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I’ve used the Speer 235gr bullets on several trips. Mainly for oryx in Namibia where there are great oryx. I’ve used it in Czech a couple of times on driven boar. As we are meant to only shoot animals up to 60kg clean or approximately knee high or keilers the 375 has been retired on those trips...

European brass has a greater case capacity. Read Norma, RWS,S&B. American brass is formed from 30-06 brass I believe.

I find it strange that a company would have a rifle built that would not accept all commercially available ammunition. My Rigby is from the 1920’s and happily digests everything. Yes it does have the blurb on the receiver stating that it is regulated for 140gr HV ammunition. Regulated means...

With British Proof marks it could be a Mayfair action. CNC machined and eyewateringly expensive.

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I love that sentence !

@mark-hunter , thank you for a great hunting report. That took you some time and it’s very well written and enjoyable to have read. Hvala.

Wow ! That leopard came out of nowhere ! They were all focused in the wrong direction.

These Schrade knives have served me for years. Bought long before they transferred manufacturing to China and the steel quality went downhill. The folder is a tasty German pice I use occasionally.

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I was stopped once in Frankfurt and my money was counted. Simply because I had it in a money bag inside my shirt and took it off to get through security. The security person, let’s be politically correct, asked what that was. A quick check and all was good.

Is that a tag on one of them ?

The logistics of shipping ammunition ahead of your trip are financially a nightmare. If flying into Johannesburg, Cape Town or Windhoek there are plenty of good shops to purchase factory ammunition in most calibers for hunting. Just Google online and reserve/pay for some ammunition to collect...

In a word, bollicks. We’ve been using them this side of the pond for years. I have never heard of one going on fire or exploding. The early ones made of mild steel rusted away. Most are made from aluminium nowadays and the first baffle is stainless steel or titanium to reduce erosion from muzzle...

Taking a thermal scope internationally is starting to skate on thin ice.

I have to be honest, “ Green Hills of Africa “ I found rather uninspiring.

This is something I must do. I enjoy hunting foxes. A Croatian friend has invited me to come out sometime.

If the wind isn’t in your favour when you are hunting you are screwed. Animals senses are on a level way above ours. Scent blockers are great profit makers for the retailers. I will admit however to not using optical brighteners in my washing powder.

There seem to be a lot of hoops to jump in and out of relating to importing a gun into Australia.

Prices on them please ? What’s the location ?

So it made £5000 or $6720. Plus commissions and vat.

Nice group

Try Frankonia in Germany .

I truly enjoy these books written about hunters exploits in the first half of the 20th century.

European cartridge cases hold significantly more volume than American. Norma, Lapua, RWS,Seller&Belliot and Geco are available.

In a similar vein to the previous tale I was told the following while in South Africa recently. A South African family were holidaying in Mozambique. They awoke one morning to discover that grandfather had left the building so to speak. There was sadness, sorrow followed by consternation...

It will be interesting to see what this rifle makes at auction later this month.

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Saturday dawned in the Karoo and we stirred into life. Today was to be a walk and stalk day. I elected to hunt a blesbok not having hunted these animals before. After breakfast and suitably composed myself and 2 of the farm staff set off in a bakkie. We set off into the hills where one of them...

I should have explained earlier that this was a “ driven springbok hunt”. Now to any of us who have seen springbok at full speed you’d wonder how in the hell you could shoot those animals bounding across the veld. I’d heard of this and have done plenty of driven boar hunts where at least the...

My God ! With that ramp and double door I have to ask. Are you reloading a cannon ?

Last December in Czech a number of South African hunters joined the group for the 2 day hunt. They were good company and took the initiation into the company of boar hunters with a smile. One of them invited me to come to their annual hunt in the Karoo this year. So some months ago we touched...

A great read. Although I have read numerous books about hunting in Africa I only picked up 4 of John Burgers books recently. He wrote very well.

Unfortunately we are breathing recirculated air for the duration of the flight. There is something called I think, HVAC, that is meant to clean the air. However I too have frequently picked up some kind of bug on flights, mainly of the ENT type.

John Burger wrote several good books. J. A. Hunter also wrote some great books. Ian Nyschens book “ Months of the Sun” is a great read. There’s a lot of great books out there !

I think AI has had a bit to do with the picture if you look at it closer.

Nosler do this.

And a pretty old gun with original barrels. The left barrel is marked choke so it may have been in the colonies at some stage where a shotgun carried ball in one barrel and shot in the other. 11/4 ounces is a hefty load also.

In post #8 Hunter states that he used a 470 also. Mention is also made in his books of using a Mauser 7x57 or 275, call it what you will.

An acquaintance of mine is going to the Eastern Cape later this month to hunt with Nick Bowker Safaris. His package is very attractive for himself, wife and 2 kids.

The proof marks for Liege should be on the flats if this is the case. The British proof marks will be there also.

Hoo hooo ! Waidmannsheil! What did he weigh ?

“African Buffalo Trails” by John Burger. The scrapes these guys got into, came out the far side and lived to tell the tale !

I tried Tiber firfir in Addis Ababa. The coffee was good.

You read my mind . The Antono are pretty tasty as well.

I’ll add my 2C. The Kynoch ammunition is old, very old, and probably at this stage potentially unreliable. Fire it off at the range for practice. The PPU is far too soft a bullet for dangerous game. Barnes TSX, Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, Woodleigh and others. Have a great trip.

Get at least 40 yards closer. Thats where buffalo should be shot.

In my limited experience of freezing my gonads off in Sweden I found that the dry cold is not as bad as the damp cold we experience in Ireland. I sat one night for 5 hours in a highseat, boxed in, waiting for boar,-20C. Was I cold ? Yes. Was it bearable? Yes, but I was well wrapped up. 2 thin...

Very nice . I admire your handiwork. My attempts at cabinet making or carpentry look like a drunken baboon let loose with a chainsaw.

I am going to enjoy these. The problem is where to start .