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    5 most significant inventions in the last 200 years

    boat propellers and the internal combustion engine to turn them. jet engines micro chips/computers/internet harnessing electricity A/C, refrigeration
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    Kenyan History: Who Was Paul Zimmermann?

    Thank you, Foxi! Fascinating indeed.
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    First timer…. Travel agent?

    Gracy or others can help a lot before you even get to Africa! Just went through Frankfurt with no guns and it took 3 hrs. both ways just to transit. Spent 1 hr. 45 min. in just the line to check passports. Inexcusable, but it is pitiful that three hours was barely enough--and then we had to wait...
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    The pleasure of fine things

    Of all things, I am impressed with the knee high wool socks I got at Dschulnigg in Salzburg. They are really a fine product in just the right shade of Loden. Picked up a couple of 3/4 inch leather/rubber backed rifle slings as well, and for an attractive price. Strangely, they forbid me to...
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    Snap Caps

    Please elaborate on making them yourself.... BTW, to release spring tension on a bolt action, wouldn't it be just as well to pull the trigger while closing the bolt?
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    A fun restoration - custom stock for my Brno ZKK 601 .222

    Well, they can be re-stocked, too. Never too late to add good looks.
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    Does anybody else keep track of Harvests?

    Not just migratory birds, but lots of wildlife! My uncle has kept a diary of fishing for flathead catfish. From many years he know when they start to spawn and when they finish (June 10th) along with signs that things are going according to seasons. His diary had one entry: "in 1988, I caught 88...
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    I just added another Big Bore to the Family - a Kimber 375 H&H

    Proper choice in every respect. Classic. Congratulations, Buckstix.
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    Politics

    Then would it not have been better for Trump and the country to have taken them to court and sent miscreants to prison?
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    What are you reading?

    About 2/3 through "To Ride, Shoot Straight, And Tell The Truth" by "the pope" Jeff Cooper
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    Which grade would you call this Stock

    It's not completely equal on both sides, but I like it a lot! Would be easy to live with that. Grade--I am not familiar with Krieghoff's grading system.
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    Politics

    Relax, Foxi, we all like you--you are a legend status member. We just don't translate humor the same way! (which is why my wife cautioned me to limit my joking around when we go to Salzburg--that will be hard for me) Stay well.
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    Inside look at Ghana Bushmeat Markets

    In Zimbabwe, I've also seen mature mahogany trees cut down with little axes (lots of work) just to get a beehive way up in the tree. Wood was left laying. Then, again, how would they have gotten it out to market. Sad. The biggest bush meat market was the witch doctor's house. Everyone had to...
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    How Many Guns Is Enough Or Can You Never Have Too Many?

    If stars align and something is really beautiful AND really a deal presents itself, it's coming home no matter how many guns I own.
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    Inside look at Ghana Bushmeat Markets

    Man, you've got that right! Friends from Nagaland (next to Burma) said villagers would even put chemicals in the water to kill little fish so they could have one meal. They had never seen a catfish over one pound, so when I boated the first blue cat bumping 30 lbs their little daughter asked...
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    Restored Original Mauser Oberndorf – 7x57 Mauser

    Sveldt, elegant rifle. Anyone would love that. So glad you share photos!
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    on a lighter note...

    I don't have as much as Midwest, but I have more than I thought I had, since I've been moving it all out to the shop. I don't want the fire department to just let my house burn if rounds start cooking off! I also wonder if they will believe me about a few round going off from home defense...
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    What Are The Biggest Threats To Hunting Poll1/2

    I did not see listed ACCESSIBILITY issues. What good is public land out west if you cannot access it? Anti hunters who own large tracks, same issue. It does not help that licensing is expensive. If the state wants to preserve their own jobs in managing wild life, they should not inhibit...
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    Hunting with Semi-Automatic Rifles

    Oh heck, I should have bought that one at Jackson Arms a few months ago for $895.
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    22 or 6.5 Creedmore for Moose and Elk?

    I can't believe we are even discussing using wounding size calibers for elk size game.
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    Politics

    $3.79 at Buccees yesterday.
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    Politics

    Interestingly the so-called socialist countries like Denmark tax all income levels. Everyone has skin in the game. Here in Dallas the low IQ voters pass every bond election because they don't have skin in the game. We recently had a bond election to build new schools. Right after the election...
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    Anyone have a 35/300 WSM

    Sounds like the WSM is a great case for wildcatting. Watching with interest!
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    Who wears shorts on Safari?

    I think that Texas should codify dress Bermuda shorts for church, etc. It is hot here--a lot hotter than Bermuda. I also recall seeing lots of pictures of older gentlemen in shorts in old black and white photos from back in the day. I'll hunt shorts unless getting TOO torn up in Africa. Just not...
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    Hornady interlock, have you used it on anything?

    Interlock on average White Tail deer....yes, been successful. Interlock on Hartebeest....killed, but separation of cup and core. Interlock on Oryx....animal lost after tracking 2 days Conclusion: not for true trophies if you want to be sure, or for tougher African game unless perhaps really...
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    Adrenalized Cape Buffalo

    Here's another twist in the road....when a buffalo is standing sideways looking at you with one eye, THAT is when he is actually looking you over intently and often is raising his adrenaline level as he does so! He is deciding that you are a potential enemy and preparing to do something about...
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    Thoughts on cartridge traps in plains game or dangerous game rifle

    They look a lot better engraved, too.
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    Thoughts on cartridge traps in plains game or dangerous game rifle

    Been looking for one of those (affordable, too) for a long time. Not for speed loading or DG gun, but for a drilling. Thanks!
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    Who wears shorts on Safari?

    +1 on zip offs. Shorts are great if it is hot, but depends on terrain, too. For example NO ONE wears shorts in the briar ridden East Texas bottoms. Your calves will be ripped to shreds, and you'll have that lovely bloody itch. PH's wear them enough that their skin toughens, though. Depends of...
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    Did NOT know that--hope he'll chime in!
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    Now that's what I'm talking about. Thanks, Tanks.
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    A fun restoration - custom stock for my Brno ZKK 601 .222

    What a fun project! And 222 is a niche that is missing in my arsenal, as I suspect in many others as well. A nice, light kicker just made to turn out the lights on a winter pelage fox, etc. Happy for you.
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    Still headed toward the "Suppository of Skills" it would seem
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    Any fun advice for a visit to Austria?

    Correct, we will be within 50 miles of Salzburg.
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    Oh, things like pistol shooting tips from Tanks, or how to get the best car deal from someone inside the business, or offroading advice, physical training advice for sheep hunts, etc. Best practices from the best. Much like Rookhawk on stock finishes recently--just sharing how to a achieve a...
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    Any fun advice for a visit to Austria?

    Spur of the moment, but the wife and I will be a week each in Radstadt and Bad Gastein May 23-June 6th. Any of our members have recommendations for the area at that time? Radstadt resort description listed "hunting within 50 kilometers."
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    Well this is rapidly degenerating, as many of my efforts seem to do... What I was expecting was not just WHAT you are good at, but WHY and what we can learn to up our game from your experience and inside tips.
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    You got that right! Man, I wish I could have you mount something for me.
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    Hartmann & Weiss 375 H&H Double Rifle For Sale

    Don't throw rocks at me, but I like everything except the wood finish...
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    Where are you located! What advice would you give on car purchase--any inside tricks to avoid overpaying?
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    I USED to....
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    How long before digital camera type scopes and binos overtake opticals ?

    Rifle scopes are small potatoes in the money making scheme of things--Zeiss threatened to cut back, Nikon already DID cut it out of their portfolio. Otherwise the technology would already be investigated. My SIL has to have the latest phone--he showed me a Samsung (I think) with resolution so...
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    You know something that others do not. We want to hear about it.
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    on a lighter note...

    Standard operation for Hollywood. Make us love/identify with the villain, while cops wreck, get shot, get left hung out as faceless, person less entities. Nobody even roots for the scum to get taken down.
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    AfricaHunting Repository of Skills

    We at AH are blessed to include in our fraternity persons with exceptional skills. With their advice, we have the opportunity to raise our level of their skill sets. If they will consent to hold forth on the finer points! For example, Tanks has shot a little over a million rounds, much of it in...
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    Politics

    The companies that had investment stolen by Venezuela deserve to have their money reimbursed. Make communist life choices be hard.
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    Show Us Your Hunting Knife

    Is anyone a fan of hollow ground blades?
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    Life’s too short to hunt an ugly rifle

    How long is the barrel on the one with laminated stock?
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    Stop in for Supper, friend

    Now just substitute cat squirrel boiled off the bone and it's stock, a stick of butter and pepper!
 
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