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Welcome! Glad to have you here! My vote would be for the 404J

.308 paired with a quality bullet, you'll be good to go!

Great rifle, great choice!!

My only experience is with Bell and Carlson. I bought an Interarms Mark X, took off the wood stock, and had the black stock with gray webbing installed. What I was shocked to find out is that the Bell and Carlson stock is 12 oz lighter than the factory wood stock. Given you have the satin...

Reflections of the Wild did mine 3 years ago but he was just doing me a favor. He has been doing mostly African animals for the past few years. I paid 350 a foot. For rugs it is a pretty straightforward thing, mouth open or mouth closed, color of felt to outline your bears hide, you...

I used .308 Oryx ammo this year on several animals, including giraffe, eland cow, wildebeest, I was very impressed with the results! Once you get this new ammo dialed in you'll have a super sweet setup!

Congratulations, nice looking rifle!! What scope are you looking to get?

If I didn’t know better I’d swear Mr. Spots had a real go at you! Be careful my friend!

Wow, that's a real beauty! Congratulations on an awesome looking 416 Rigby!

I have used Hornady bonded DGX on 4 buffalo, none of them went more than 40 yards. Perhaps Hornady would have been well served had they changed the name of the DGX when they bonded it. Even something like DGX2 might have helped their marketing.

Wow! What a beautiful gun, congratulations!! Looking forward to seeing how well it shoots!!

What a first trip to Africa!! And thank you very much for posting such a wonderful hunt report!!

300 grain .375 Aframe bullets are now available from Swift Bullet Company!

Flying through Harare generally causes a number of head shaking moments!! LOL

Try this link. I do know that when I took this last flight I did not use a Travel Agent. I filled out this form online, within 24-48 hours I had their approval back. I printed that out and took with me, this is 1 of the 4 things you will want to have copies of to hand them when checking in...

I flew back through there 10 days ago, no issues. If you want to take your own gun here is what you need: copy for form 4457, copy of passport, copy of 'letter of invitation', copy of 'gun surrender' which is found on their website. When you step up to check-in, give them these 4 things, tell...

Several years ago I shot a 290lb sow bear here in Maryland with my .375H&H using 300 grain Barnes TSX. She went about 30 yards and piled up.

Today's Hornady DGX are a legitimate bullet. Over the past few years when Swift and Northfork were basically unavailable, I used DGX ammo. I took 4 Cape buffalo, none of which went more than 40 yards. I also witnessed 2 other hunters use DGX with the same outcome. Would they be my first...

JNB to either Atlanta or Newark is 14-15 hours of actual flight time. JNB - Doha - Atlanta will be, 8 hour flight time from JNB to Doha, 2-3 hour layover, then 14 hour flight time from Doha to Atlanta. 15 hours of flight time compared to 22 hours of flight time plus the layover. For me it has...

To date, all of my DG hunts have been with a .375H&H. On 2 occasions I have arrived to Africa and my luggage did not, I was able to source .375H&H ammo. I would say for anyone wanting to hunt with a 404, do so, it's rare for bags not to arrive. And I suppose if one arrives with a 404 and...

I love 544 and 548, both are stunning. I am enjoying watching this build take place!

I'd buy the caliber that I preferred!

Just returned from hunting at @Bos en Dal SAFARIS. Great area to hunt, abundance of game animals, saw some huge buffalo and cannot imagine the size of the kudu hanging around in their hillier areas. My guide was awesome, wonderful cook and staff, I am looking forward to returning for a buffalo...

On my recent arriving flight into JNB, my flight arrived at 3:35AM, and the Rifle Permit people were outside in the arrivals hall waiting on me, you just can't beat their service! I've used them many times, will continue to do so!

Welcome Sir!! What part of NC are you from?

I live just south of Deep Creek Lake in Oakland. When I attend SCI banquets I attend the Pittsburgh Chapter, this last banquet was up at Cranberry, it was a pretty nice event.

Welcome! Glad to have you here with the rest of us! Have you ever heard of Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland?

If I am flying into JNB then flying on to another location, and have to pull my locked ammo case out of my checked bag and it becomes its own piece of luggage, I too use a Pelican case, I think maybe it's the 1200 model. If I am flying from the states to a location in Africa where my ammo...

February 2025 was my first ever SCI convention, the one thing I really enjoyed was seeing my guide from my very first safari that happened back in 1988. Also, seeing all the guns and goodies the show offers is an experience in itself! I already have my flight and room booked for next years SCI...

Yes, any hard sided case that is lockable is ok to use. As to my previous question, you have a valid concern and it makes great sense to separate the ammo in case one bag is lost. However, in my trips to Africa I have found not all ticketing agents have the same sense you and I would have...

To better understand, are you saying you're thinking of putting different boxes of ammo in different checked on luggage, or putting 2 or 3 smaller ammo holders in the same checked on bag?

Safe travels, looking forward to seeing some great pictures of your big tom next week!!

Just shot my Talkeetna yesterday getting ready for my November hunt. The 2 shots on the left side target are factory Federal Swift 300 grain aframes, the 2 shots on the right target is Hendershot's loaded 300 grain Northfork semi spitzer, the ONE shot in the middle target is a Cutting Edge...

I love seeing how taxidermy mounts have evolved over my 40+ years of hunting. Mine, mostly having been mounted in the 80’s and 90’s, are all shoulder mounts looking straight forward. Those really took a lot of imagination! lol

I love the mount!! Congratulations on taking a real beauty of a bear!

Thank you so much for posting such an excellent hunting report, very detailed, I love it! Your eland is an eland of a lifetime, the picture of you with your eland, is the picture of a lifetime!!

I just returned last week from my safari where I also used a .308 suppressed. I had the barrel of my Kimber rifle cut down to 17", then mounted a Scythe-TI suppressor which is lightweight. My gun balances wonderfully well and it was a real pleasure to be able to shoot without hearing...

The day Gerrit picked me up and brought me to camp he stayed and had lunch, then 2 of the 7 nights I was in camp he drove out from town, 45 minutes, to have dinner with us. He did so to visit and ask if everything was going well. I will always remember those conversations, it really added to...

The idea for this particular hunt started when Gerrit, owner of @Bos en Dal SAFARIS, posted a management hunt special here on AH. Over the past 15 years my hunts have mainly been booked by outfitters posting offers here, so to the sponsors of AH, thank you for supporting this website. My...

Harare, where it takes 7 different people to each count your ammo 2x each to be sure there really are only 30 shells! Last year when I went through Harare, another member from this site was going through there at the same time, it took us 2 hours 15 min to clear customs from flying up from JNB...

Beautiful looking gun, I have never heard of 9/19x24 thread pitch, interesting. Can you add anything about the weight and LOP? Thank you!

Welcome! Glad to have you here! Part of the fun in deciding where to hunt and what to hunt is figuring out what gun to use. I'm sure by the time your hunt comes around you will have a gun that fits you well and shoots like a dream!

I have only put my email in for alerts 2 different times, but both times I did receive the alert when the ammo first became available.

I love it, what a unique pronghorn!! I'd shoot that all day, everyday!