gin, especially craft gin, in my travels around the US. I understand that there are a number of craft gin distilleries in South Africa. I thought I might take back a bottle or two when I go to the Eastern Cape in June. I have...

Radical Economic Transformation seems to be South African-speak for going fully socialist including nationalization of industry and land redistribution. The country already suffers from "load sharing" aka blackouts and Cape Town is about to run out of drinking water. A desperate, dumbed-down...

I am looking at a Remington 1917 custom rifle that was rebarreled to .375 H&H. I am trying to figure the top price I should bid on this. The top bid with less than 6 days to go is $210. The plus side for me is that it is listed as a Curio and Relic which would allow me to use my C&R FFL to...

The NRA made its first organizational change in the post-LaPierre era. Interim EVP Andrew Arulanadam announced this morning that a Hunting Division would be established within General Operations. It would join the existing Community Engagement, Competitions, Education and Training, and Law...

Perhaps this is a strange question but what day of the week did you start your hunt? Is there a standard or regular day that a 7-day hunt begins? For example, when we rent a house at the beach, the week normally starts on Saturday afternoon and checkout is the following Saturday morning. I...

I have two questions regarding the CBP Form 4457. 1. Besides the make, model, and serial number of the rifle, do you put the caliber? 2. Is it better to pre-fill the form using one of the fillable PDF versions of the form? Or is it better to have the info available and fill out the blank...

I leave Sunday for the 2024 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. I will also be attending Industry Day at the Range. If there is anything that people would like me to check out, try, or get information on, please leave a note here and I'll do my best. This is my 9th SHOT Show with the last 8 being as media...

Students in 9th grade biology at Chugiak High School just north of Anchorage "dissect" something a little bigger than a frog. As part of their biology class and Alaska Studies class they skin and cut up a moose. The meat goes to those in the community in need as well as a package sent home with...

From The Citizen: OR Tambo International Airport is grappling with an operational nightmare on Saturday, during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. The airport’s luggage sortation system has broken down, causing a delay in baggage handling and delivery, just as holiday travellers...

I am trying to decide between two different versions of the 4Stable Sticks. They are the Bush Essential (bottom of the line) and the Mountain. The Bush Essential says it is 64" and is none adjustable whereas the Mountain says it can be anywhere from 50-68". Does the adjustability feature matter...

I am checking to see if any other North Carolinians will be attending the 2024 Dallas Safari Convention. If so, perhaps we could meet up. I know a couple of us from the newly formed North Carolina DSC Chapter will be there.

U.S. Ambassador to Namibia Randy W. Berry welcomed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, representatives of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), U.S. Mission personnel, and Namibian officials to the formal opening of the new U.S...

More on the move here in the Albany Times-Union.

I didn't see any posts for Black Friday sales. If you know of something that would be useful or helpful to those on the AH Forum, please post it here. For example, GoBros has Darn Tough wool socks on sale at a good discount.

https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2023/06/15/cf-south-africas-economy-loses-momentum-amid-record-power-cuts South Africa's Economy Loses Momentum Amid Record Power Cuts By the South Africa Team, IMF African Department June 15, 2023 Reforms are urgently needed to resolve the energy crisis...

If you know of a young person, ages 12-25, who would like to get into outdoor journalism, pass this on to them. OJEFA Accepting Scholarship Applications Through January 31, 2024 BADIN, N.C. — With school in full swing, now is the perfect time to promote scholarship opportunities...

Given that the Interarms Mark X and Remington 798 both have their origins in actions from Zastava, how do they compare? Is there much difference between the two? Would the Whitworth versions of the Mark X have better wood and better fitting than other versions? The question about the...

I rebarreled a Savage 111 with a Shaw 338-06 barrel. It was only after it was installed, headspaced, etc. that I noticed the barrel was not marked. I knew that would be a problem with the SAPS when I bring it with me next June to the Eastern Cape. Fortunately, I am friends with the folks who...

I found a Brno ZKK-601 at auction in .25-284 caliber. The description says the bore has corrosion and the rifling is worn. I am thinking this would make a good candidate for rebarreling to something like 7mm-08. The plus is that it is a CRF rifle. Ammo is readily available for the 7mm-08 and it...

Do outfitters and game farmers have a typical time of the year when they offer cull hunts? For example, the end of the season when they have a few tags left or the beginning of the season to weed out less desirable animals? My brother-in-law is a Delta retiree and has some "buddy passes" that...

Sept. 9, 2023Updated 8:00 a.m. ET Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu nationalist who positioned himself as Nelson Mandela’s most powerful Black rival in South Africa’s tortuous transformation from a white segregationist society to a multiracial democracy in the 1990s, died on Saturday. He was 95...

I have an Enfield 1917 in .308 Norma Magnum. I am also looking at a .300 H&H Mag up for auction. Which would be the better candidate for reboring to .375 H&H? Or would it be better to leave both as they are and just buy a rifle already in .375 H&H? I should note I'm in the process of building...

An article about in the UK's The Spectator about Julius Malema of the EFF and "Kill the Boer" fame spurred me to start paying more attention to South African internal politics. That article suggested that the ANC could fall below the 50% level in the next general election forcing them to seek a...

I have a number of compasses from Brunton, Silva, and Suunto. I even have a Chinese (Eyeskey) knockoff M2 transit. That said, I'm looking for a decent compass that works in the Southern Hemisphere. Specifically, I want one to take on my trip to the Eastern Cape. I realize it is not "needed" as...

Philda Nani Kereng, the Minister of Environment and Tourism for Botswana, had an op-ed defending trophy hunting in her country published in the Daily Mail. Last month, I attended the funeral of two villagers in my homeland, Botswana. Both were in their teens, tragically killed by charging wild...

Why do I get the feeling that hunting is not permitted on this private game reserve? It does seem a shame. https://www.wsj.com/articles/south-africa-tswalu-kalahari-reserve-oppenheimer-6cbc1e8f?st=xmujp2htjzjj7mx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink From the article: Tswalu Kalahari Reserve was...

It takes a lot of gall to kill your husband by feeding him a fentanyl drink and then sue to collect his estate. In the meantime she wrote a kid's book about being widowed before the cops finally caught on to her. She is in jail without bail. When truth is stranger than fiction...

I am on Medicare A & B plus a supplement. Since Medicare does not cover you outside the US, what options have people found that will cover you if you get sick or injured while on a hunt? Will Ripcord or Global Rescue suffice or should I be looking at something different? I put my deposit down...