Good morning from Bloemfontein, South Africa

Welcome to AH! I bet you have a couple of good stories to tell !
 
:S Welcome:

Hunted my Reedbuck in the Free State
 
Currently I'm a Free State cattle rancher, with a love for fine guns and up-close hunting.

I worked as a PH in the 1990's and early 2000's, but then exciting opportunities swept me away to mainly work in countries with "under-developed tourist industries" e.g. Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Sudan etc.

In addition to ranching, I own Penetration and Research Services, a business intelligence consultancy.

Good day to all.

Welkom oom Riaan!
 
Thanks for the kind words from all.

Doubleplay, let me know when you head back to Bloemfontein. I'd like to take you to a number of Boer War sites.
Thanks for the kind offer.
I will.
 
Welcome to AH Riaan404. Look forward to seeing some posts from you with Boer War site pics!
 
Welcome aboard.
 
Welcome to AH!
 

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Grz63 wrote on roklok's profile.
Hi Roklok
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
Thank you / merci
Philippe
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
Chopped up the whole thing as I kept hitting the 240 character limit...
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.:)
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR MY RIFLE, ALWAYS APPROACH A NEW LOAD CAUTIOUSLY!!*
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
I know that this thread is more than a year old but as a new member I thought I would pass along my .280AI loading.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
 
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