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Walked into a truck stop a few months ago and there were long lines for the available thrones except for one of them. I went into it and saw that the paper hanger had been torn off of the wall. It didn't bother me since I was on a long trip and just happened to have a small supply of paper...

It's like saying that the .458 Win mag will never be a 460 Weatherby

On both of my hunts I have taken reloads in 20 round plastic boxes. Each trip I took 60 rounds over in a MTM style box that I lined with foam rubber to keep the plastic boxes from bouncing around. My first trip I shot exactly 20 rounds including sighting in, my second trip it was exactly 40...

What it is going to come down to is get some that you will use here in the US, and not just in Africa. You'll be hunting in Africa for a maximum of 2 weeks, unless you really want to hunt there. But you'll be hunting here in the US a lot more than just 2 weeks.

A lot will depend on what you use at home. If you have a nice pair no matter what the brand and you like using them then take them. On my two trips I used a pair of Leopold 10x42's. My first trip I had a pair of Cascades but I sent them to Leopold to get tightened up in the pivot and they...

I'd find out what the threads are before looking for a custom job

Most people would be surprised at just how many hunters do just that. My brother in law wanted me to load up some rounds for his 7 mm Rem mag. I told him that I wanted his rifle so that I could check a few things while shooting the loads. Turns out his scope was off 6". What really...

As the saying goes if you don't have a rifle in such a instance: Feet, don't fail me now!!!!!!!!!!!!

If there is one thing that is predictable in South Africa is their paperwork delays.

If your gunsmith tells you that rings with just a single screw per side isn't good enough for a 375 and that you need to go with a double screw set up, how about some mounts with 3 screws per side? Those single screw rings have been holding scopes on rifles for years. The whole thing is to...

It is much like a parent telling a young kid that they can't do something, then that kid finds out for themselves that what the parent told them was impossible was indeed possible.

It's just that you get better ignition and burn of the powder if it is close to the primer. So a piece of filler to hold the powder at the bottom of the case helps.

I'd take a picture of my Ruger Red Label 20 ga, but it's buried in the back of the safe waiting for next September

That's the problem with most that are saying that you don't get the penentration with a 45-70. Odds are they are experiencing factory loads with soft bullets and because of the liability laws the cartridge manufacturer has no idea if you are shooting it out of a vintage trap door Springfield or...

Years ago I was loading some very light loads in a couple of pistol cartridges. I couldn't find anything in the loading departments so I went to a old gent in a feed and grain store that let people use his presses and dies if you purchased the components from him. He told me to go down to a...

Try this. Run the shell into the sizer die and pretty much just size the neck. Then try it in your rifle and see how it chambers. If it doesn't chamber screw the sizing die down 1/4 of a turn and try it all over again. When you get to the point that you can close the bolt with the...

Years ago I was loading some very light loads in a couple of pistol cartridges. I couldn't find anything in the loading departments so I went to a old gent in a feed and grain store that let people use his presses and dies if you purchased the components from him. He told me to go down to a...

What it comes down to is to wait for the correct shot before pulling the trigger. As the saying goes, a bad shot is bad shot no matter what the cartridge.

I haven't looked in quite a while but a number of loading manuals had two sections for the 45-70. One for older trapdoor and lever actions and another one for the Ruger #1 and #3 rifles that were loaded to higher pressures.

I have no idea if they still do it but Skulls Unlimited used to sell to the general public.

I agree, at first I thought that he needed a whole new outfitter to take him into the brush and that he had everything else scheduled, only to find that he had a outfitter but needed the flights (perhaps), but when he mentioned Travel Express I came to that conclusion which could be quite...

They do it because they can. Its the old rule, it is their game and if you want to play you have to pay and do it by their rules. I was actually surprised years ago at all the requirements that the US Government has in place for hunters who want to come here to hunt and or play.

Let us know what you want to hunt, do you want individual animals or will a package deal work?

Get your wife's hair dryer and put some heat to it. You also might take a razor knife and go around the pad where it contacts the wood.

Start with a #1 Phillip screwdriver and see if you can feel it on a screw, you can also try a small flathead screwdriver and do the same thing. If it's either one you may need to place a lot of pressure on the screwdriver as you remove the screws.

I think that with the proper bullet and load the old 46-70 would be perfectly fine on a DG hunt. It would be no different than those who choose to use a pistol, and I believe that it would be a lot more effective. There are those on here that believe that nothing smaller than a 20mm cannon...

Back when Steve Herrett was playing around with the Contender and rifle rounds in it he designed the .30 Herrett off of the 30-30 case. He found it worked quite well on deer and pronghorn. When he started to look at hunting elk with it he necked the 30 Herrett up to 357 for the ability to...

I've been shooting nothing but Barnes for the last 25 years and have had zero problems with accuracy, and in most cases they are more accurate than cup and core bullets. The one problem that arises is that they love a clean barrel, if you don't get the copper fouling out your accuracy is going...

The thing with the PH telling the client to reload is just reflex on their part. On both of my safaris my PH has told me to reload after I had already reloaded without him even knowing it. That along with topping off the magazine before you proceed after either a dead or wounded animal. I...

Some great titles there. I noticed that you have a book by Kirt Darner. He held a number of recorcd bucks in the B&C books which were removed when he was convicted of poaching a number of them. He was also convicted of a felony in New Mexico concerning trafficking a illegal elk kill if I...

A #1 is just plain sexy

What you mentioned is some of the fun in picking up a oddball cartridge or caliber. At one time I loaded for 3 different wildcats, none of the brass was available with their head stamp and even now the one that I load for doesn't have any factory brass. On dies, I haven't done much...

Sounds like this is your first trip over to Africa. On both of my hunts in South Africa the outfitter had their own "salt sheds" where your skins will be stored from the time that they are taken off of the animal until they have enough of them to justify the trip to the dip and pack company...

I remember a interview that he did and the reporter asked him why he named all his boys George. His reply was that when he yelled "George" he got a response. RIP

If you are not a reloader it may factor into purchasing a larger caliber rifle. I have a 340 Weatherby that factory loads are around $130 if you can find them. I can load the same bullet at the same velocity for less than a couple bucks, once I have a case. If you want to shoot enough to...

One problem with most bullets is that you need to use them for what they were intended for. The Nosler Balistic Tip was never touted as a big game bullet but one that improved accuracy on small game. Berger were a target bullet, until they came out with one that is intended for big game...

Yep, years ago we had pesticides and herbicides that did a fantastic job of getting rid of pest and plants that we didn't want. Too bad when they caused you to have strange growths on your body before they would rot off.

OK, it might be 50% or so, I'll have to go out to the garage to see. It is a higher concentration than is normally available in the majority of stores where only the beauty supply store sell it, and the last time that I picked some up I was questioned on what I was going to use it for.

Years ago I pulled into a campsite the first of summer. Right where a friend usually parked and put his rug out for his trailer was a large ant bed. Well, I had time and I also had some chainsaw gas already mixed up with oil so I dumped about half a gallon onto that ant bed and set it on fire...

I like to use Basic White and 100% peroxide that you can get from a beauty supply store. Mix the basic white and peroxide to make a past and then paint it onto the skull, place in a plastic bag for a couple of days and then rinse it off. But then I don't live in a area that has FIRE ants...

Here is a PDF that I follow for most North American game animals. I'd skin as much skin off of the skull as I could before you place it into the pot, you can also adjust the amount of Sal Soda to the size of the skull. I believe that you can also pick up a kit that includes most of what you...

I've hunted quiet a bit here in Colorado and Utah with a handgun for both mule deer and elk. I've used handguns from the 357 up to 44 mag along with a few heavy loads in a Thompson Center Contender primarily in a 357 Herret based on a 30-30 case. The main thing with a handgun is that if you...

I think that I would be talking to my PH who would be backing me up.

Another question is, how far will they transport your trophies for either dip n pack or to be mounted for no extra charge. Hunters and Colectors taxidermy in Port Elizabeth do both and they do great work.

It will cost more due to a larger crate, but cost wise I paid around half to have mine done in SA VS here in Colorado. But the shipping eats up most of that but you get your mount quicker

Where in Colorado does he live. We have members of the forum here scattered all over the state.

Where you are hunting and the taxidermist in the area will be a huge factor. I've done it both ways. The taxidermist that I used in SA was affiliated with the outfitter and puts out class taxidermy. But then there are other shops where you might as well as just get a mop head and put a...

When I decided to have my last set of trophies done in SA I figured that it would be close to the same cost as having them done here in the US and that included the extra shipping cost for 3 mounts and 5 euros. It ended up being around $1000 cheaper having them done in SA by a quality...

If you don't use a importer who has a bonded USDA approved warehouse you could be in for some very large storage fees. The importer that I used in 2023 had both and I encured $0 extra charges for a finished warthog his skull and a baboon