Another newbie

Hello all. Bit of a recent lurker turned new member. Good info and camaraderie here it seems. Glad to be a part of it.
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Welcome aboard Wahoo. Please tell us a little more about yourself as a hunter. things like what have you hunted previously, what kind and caliber rifles you own, do you reload. Do you have any plans and or thoughts of hunting Africa? If so, what species and when?
Thanks Shootist. I’m a midwestern bow hunter, but also enjoy firearm hunting/shooting. Limited here to slugs so generally hunt with my .45 muzzleloader. Recently I’ve started elk hunting with my bow as well. Previously in New Mexico and heading to Montana this fall. I enjoy shooting in general and have amassed some odds and ends firearms from .22 up through .45-70 thus far. Currently in the market for quality .375 and if stars aligned a .470. I’m a world class putterer and tinkerer so I’m contemplating starting the process of learning about reloading but have zero experience as of yet.

Severely afflicted with the desire to hunt Cape buffalo in a true free range wilderness area with a double - just waiting on a winning lottery ticket.

Tentatively starting the process of planning a trip to Africa in 2023-24 lottery be damned. I certainly enjoy the information and experience amassed here. Great resource.
 
Wahoo, regardless of whether it is with a rifle or a bow, we'll do our best to whet your appetite for hunting a Buffalo in the next year or so. For first timers a planning / preparatory period of 18 to 24 months is pretty normal. Use the "Search" function on AH to get answers to any and or all of your questions. Throughout my life I've spent more time afield with my bow than a rifle. There is nothing stopping you from taking both to Africa.
 
Welcome to AH! It is a great site, glad to have you here.
 

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Currently doing a load development on a .404 Jeffrey... it's always surprising to load .423 caliber bullets into a .404 caliber rifle. But we love it when we get 400 Gr North Fork SS bullets to 2300 FPS, those should hammer down on buffalo. Next up are the Cutting Edge solids and then Raptors... load 200 rounds of ammo for the customer and on to the next gun!
To much to political shit, to little Africa :-)
Spending a few years hunting out west then back to Africa!
mebawana wrote on MB_GP42's profile.
Hello. If you haven't already sold this rifle then I will purchase. Please advise. Thank you.
jbirdwell wrote on uplander01's profile.
I doubt you are interested in any trades but I was getting ready to list a Sauer 404 3 barrel set in the 10-12 price range if your interested. It has the 404J, 30-06 and 6.5 Creedmoor barrel. Only the 30-06 had been shot and it has 7 rounds through it as I was working on breaking the barrel in. It also has both the synthetic thumbhole stock and somewhere between grade 3-5 non thumbhole stock

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