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Howdy neighbor, can't get much closer than Midlothian and Waxahachie. Welcome to the forum. We're always up for good stories, especially about Africa, and it sounds like you have a few.
 
Welcome to the dark side, congrats on booking your Leopard hunt, good luck.
 
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Welcome aboard Mark. We have several members with "work" histories similar to yours. What kind and caliber rifles do you own, do you reload?
Thanks Shootist43 for the welcome! I figured I would run into a few people that have/still work the west coast countries of Africa on here. As far as caliber of guns I have a decent collection that spans the usual caliber gauntlet from .22 to .458 Win Mag. This next trip I will be using a couple rifles that I’ve bought recently. One is a Christianson Arms Ridgeline .300 Win Mag with a Burris Eliminator III and the other is an InterArms Whitworth (Manchester UK built) .458 Win Mag that was found in an estate sale in practically brand new shape that will have a Trijicon Accupoint scope mounted on it once I get home. I do have one hunt coming up that is really based around the gun itself….Bison - Pedersoli 1874 Sharps Rolling Block 45/70. That will be fun for me and then she can retire. As far as reloading, I personally don’t but I have a couple buddies obsessed with it.
 
Howdy neighbor, can't get much closer than Midlothian and Waxahachie. Welcome to the forum. We're always up for good stories, especially about Africa, and it sounds like you have a few.
Thanks neighbor! We’ve probably been in Academy staring at the same bare ammo shelves together! LOL…I’ve actually got quite a few stories from all those years working those countries. I’ll be happy to share a few on here that range from being held hostage in Ghana to having a large python slither past you on the deck of an offshore drilling rig! There’s no place like Africa…
 
Morning Mark, I for one am up to "hearing" some of the stories you mentioned. You can even include some of your previous hunts. :giggle::giggle:

I have an InterArms in 308 Norma Mag that acquits itself well. Where are you going to hunt your Bison?
 
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Morning Mark, I for one am up to "hearing" some of the stories you mentioned. You can even include some of your previous hunts. :giggle::giggle:

I have an InterArms in 308 Norma Mag that acquits itself well. Where are you going to hunt your Bison?
A high fence ranch in Texas. A friend of mine is splitting the cost of the hunt so he can have most all of the meat in order to have it processed and donate it to an elderly couple he knows. I get the head, hide and hunt experience with a cool gun and another species on the list.
 
Hello Mark,

Khomas Highland Hunting Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.

Best Regards,
Paul.
(Velo Dog)
 
Welcome to AH and the posting side! This forum has a wealth of information. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you.
 
Welcome to AH and we look forward to your participation!
 
welcome welcome welcome
 
Welcome to AH @Mark Henderson ! Looking forward to hearing your stories and perhaps a picture or two of that Pedersoli ;)
 
Mark, welcome to AH! Now you know our expectations are a safari report! Best of luck pursuing the Big 5/Dangerous 7. I’m envious!
 

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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!
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Hello. If you haven't already sold this rifle then I will purchase. Please advise. Thank you.
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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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