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Pay a bit more and get the Sako in 308 with a metal magazine. I have three in 338wm, 7mm RM and 7mm/08. The two smaller rifles are 1/2moa most of the time and the 338 is about 1moa with the best ammo and all of them have nice metal mags. That is one answer. Or you can by a new Tikka every...

You said: Taking 3 rifles…. .300 WSM .375 H&H .450/.400 Work with your PH to acquire a box each of 375HH and 450/400 to have on hand for you prior to your arrival. If possible do the same with the 300 WSM. It is less common than the other two for Africa. Even when hunting DG I never fired...

I think they have a herd of those down in Texas near El Paso, lol

Recently, I read two reports that claimed that over population of Siberian Tigers in Russia is forcing some tigers to migrate into Alaska. Mostly young bachelor males roaming in search of food and mates. If you ask US Fish and Wildlife, they will claim that the Tiger does not exist in the USA...

I always interpreted the "Horn of the Hunter" being that hunters horn that was blown by the jagermeister to call the hounds chasing the boar or stag on a driven hunt or by the English fox hunters on horseback, again calling the hounds and thus signaling to all the hunters their location. If...

I have seen this with the Barnes TSX on Wildebeest. The first shot at 160y expanded to 1.9x and penetrated almost 36" on a frontal shot. The last shot was at 10y to the chest and expanded to 2.2x but only penetrated about 24". It is sort of self adjusting up to a point to insure adequate...

I have not yet shot an Eland but have it on my hit list. I do have a nice 7mm RM but to date have only used it to take a whitetail deer a couple of years ago. That was with a 150g Fed Fusion bonded bullet and it hammered the deer at 125y. I am considering using this rifle in the fall to hunt...

Not all of the Belgian Browning Hi-Power rifles of the 60's had salt contaminated wood. The only safe way to be sure is to inspect the rifle closely. Look for rust around the cross bolts and the trigger guard and pull the action and inspect the underside of the action and bbl using proper...

To the OP - I have been in your shoes, albeit with the 375HH. Using factory loads, my ER Shaw custom P14 gets a muzzle velocity of 2587fps from the 300g TSX Barnes load. And it has an impressive single digit SD from this ammo which is a bonus for precision shooting. I like to limit my hunting...

Working on plans to add in a TX Aoudad hunt in West Texas in December to wrap up the year.

That Bongo is very nice and I would love to hear the story about the sighting of the Silver Back Ape. Sounds like a memorable safari for sure.

223 308 375HH 45acp because there are times when you do not have a rifle in your hands and things go pear shaped. Since I do not live in OZ, I will also add: 22lr 30-06 7mm RM 338wm

Again, great hunt report. If one hunts long enough, sooner or later we find ourselves in a similar situation as you did with the Red HB. It is a BAD feeling. I know. A couple years ago, I had been tracking Gemsbok for three days without ever seeing one for more than a few seconds. Then on...

Well done Sir! Sounds like you had a grand time on Safari in Namibia. I love the terrain in Limpopo but am currently looking to book a Safari in North Eastern Namibia near the Etosha National Game Reserve for mainly some specific PG. The terrain where you hunted looks very flat. A lot like...

I met Don Jr at Shot Show in Vegas last year. He is an avid hunter and shooting sports enthusiast. But, I do not know how to contact him. I could invite my grand daughter. She is a RN in her mid 20's and a very experienced deer hunter and outdoors woman.

Great Choices - you are ready for Limpopo

I finally got a chance to post picks of the 2nd Safari pair Enfield P14 Custom 375HH w/Barnes 300g TSX Carbon Titanium CT Edge in 7mm/08 w/Barnes 140g TSX & Hornady 139g CX ammo

Interested - I would like to hunt a Pronghorn if available and some hogs for sure. Birds sounds great as well. February is a good time of year that does not conflict with traditional fall hunts (Deer/Moose/Elk) and African Safaris in the Spring/Summer months. Be sure to look at the dates for...

This week am reading "The Snowman of Zanzibar" by G D Wallis. He has a series of novels that all feature the same leading character and are all set in parts of Africa. This is my 3rd read of his books and have found them to be entertaining and written in such accurate terms that the reader is...

Ordered a copy today and am looking forward to reading it.

That book is one of my all time favorite books. A must read for any young (or old) man.

As a rule guns & ammo appreciate at a rate faster than Gold. It is true they are harder to monetize but are never worth zero. Honestly, I wish that somebody told me as a young man to go out and buy one gun per month as an investment. Some of the guns that I purchased for $500 a few years back...

Yeah, the arrival destination countries rules apply. My Delta agents in my local airport always seem to know this and do not try to have me put the ammo in the gun case. RSA requires that the ammo be in a locked case separate from the firearms locked case. It can be then placed in your...

The first round placement is likely the most important variable but only assuming the hunter has already chosen an adequate cartridge/rifle combo. Bullet construction does matter but is much less of an issue as long as the shot is very well place. It becomes more important if the angle is less...

Pretty sure that for international to Joburg you will need the ammo in a separate locked container which can then be placed in your checked luggage or checked as a separate bag but not inside the gun case. For domestic flights the rules are different and ammo can be in the gun case.

Welcome 11B. I have hunted Texas for exotics too and it can be sort of like Africa but hotter, more humid and much flatter at least where I was. Africa is way better. Your life will never be the same but it is a wonderful addiction. Africa is magical. Ask any question here. The AH forum is...

Deer are not Elk but for sake of argument, please allow me to add some anecdotal evidence to the discussion. I used to hunt deer with a 44 Mag rifle and every single deer I shot dropped dead in its tracks. Bang/flop/done. I used 200g HP expanding ammo. One year, I used harder, slower 240g SP...

In one case a 150g Nosler BT from a 270 was used to shoot a buck from a frontal position slight quartering to the right. The failure was mostly due to a poorly placed shot and poor bullet choice but it skimmed over the shoulder joint and then fragmented in the muscle tissue above the ribs. It...

Using this logic, we should use the 22 CM to hunt Cape Buffalo, right? Can I watch from a safe distance? Should be entertaining. Too many variables to settle such an argument using only data and logic after all. A little fast, frangible bullet makes an impressive cavity in gel. But, that is...

I started deer hunting with my Dad's Winchester 94 in 30-30 but killed my 1st deer using his Rem 742 semi-auto in 30-06. The year after that, I began using my FAL in 308 (7.62mm) and that was my go to for about 8yrs. But that pig was heavy and not very politically correct (not that I cared)...

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When I show up at our local ELR range I see that about 90% of the shooters are using the 6.5CM or the 6CM. It is a great little accurate round. They get really good at smacking steel at 700, 800 and longer ranges. But, that is also why I started this thread. A young hunter/marksman was...

We are now getting close to 2600fps from the 300g TSX loads in my rifle. That is with a 26" bbl. They still do not pass thru a buffalo on broadside shots. Those sob's are tough. I have no experience with the 35W but on paper it looks as good as the 9.3x62. I do have experience with the...

Since a healthy Kudu can leap over a 12ft high game fence, all Kudu hunting is technically free range. They cannot be contained by most typical high game fences for that reason. Kudu go where they want to go. All the fenced game reserves provide is mostly unspoiled natural habitat for Kudu...

Truly, I thought the young elk expert in the video to be mostly full of $#!t. I laughed out loud while watching his video. But it reminded me of the general pussification of the younger American male and what seems to be the popularity of shooting game animals with tiny, fast bullets and...

Peacemaker National Range is near you. It is in the Eastern Panhandle of WV but is on a few miles from Winchester, VA. Great facilities and there is a ton of public hunting lands in WV.

Shout out to our Creemore fans. QUESTION: Is a 6.5CM or a 22CM the ideal Elk hunting rifle? Do you use one to hunt big game? If so, which game animals. How has it performed for you? Before you excoriate me for being a Creedmore fanboy, let me explain. I have never used a 22 or 6mm rifle...

I have to agree with your comments. A calm, animal that is unaware of the hunter's presence is less likely to run, charge or require multiple shots. Also, I have been told that a deer which has been spooked will taste more gamey due to the adrenaline in its body at time of death. I cannot...

I can give you an idea. I have a Sako 85 in 338wm with 24" bbl. It shoots the Barnes 225g TSX with MV of 2925fps. A later lot chrono'ed a bit slower. My son has a 338wm custom Mauser with a 22" bbl and it is about 50fps slower with the Barnes ammo and ran 2750fps using the Nosler AB factory...

The last Elk was documented killed in WV in 1875. Elk were also hunted to extinction in KY and most all Eastern and Midwestern states soon after settlers arrived. No matter that they hunted with muzzle loaders or early black powder cartridge rifles with iron sights. Why? Mainly two reasons...

LOL - My PH in South Africa played Rugby for the Springboks national team for a few years. He is not a sissy boy. But, then not all of us Western hemisphere lads are sissies either. When I was 12yrs old, I was hunting on my own, with a single shot very light weight (<6lb) 12ga shotgun using...

Well done Sir! Africa is magical and that Kudu is a stud. What did he measure? I am guessing 56"+? Also, please tell us about your rifle and the ammo that you used and how it performed for you. Of all of my African hunts, the Kudu was probably the hardest. We saw a big bull on the first...

I always wanted a 416 Rigby but ended up with a 375HH because that was what I could find at the time. Now, I have two of them. Both are nice and have never let me down. FN Browning with Swarovski Z6i 1-6x optic. Used to take Whitetail buck in WV and Blue WB in Limpopo on my 1st Safari...

375 is adequate for Cape Buffalo, barely. I shot a Wildebeest from 160y with a 375 a few years ago. It was a frontal shot and the 300g TSX penetrated over 3ft. A 2nd shot passed thru the beast and a final finisher lodged under the hide on the opposite side. The 1st shot was fatal but WB are...

For me, the hardest part of the 1st Safari was choosing an outfitter/PH. There are many good ones and a few bad ones and as a Noob it is darn near impossible to know which is which and how to make a choice. The different regions in Africa also are a total unknown to a newby and makes deciding...

Congrats on finally receiving your trophies from the hunt. Stunning work by the Taxidermist. Thanks for the thumbs up for Coppersmith as well. That gave me confidence in them as I had somewhat randomly chosen them to handle my crate of mounts from a PG hunt in 2024 that just arrived in...

Will preface this with, I am an old nationally ranked bench rest shooting competitor and learned over time a number of tricks of the trade to maintain high precision in a rifle bbl. While far less critical when applied to a hunting rifle, once you are bitten by the accuracy bug, it spreads to...

Compared to say a guided Colorado Bull Elk hunt a RSA guided PG hunt for say six of the common game animals is a bargain but it is not cheap and it is getting more expensive. We did a Texas Nilgai hunt this past winter. This was a guided hunt for a bull Nilgai with room and board included...

LOL - I would expect this to be the case from the father of Bigger is Better - shoot a 35cal, am I right?

To each his own and you are intitled to your opinion as much as any but, I will respectfully disagree with you. Until you try the Rhodesian carry, you cannot imagine how effective it can be. True, you could slip and jam a muzzle into the dirt but, I have never heard of anyone doing that...