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We had some info on these a while back, good to see them move forward. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/pedersoli-howdah-extended.95039/post-1470211

Arr @Red Leg your walls & furnishings always exude high quality & Good taste (maybe a Bob or two as well) lol I just noticed by fluke I painted my garage wall a very similar shade of Green & it does set off the Euro Skulls. Emm ok doesn’t show in the photos but it is close !

I bought some cheap ones just to test on my trip to Guinea Bissau as I had so many planes & such to catch. Just RSH Smart Tags only cost NZ $24 for 4 off aliexpress . They were absolutely fantastic & worked amazingly, it was great piece of mind to check & see the bags were loaded on multiple...

Well we/I have done a few Giraffe hunts with clients, all have been spot stalk & mostly Bulls & those are most times a problem animal, ie busting up fences or starting to breed over his own progeny, so a specific animal is hunted, it can be very difficult once they suspect you are interested in...

I hope your health isn't too bad & recoverable, I Know the age part isn't at this stage ! When I first saw this I thought Oh what are you buying this time ? As I remember you were buying some hunting or retiring land last time ?

They are great old rifles & the main stay of South African firearms pre Martini & after I believe, been trying to get a nice Sporter to come back with my others that are in SA.

I’m not a cartridge engineer but all things considered. This also from your Net ! “Rimmed cartridge cases are generally considered inherently stronger at the base than otherwise-identical rimless cases . This is due to the added structural integrity (or "hoop strength") provided by the solid...

These are All over a 100yrs old & better than a lot mounted today !

Whole animals, birds & fish kept in the freezer are best done as soon as you can, as mentioned freezer burn will make it difficult to clean up nicely, Capes & skins arent nearly as bad & mine have lasted many years before being done. Lots of people I know actually use their freezers as Quasi...

That would be the complete opposite actually, as the extractor groove weakens a case slightly or at least a case without a groove would have more strength. It is a coincidence that most lower pressure cartridges are rimmed & are used in a lot of older designed actions or made of lesser steel...

Those are some beautiful Rook rifles there for sure of Redlegs. I only have Martini’s now, moved on my other types & never could afford a lovely Top Break, been close on a couple but sadly in Australia & New Zealand a lot have been converted to modern cartridges, some far too powerful for the...

I’m super embarrassed to be a pitiful speaker of Afrikaans & all my friends give me a hard time at Bars & social gatherings. I just can’t learn stuff easily, being dyslexic I think is the problem, makes life hard when staying for long periods & every one knows you for more than 10yrs ! When I...

Yes Sir, lots of hunters have Hunted Problem animals if they are in country & interested. When I get a chance they might have been hunted before, now super clued up & not viable for a paying client/hunter - some too dangerous - will take too many days to take or are in a difficult/shit area...

Emm I’m a PH in Limpopo, my friends & I have a lot of contacts with property owners I always let it be known I’m keen on any PCA permits (of any animal species) that turn up during the season, I can hunt on my own & very cheaply, I hunted day (in super thick river side Bush, not smart that but...

Are you thinking of doing a hunt in Limpopo or wanted to read stories bud ? I have shot 3 in Limpopo, Mokolo River - Crocodile River & Limpopo River all PCA - Problem Causing Animals - like PAC, two I bid on privately & one that I was the third tag along PH, the hunter wounded it & after three...

I think I said some great English company’s Bob & I consider H&H one of them. Also I think a long long way off on the .375Ex 2 1/2in being a well loaded 38/55 (especially in 1899) 320gr bullets at 2000fps & 270gr at over 2000fps, my 270gr loads are over 2250fps without doing a heap of...

I thought I could see the rear ring too far forward in the photo but then went & checked my old girl & it’s the same lol I’m glad to hear those Talleys do the job, only issue my Kahles Helia 1.5-6 has a 30mm tube so I’ll put my Leupold 1.75-6 in them.

Very nice rifle there, I’m sure it will serve you well on your hunts. I think however you might want to check the tightness of either your scope ring screws or your rings locking lever, I just got a set of those rings to but haven’t tried them on my .458Win yet, I’m worried they may not hold...

We’ll never a SMLE - Short Magazine Lee Enfield as in the title of this post. Many big bore rifles including .416 Rigby have been built on the P14-M17 Enfield action which is a Mauser derivative & used by A Square for Hannibal rifles. Of course many English (some limited American as well) fine...

That is very nice, we had a member looking for something like that I think @LVD923 could be keen ?

Yes “Horror Stories” of it’s tortured life ! I understand what your saying & true it has done some work in its life, I think it was in .450NE .

This is the one ! Rigby Side Lock Double, with rib relayed by Zambian Craftsman with use of stick Arc Welder, note rear trigger also broken off !

If there is a prize I think I could win this ? I have several on my computer but only this week saw this One. For sale as “1910 Steyr Mannlicher 223” ? Looks nice, other than the bloody rail, but wait, so I tells them looks like a Mannlicher Schonauer TD & if 1910 it should be in...

Some nice Baboons there, I think mostly or all Chacma/Cape Baboons, I have shot 3 subspecies of Chacma Baboons & was hoping to add Guinea Baboon on my last trip but only saw Red & King Colobus - Patas & Green Monkeys. Would love to complete a Baboon Slam, with Gelada & both Drills added !

Fine actions these & wish I had one myself. I think a better photo of the bolt face could help, the most important photo of work done & it’s out of focus ! Good luck with the sale.

I had a Post 92 CRF Win Model 70 Stainless Classic made to TD in .300Win Mag & .458Win Mag, used the Leupold Classic QTO mounts with 3.5x10 VXIII & 1.5x5 VXIII, The builder here didn’t get the barrel latch just spot on & that bothered me so sold it meaning to get another but never got enough...

For sure do that but to make it fully worth while for you I hope you can get more than 50 a 100 would be good, work up a load & shoot big tough animals till you die ! Then leave them to someone in your Will lol !

Fantastic Gert, you can’t do better in the 9.3 but really too good for less than Buffalo & Eland, it will take anything but maybe a little stiff for smaller stuff ! I searched the planet for some to use on Forest Buffalo in my 9.3 but only found Barnes X 286gr which I would have used but it...

Have shot & been on several Elephant hunts & have seen the massive damage done by them, because we squeeze them into too small a habitat, but very much not enjoying seeing them die, seems overly, overly, I don’t know the words, emotional or very big deal, they are very smart & have empathy for...

Interesting cut of the skull caps you have there, be good if we saw the back to give best advise ? Where did you hunt the Sika Stags bud ?

Haha the old Size Doesn’t Matter Eh ! But good call !

Seems a lot here are not reading what the OP is saying ? He will have NO ammo legally on the flight in or out, so no permits & no box to put them into. In this day & age, if you want to lessen any problems check all rules Airline & Countries you are leaving & returning to, as laws change over...

Can only tell it has a SMLE MKIII rear sight & barrel. As says @Bob Nelson 35Whelen the Butt socket would tells us more if it is a military action ?

Thank you for a great report of a great hunt ! Trophy’s & photos of them are excellent also, I hope I get a chance at a Giant Eland before I pass but don’t think it will happen. That Buffalo is an awesome old worn Warrior, were they all Black or did you see some of the Red Bulls also ...

I wish we had the Tikka’s in .350 Legend in NZ, Id buy one & pull the barrel & fit to one of my Sako’s . I was going to build a 357 Max Rimmless way back after reading about how efficient the .357 Maximum was, roll on 15yrs & the .350 Legend comes out, so finally bought one recently in Ruger...

I want to take the opportunity to thank you for this post, I was adverse to the idea of applying anything to the teeth or skulls but on reading up on Paraloids in general now see it could be great for strengthening some of my older skulls & applying to the teeth. B-72 or B-66 seems to be the go...

Haha @csmiffy Best of the Season to you to ! Well I put that on the Lancaster Lee Speed I picked up on the same trip when I got home, not its full time home, just a test for now.

You know the Butler Creek Mauser stock works well on a few of my Mausers & is much better than the Factory Zastava stock , it’s also cheap to try ? I put a couple on work .458Win rifles but I epoxied an alloy rail in the forend just to stiffen it up . I like the open grip & straight stock...

Lee Speeds - BSA Sporters & Sakos actually firearms all over but I’m getting help !!

Forgot the other side, I see he did extra work by moving the safety catch spring/retainer.

That is an absolutely fantastic bit of Custom work, you are very lucky ! Taking the Butt Socket off to do a full stock was a big add on to his job, I don’t mind the socket but that is still great, I did see one similar in SA that the builder had made into a full Mannlicher style & had taken the...

Yes that is correct, I have just used white paraffin candles that we used to use for camping & emergency lighting, not sure if that is the best but it seems to work well. I have many many tusks, I was lucky in early life that a lot were shot in NZ & our climate is cooler & moist, when I shot a...

Have had a couple Huskies 30/06 & 9.3x62 the 9.3 recoiled substantially for some reason my lighter Zastava didn’t recoil as much. I have six 30/06s four bolt guns & two single shots, have committed small sin by making one into a 338/06 in the passed . Actually only recently saw a Husky in 9x57...

Well I light the candle & drip it in if doing pig tusks, if I was doing Hippo or full skull of Croc teeth I’d melt in a tin can & pour in each one .

Unfortunately very common, right up to Hippo Tusks & yes I had a set actually explode, I shoot a huge Boar between clients (my largest at the time) quickly boiled out the tusks & put them on my bed in my tent, took the hunter out for morning hunt, upon my return ducked into my super hot tent &...

Are you only interested in Custom SMLE eg Short Magazine Lee Enfield or factory builds by BSA & LSA, most of which are on the early Lees, commonly known as Lee Speeds ?

You know I did test & write it down back then but can’t find the journal now. Nothing major as I remember & still plenty of power for what you would do with a .375H&H If you hand load you would soon match factory ballistics I’m sure ?

Those Curly horned buggers in the US & South America (other than a couple of islands) are the more domesticated milking/cheese Subspecies (or one of) from Europe, seen on farms in Aussie & NZ to for milking, known here as Riverina Buffalo BUT these are actually known as vicious bastards as...

Excellent idea, I cut a Weatherby Ultralight .300Win that I rebarreled to .375H&H to 19in no problem with accuracy but it was a Demon in recoil & drove the scope into my forehead on a steep uphill shot one day ! Also I spent some time in Alaska & unless Global Climate Change has made it nice &...

YES - Black Powder it works in everything but excels in none really ! Sorry couldn’t help it but as said here before I use 2208/Varget in a lot of calibers, 223 to .458 & as also stated way way back used IMR 3031 in near all as that’s all I had back then !