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  1. leslie hetrick

    A Nasty Cape Buffalo Charge!

    i joined the brown undershorts club in vn-67, however that would have made me a charter member.
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    Lets See Your Upland Shotguns

    wow, what a looker. if it shoots as good as it looks, its a winner.
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    Lets See Your Upland Shotguns

    my upland and any hunting that takes alot of walking are a browning 20ga sporter double barrel and a upland special browning 20 ga o/u.
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    New Visa requirements for Namibia

    reminds me of a man who owned a small store in a decent area and made a good living there, well he got a little greedy and raised his prices. figuring to make alot more money and he did make more money on the items he sold, but his customer base went into the tank as he sold alot less than...
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    Indulge me...Ruger no 1 thoughts.

    i had a #1 B in .280 that i liked, but a gentleman stacked up usd 100.00 bills untill i gave in.
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    New Visa requirements for Namibia

    it will slow down people going there and cost them more money in the long run.
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    What do you do for a living?

    my trips to africa started because of a very good friends son who married a african women, who ask me if i would like to go. we hunted mostly privite farms, but also three upper crust outfits and all were super. two times to boswanta(same time as south africa) and six times to south africa. i...
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    What do you do for a living?

    heavy hiway construction, worked all the overtime i could get and when my son got his degree at penn state in 2005 i retired and went to work again part time at a friends company, if i showed up i got paid and if i didn,t, he didn,t care. my first trip to africa was in 2013 and my last in...
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    Indulge me...Ruger no 1 thoughts.

    well being left handed means i,m half right. however my wife said i,m in no way close to half right.
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    S&W Highway Patrolman

    i can,t add any thing thats not already been said about the model 28 S&W revolvers.
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    Indulge me...Ruger no 1 thoughts.

    i have owned about a dozen # 1,s over the years and have sold most of them at highly inflated prices. now i,m down to three #1,s and one #3. my #1 ,s are a 223 B, a 35 whelen S and a 45-70 S, my #3 is in 45-70. with the right loads they are fine shooters. as i,m comming up on my 82 year i,ll...
  12. leslie hetrick

    9.3x62

    i shot this cow buff in south africa in 2015 with a MS in 9.3x62.
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    Single Shot Saturday - Show us your Single Shots!

    my #3 in 45-70 shoots with the best of them, 300 gr hornady with 50 grs H4198 for 2000 fps. my #1 also like that load, both shot from a rest at 100 yards.
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    Single Shot Saturday - Show us your Single Shots!

    browning low wall in .260 rem.
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    RIFLES FOR SALE 450-400 9.3 x 62 30-06 45-70

    all very nice rifles and should go quick.
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    Single Shot Saturday - Show us your Single Shots!

    my 45-70,s, the marlin just had to be in the picture.
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    Powder Shortage

    i,m a old pack rat who could never turn down a decent price on powder and have close to 90 lbs right now stored in old army steel lockers, last week at a small local gun show i bough four unopened 1 lbs cans of norma magnum rifle powder for 50.00 with a unopened1 lbs can of norma 205 powder...
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    LH Winchester New Haven CRF 7 Mag

    i have two of the winchester lh classics, a 7mm mag like yours and one in 300 win mag. i bought them in the early 2000,s and they are damn fine rifles.
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    Suppressors in Africa

    i used them in africa on the ph,s rifles, but i have good electric hearing muffs and didn,t see a need for them for me.
  20. leslie hetrick

    Any South Africans Considering Relocating to US

    on my six hunting trips to africa from 2013 to 2019, i hunted on many farms and i think if the farms are handed over to the blacks starvation will follow in short order. i,m not a racest, but a realest.
  21. leslie hetrick

    Under Estimated Javelina

    i shot two in hondo tex, when at fort sam huston in the mid 60,s.
  22. leslie hetrick

    Chinese mine causes environmental disaster in zambia on the kafue river

    believe me the chinese don,t give a rats ass about what they do to any ones health or environment. any thing done with the chinese, will end with you on the short end of the stick.
  23. leslie hetrick

    6.5x55 sweed

    one of my favorite hunting rifles is the browning low wall in .260 rem.
  24. leslie hetrick

    Wanted Lee-Enfield In 375

    i have a 375 jdj ( 444 marlin case necked to .375) in a tc g-2 action with 24" barrel. useing 51 grs of H-4895 and a 220 gr hornady bullet,s its running at 2300 fps with no signs of pressure, i,m sure i could get to 2500 fps with no trouble. i kills deer like thor,s hammer.
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    Bolt pulling out the rifle when cycling

    i had that happen on a new savage 110 in 7mm mag 30+ years ago on a deer hunt, i hit it on the first shot and even tho it went down. it got up and tried to run, needing a second shot. and any one useing a early savage 110 knows it takes like three hands to get it back in, i did get it back in...
  26. leslie hetrick

    .58 Cal RB Stopping Power

    my tc big boar .58 cal caplock rifle does quite well with .570 rb,s cast soft and 80 grs fff and a tight patch. three to four" three groups at 100 yards. it will shoot .58 mini,s also, but not very accurett. but i think i need to cast the mini,s harder to keep from blowing the mini,s scrute.
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    FS leupold 2.5-8x-36 boone&crockett club scope in ex used condition 400.00 in pa.

    scope sent, usps tracking number- 9434 6118 9956 0554 4405 42. let me know when you recieve the item. thanks les.
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    FS leupold 2.5-8x-36 boone&crockett club scope in ex used condition 400.00 in pa.

    recieved ck today, item will be sent in the morning 1-28-25. thanks les.
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    FS leupold 2.5-8x-36 boone&crockett club scope in ex used condition 400.00 in pa.

    this scope has served me very well on a rem 7mm08 and has never fogged up and adjustments are right on., but i would like a little more power with a straight duplex cross hair, very slight ring mark. 400.00 includeds postage and ins. for sale in the U.S.A. only. full refund including postage if...
  30. leslie hetrick

    South Texas Nilgai hunt

    i,ll have to check into a nilgai hunt, i have used my cz 550 in .375 H&H with good results on six hunting trips from 2013 to 2019.
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    I don't bring this up lightly...

    sad, indeed.
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    Rhino Circus

    i was thinking about a few republicans in the US congress ,when i saw RHINO CIRCUS. on most of my six hunting trips to africa, it was my PH and one or two trackers and I.
  33. leslie hetrick

    What did you reload today?

    loaded 20 rounds for my .280 a-bolt, 53 grs 4831 and a 150 gr scirocco bullets, thats my normal hunting load. shoots very good. i,m going to try imr 4350, my friend claims imr 4350 is the cats meow in his remington 700 in .280.
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    Hunting & India

    maybe if the do gooders were put in THE generaL AREA OF A MANEATER with their famileys, things could change pretty quick. i would think, i know it would change my mind.
  35. leslie hetrick

    Word of caution (first hand) about hunting Mexico now

    two good friends were robbed by the mex police, wallets-watches-class rings for so called speeding at a check point. the owner of the car had stashed several hundred dollars in the trunk before they left for mex and that at least got the out of mex and into the united states. the u.s. border...
  36. leslie hetrick

    .44 russia new brass and some .44 colt new brass, all star-line, .25 cents each plus shipping

    i have several 100 new star-line .44 russian brass and 50 .44 colt new star-line brass, .25 cents each plus shipping, U.S.A. only.
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    What should I do with this rifle?

    a 3006 is never wrong. you could kill 90% of the game animals on earth with it and with a little luck kill them all.
  38. leslie hetrick

    Leupold 2.5-8

    sorry you didn,t get the scope, i have two of them and like them. one gloss blue and the other is matt.
  39. leslie hetrick

    Powder & Primers on the shelf…..

    at the york pa. gun show on the 28-29 dec, the lower prices were not there yet, the weather may have slowed up their travel up.
  40. leslie hetrick

    Powder & Primers on the shelf…..

    prices may come down, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. but then again, i don,t believe in the easter bunny. i look for the best price i can find and bite the bullet.
  41. leslie hetrick

    Flintlock Moose !

    i have a TC big boar .58 caplock i put it in a renade stock for the double set triggers. i would like to do a moose hunt in alsk.
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    Help, I won a partially covered hunt (Nzou Hunting Safaris) in South Africa

    i have hunted africa 6 times since 2013, due to having a very good friend( knew his parents before he was born) who is married to a african women and have hunted mostly on privite ranches with him and i would never go on a won hunt no matter who was selling it, but thats just me. i never had any...
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    Help, I won a partially covered hunt (Nzou Hunting Safaris) in South Africa

    if you are close to pa., the big sportsman show at the harrisburg farmshow buildings is a must. you can meet and get all the info you would need for a african hunt.
  44. leslie hetrick

    Man killed by trained elephant

    rhino made a bad choice and will suffer a long prolonged death because of it, a deep tusk wound to the guts is most often fatal.
  45. leslie hetrick

    Man killed by trained elephant

    more blacks.
  46. leslie hetrick

    Man killed by trained elephant

    south africa, i was told they get up in the morning mad and it goes down hill from there.
  47. leslie hetrick

    Man killed by trained elephant

    i was pretty close to several eli,s, but was more worried about the rhino.
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    Man killed by trained elephant

    or having a death wish.
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    Man killed by trained elephant

    by the way, i did get a decent wart hog. only with a .243 rifle.
 
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