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Great rifle, great cartridge, but for hunting you're handicapping yourself with too much scope. There is a good reason 3-9x or 2-10x or something similar has traditionally been the best selling hunting scope magnification. The modern trend to very high magnification scopes is based on...

I'm glad that suppressors are a choice available to many hunters. I'm legally restricted and can't use a suppressed rifle to hunt at home. But I don't feel very sad about that. I have only used a suppressor on one African hunt and a couple of hunts in Germany. Didn't like it at all. In my...

It was actually the quickest bear kill I've ever experienced. Dead where it stood. Bullet was a 115 gr. Nosler partition loaded to 2800 fps. Impact was broadside, high shoulder, bullet broke rear scapula, and spine, and far side scapula, and in the middle destroyed the aorta. Base of bullet...

I'll write what I've actually successfully "used" for some on your list vs what I'd "like" to use if given the opportunity for the ones I have not hunted yet ... - roe (buck) used .222 Rem, .30-06 - fallow (stag) like 7x64 - red deer (stag) like 7x64 - wild boar used...

Well Rookhawk I agree with much of what you wrote, and disagree with one small detail. I have a fair bit of experience with both cartridges, (currently own three 7x57 rifles and three 7x64 rifles) hunt game with them in various habitats, and with various bullets. My amusement is with nostalgia...

This discussion makes me smile, and also very happy that I prefer the 7x64 cartridge, which was designed correctly from the beginning and avoids all this nonsense.

My first ever hoofed animal, a whitetail deer. Borrowed my brother's rifle when I was 15 years old. And that's all. I also owned a sporterized Lee Enfield #4 for a couple years, but never killed an animal with it. I sold it and replaced it with a .308 win and never looked back. I may have had a...

I've had a couple of firing pins break. One of the rifle barrel of a Merkel O/U combination gun, one on a Kreighoff single shot. That's it. Both were simple to fix. My Merkel 140 AE has not had a serious failure, just a bit of unnoticed rust & crud once interfering with ejection. But it still...

I’ve been in that exact situation, and decided to use USA made “8mm Mauser” stamped brass for the .318 bore and proper European 8x57IS stamped brass for the modern rifle.

I haven’t kept any of my various rifles long enough for any one to achieve a legacy. But my Browning Citori White Lightning 16 Ga. Has been my go-to for all upland bird and some mixed bag hunting for many years. Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, and many ducks and some geese. It just fits so well and...

I only just now read your report. A great hunt. And wonderful report! Thanks for taking me back to fond memories of hunting with Nyati, Criton and Eddie! What a skilled and fun crew. Makes me want to go back!

I’m kinda stuck in the middle. My favourite Safari rifle is a very modern Verney-Caron Impact Plus switch barrel / takedown bolt action rifle in 9.3x62. Blued steel barrel, aluminum receiver, nice but plain walnut stock, good cut checkering, QD mounts, and detachable magazine. It looks sorta...

I regularly load ammunition for my .222 rifles. It is my preferred centre fire .22 caliber. I currently own two .222’s - an Anschutz and a CZ ZKK. Both shoot accurately with almost any published load of IMR or H 4198 or Benchmark or RL7 or Win 748 and 40-55 gr. bullets.

I've used thousands of Remington 9-1/2 and 9-1/2 Magnum primers. Never a high seating problem with any of them. I've mostly seated primers with a Lee hand tool, but also have used the seater on my Hornady press and the one on my Forster Co-ax press, and in recent years a RCBS hand priming tool...

Great video. Brings back some nice and some scary memories!

"Favourite" is difficult to define... The most useful, practical cartridge for me is the .308 Win. What I started hunting local game with and in reality nothing I've tried since is demonstrably "better" for hunting our various deer, elk, moose bears etc. I like the ammunition and bullet choices...

Docter / Noblex are the most commonly used red dot sights in Europe. To my understanding they were the first to popularize red dot reflex sights for driven game hunting. I have two of them. I like them a lot. They have the same mount footprint as the cheaper and less precise Burris Fast Fire...

Saskatchewan and Alberta offer good hunts for bears over bait. British Columbia would be my suggestion if you prefer spot and stalk. I have personal camps in Northern BC and North Eastern Saskatchewan and spend a lot of time at both locations. I estimate the BC bear population density is more...

I was shooting my .357 magnum Win M92 carbine with some test loads the last couple days. I also experienced some slow velocity first shots. I also have no explanation. I was testing loads with Hodgdon Lil'gun powder and 180 gr. bullets, quite a different load. Mysterious.

I loaded 300 heavyweight cartridges for my little Winchester M92 lever action carbine in .357 magnum. 180 gr. Sierra Flat Point Jacketed, with 14.0 gr. Lil'Gun powder for 1700 fps. Makes the little carbine black bear capable if necessary in a pinch, but it's mostly a small game/pest/plinking...

Mountain Zebra, Black Wildebeest, Nyala, Waterbuck, and common Reedbuck. Because they are species that I haven't yet had the pleasure to hunt!

My good buddy who is a recently retired professional forester from Cologne, Germany highly recommended the Stihl electric chainsaws. My wife likes mine so much I hardly get to use it at our BC bush camp. I usually keep it in the truck to clear the way on narrow logging roads where fires have...

If you'd like to compare ruffed grouse, woodcock, and snipe, the photo below is from the only day when I took all three on the same hunt. It was memorable.

I love hunting snipe, and do so every chance I get. In fact a snipe was the very first game bird I ever shot, which was when I was ten years old. I stalked close and shot that bird in the head with a Daisy red rider BB gun, at a distance of three or four paces. My mother good-naturedly cooked it...

rigbymauser - the quote you attribute to me 5 posts above was not made by me. I have no opinion about a Colonel Angus and no knowledge of that person.

And in case you don't like clicking links, here's the text of the article above: Let’s talk about the moment Donald Trump blinked. It wasn’t loud. It wasn’t a tweetstorm or a rally rant. When the tariff threats that had the world on edge—125% on China, 25% on Canada’s autos, a global trade war...

Here's a Canadian explanation of what happened to the markets last week. Many of you will not like the message, and will attack the messenger, as usual. I think it is a worthwhile read...

If hard work made you rich, every farmer would be a billionaire. But they are not because the system does not reward labor, it rewards leverage. Far too much of the current version of Capitalism is about exploitation, not effort. USA is exploiting its capital leverage to piss On and piss Off its...

-8 here and still waiting for Spring…

Peavey in Central and Western Canada too.

Models built specifically for women are usually required for good fit. Women have longer necks and narrower shoulders than men, and the stock needs not only less length but more drop at heel and a higher comb. Smaller radius grip, and narrower grip helps too. And lighter barrels. It all adds up.

I use four different Stihl saws and they have served me well. Two industrial models at our British Columbia bush camp, a little electric one at home, and a light / cheap trail saw at our Saskatchewan hunting camp. Settled on Stihl because that's the brand local dealers stock and service. And...

Here you are!

Moody, you have received lots of good advice already. My personal favourite that has served me well on my last three safaris is the Swarovski CL companion 8x30. Easy to use one handed, clear image and not too powerful. Good value for the money. I changed out the carry strap for a longer one that...

I hunted buffalo in the Hammond concession with Mokore & Dalton McClintock three years ago. Everything was first rate, lots of game, and excellent hunting. Toured Mokore's home concession too at the end of the successful hunt. I'd go back for sure!

When I hunted elephant in that area with CMS two years ago, the elephant hunt was all done the first day. So after that I was hunting impala and wildebeest with a .416. It worked OK, but if a 9.3 was available instead, it would have been nicer to carry and nicer to shoot. I greatly prefer...

I don't hate any of them, but choose not to use any cartridge with a belt - except of course the .375 H&H. That one gets a full endorsement. I suppose the .416 Remington is OK too, I never owned one, but I would prefer the Rigby.

I sold all my Rugers so now I'm down to only one, a Kreighoff Hubertus in .30R Blaser. It's a keeper! During its first season at home I took a couple of young of young animals with it. This year I used it to take a young mule deer. Wonderful rifle, accurate, well balanced, elegant.

I also had a very good management / free range buffalo hunt experience with Mokore, in the Savé of Zimbabwe and another hunt in Mozambique Coutada 9. Both areas highly recommended! I also suggest getting some experience with buffalo before hunting elephant. That worked best for me anyway...

Welcome to the best internet forum for African Hunting! A great place to learn and share! and yes, lots of Dangerous Game and Double Rifle discussions, you'll fit right in

My good buddy Vance is one who comes to mind. He is a skillful and accomplished student of the outdoors. He developed his shooting skills as an archer, and became a very successful one. He shot competitively on the Canadian National team as a youngster, and represented Canada internationally...

Can anyone of the MAGA crowd explain to me how international treaties and deals currently work? I was under the obviously mistaken and erroneous assumption that international treaties with another nation were honourable and binding contracts negotiated in good faith and agreed to by both...

A lot of Americans I know don't actually know what's going on between the US and Canada right now, and just how seriously Canadians are taking this. So, against my better judgement, here's a timeline to explain why we're here, and why we're angry. Nov 30th, 2018 - The United States, Canada and...

Ha! It took three days until it hurt enough for me to see a doctor and get x-rays done, ( my wife says - no brain no pain!) I'm very fortunate that I've been able to function quite well since it was put back together. The doctor said i'd almost certainly develop arthritis in the damaged head of...

On a winter trip I fell off a snowmobile and left my leg attached. Don't do that. I split the tibia lengthwise up into my knee and ever since I have a couple of stainless steel screws holding my knee together. I don't like kneeling much any more.

I've twice flushed lions at close range while unknowingly stalking the same game that the lions were hunting. One while stalking buffalo and once when stalking eland. No harm came to either of us.

Street art in Mexico...

So it seems most here are judging S&B's offering of a new, economical, available, and welcome addition to the world of medium bore rifle ammunition by it's "failure" to address a niche need for a bullet suitable for hunting thick skinned dangerous game. So what! I say good on them. And wish them...

Traditional bolt action rifles are far more complicated than the R8! They require twice as many manipulations of the bolt after firing. - "Traditional" push up, then push back, then push forward, then push down. - R8 - Push back, then push forward. Done. :)

After a couple weeks of -35°C to -40°C we finally got a break today. Just above freezing! And beautiful. The view from my driveway. There were fourteen mule deer on our driveway yesterday. They're in town foraging for what they can get, and many are starving. Finding a few winter kills already...