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The only 30 cal I own is a 308, and it's a target rifle. I'd hazard a guess that if you just look at hunting ammo, there's parity between them as far as what's available. I haven't bought factory 308 for my rifle in, well, ever. I've rolled my own since I bought it 15 years ago. By hunting...

How'd you manage the 320s? I checked yesterday afternoon around 5 and they were out.

Ewwww...budweiser and miller??? gads, have drunk any of that swill in probably 40 years

Shaka Wear men's t-shirts. I bought 2 packs of 2, plain brown. I WFH, and that's my "uniform." I wear them literally every single day. The neck is still as snug as it was when I bought them 18 months ago, to say nothing of the rest of them. They've probably all been washed 80 or 90 times...

From everything I've read and everyone I've talked to, that's exactly the issue. For animals that just need 300 - 570 grains of thunder rolling through them, there's just no substitute for bullet mass and the recoil which comes with. A leopard isn't in that class of animal. If a guy is as...

@RAVEN ROCKS PRECISION - did I miss the boat on 320 gr .366 and 450 gr .422?

With 3 doors, whichever door you choose, your probability is .333 that you pick the right door, and .667 you've picked the wrong door. Eliminating one of the 2 doors doesn't change the .667 that you're wrong, and the game show host isn't going to eliminate the door with the actual prize behind...

OK, let us know. @Bob Nelson 35Whelen is coming to the states this fall and was planning on bringing me some 160 gr 6.5, I'd rather save him the hassle and just toss back a couple beers with him when he gets here. I'll be looking for a couple boxes of PPSN and a couple boxes of RN.

Never hunted leopard, but if/when I do, it'll be with my 6.5 Swede or my 280 AI. Because from 70 or 80 yards, I can stack bullets with either of them all day long. 156 gr Norma Oryx for either of them, or Woodeligh RN 160 for the 6.5 It doesn't matter what you do in your backyard range with...

Well rats. Already sold out of 6.5mm 160 gr.

You do you, amigo. 375 RUM is a little over $2, and when Raven Rocks gets some Norma 404, I'd expect it at around $3 or maybe $4.

Were they Americans, and did they fly United or Delta?

Anyone have any experience with this chrony? It's about $200 less than the Garmin, thinking about replacing my MagnetoSpeed Sporter if I get it.

Except for the handful of animals around the lodge, I did not encounter any human-habituated animals on my hunt last year in Limpopo. The only animals that entertained our presence for more than a moment or 2 were the cape buffalo. They hung around long enough to give us the "Capstick stare,"...

I saw the video before it was made private. I don't believe the rifle was malfunctioning, I believe it was, in IT parlance, either an ID10T error or a PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair) error.

"No" to TSA locks. Regular, heavy padlocks.

M'bogo. Trying to figure out a way to get over to eastern Limpopo for a day or 3 for a tuskless in 2027. My outfitter has a lodge practically on the banks of the Crocodile River. Definitely solids for that, and probably leave the missus at camp.

I see quite a lot of gold rings on optics when I'm watching DG hunting videos. Probably more of those than the rest put together. Can't be that many failures.

Just emailed them, thanks. What's the shooting like there? I prefer my 9.3, but I have a 280AI as well.

I'm looking for outfitters around Jasper for moose.

Agreed. Anyone who'd dissemble so blatantly about not being qualified to say what a woman is is utterly unfit for public office of any sort. That's the sort of dishonesty I'd expect out of some 3rd rate flunky working in a municipal zoning office, drunk on power. It was utterly grotesque.

Only Leupold I've ever had an issue with is a VX3 1.5-5, and that was just because I put the front ring to close to the objective. Twice (didn't realize what I'd done the first time). Leupold fixed it twice. I have several Freedoms, a couple other VX3s and a VX5

I'm afraid you've badly mis-spelled "9.3x62 Mauser," and not just once but twice, it would seem.

They'll both be in the 55 - 70 ft lb neighborhood. At that level, I don't think it really matters too much

I'm not much with the cowboy up, either. That said, KR used to help run a PH school in ZA, one of their classes was all female locals. They started them off on "safely" toting around galvanized pipe the length of a rifle. Then they graduated to 22LR to learn how to shoot, then I believe to...

Famed (now retired) PH and wildlife veterinarian Kevin Robertson asserts that 2400 fps is about the ideal MV for 300 gr .375 and 286 gr 9.3 - think expansion relative to penetration. One of my favorite hunting bloggers did a side-by-side gel test with a 375 TSX 300 gr at about 2475 vs a 9.3 TSX...

If you're going to step up, a 375 Wby mag doesn't make a lot of sense. It would be better than an H&H for a 400 yard shot on PG, but not practically any better from 20 or 30 yards. A 9# rifle firing a 300 gr bullet at 2700 fps thumps with about 50 ft lbs of recoil, and the extra 200 fps of MV...

Heard him say that very thing on a JvB podcast a couple months back. JvB and 5 or 6 of his friends are headed over in the next month or 2

IDK. I'm pretty sure she'd figure out a way to eff up an order of Sapphire and rocks or Pappy neat.

I have the same issues with DFW no matter which airline I fly with. IMO, AA is the least crappy between them and UA/Delta. I had an issue with AA going through Charlotte a couple years ago, but weather compounded the issue. Since I live in Houston... If I can fly out of Hobby, I fly Hobby...

On any shot from the muzzle out to 100 yards, assuming a 100 yd zero, there's less than an inch difference in trajectory between a 500 NE and a 204 Ruger. That isn't something to be remotely concerned about for a DG cartridge. I'm pretty anal when it comes to reloading for my 308 Win and my...

Kevin Robertson did a pretty extensive test on the bonded DGX back in 2020, they seem to perform adequately, though they still aren't A Frame/TSX/North Fork. It's the DGS bullets Hornady still can't get right. Somebody posted a video a couple days ago of a bunch of different pills for 470 NE...

When I went last August, I did that at check-in as I recall.

yeah, i was thinking 15-20K just for the animals. If you spend 20 on animals, you'll probably go over 30K on your total budget. Gratuities are going to run you probably 1500 - 2000 for a 7 day. Air (cattle class) will be 2K +/- a bit. Booking through a travel agent like Gracey or Travel...

I really didn't want a zebra, either. I wanted a bushbuck. For 2 days, all I saw was zebra asses in clouds of dust, headed away from me at ludicrous speed. Very challenging critters. On the 3rd day, the zebra in my avatar was the first one I saw that was within range and not also running...

On-time departures and not forgetting my guns is kinda important to me. Delta and UA don't have a stellar reputation for either of those. Ya pays yer money ya takes yer chances.

Because of course they do. Emirates is a UA partner, Qatar is an AA partner. If you have the PTO to burn, the extra day+ going and coming is worth it to me. Eff Delta and double eff UA. I'd rather get corn-holed by The Hedgehog wearing a 50 grit sandpaper condom than fly either of the US...

I still recall some of the lessons Coach Randow imparted to us in high school basketball practice way back in the 1980s: "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." If you practice bad habits, you're going to express those habits in the game. To that end, I see even an...

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That looks like quite the waterbuck!

Seems like my best choice for backing my wife and her 375 is going to be my 404J with the 430 gr NF cup points.

Check with your outfitter. A lot of them will tell you to just bring A Frames or TSX for buffalo. On @Red Leg advice, I bought 10-rd open tops for 404J, 375H&H, and 9.3x62. Very reasonable prices from this guy, very nice leather...

Around here, the squash and zucchini have to be sprayed weekly or the squash vine borers will transmit bacterial and/or viral wilt to them, and they'd all be dead in under a week. I finally pulled up my squash yesterday. We've eaten all we can eat, and given away a bunch more. Still about 20...

Wait...were there chipmunks on the list and I didn't see that?

eggplant parm

404 Jeffery for buffalo. 6.5x55 for black bear and wild boar. 9.3x62 for everything else.

I know it isn't your doing, but that's just effing retarded. Since you're in Hoedspruit, I'm guessing the hunt is north of the big park? I'm tempted - but I'd honestly rather go after a tuskless since it's non-exportable.

There's no real point in men trying to understand women. Women understand women, and they hate each other.