Recent content by Ole Bally

Hello Johan. I have a photo of this same day. It was amongst photographs we found with Richard Kleyhans here in Zim. Apparently his uncle and my grandfather were mates and hunted together....nothing more was known about its origins...perhaps your grandfather and them were all mates?!! It would...

That's not quite correct. The land that is now going to public / private partnerships is land like Hartley A and B ... Now defunct areas that have been poached out and that NP have not derived an income from in 20 years or more. Something has to be done with the land before it becomes just...

Whilst I respect your opinion, each to his own. I was on a long range shooting page which included long range hunting. For me personally, long range hunting is shots out to 200m for plains game...out on the plains! But to others it's out to 700 plus. Not my cup of tea...but theirs. The thing...

There's a tiny 47 on the side of the action

There's a tiny 47 on the side of the action

Thank you for that!! Have you any more data for me? Twist rate 1:8?

OK so it is a zg47. There's a tiny 47 on the side of the action We're going to load 140gr berger or Hornady elx's ... what powder and what amount to load from your own data?

I've just acquired a 6.5 x 57 by CZ. BRNO The gun made just prior to 1957. You seem to know a bit about them! Please share with me as info is fairly scarce! An idea of what the barrel twist is? 1:11? Thanks

Kevin... please come down to Cleveland pistol club ( Harare shooting sport complex) and talk to us on a Saturday afternoon... there's a couple of hundred years of collective experience to tap into there.

99 % use Bolt guns...mostly because it's what they can afford. Doubles take a lot of getting used to in terms of fast reloading and they're mostly very heavy calibres. Doubles hold a significant advantage in a DG charge situation but the bolt gun is better for nearly everything else - imho!

heck! With heiroglyphics on the rear sight ramp... I suppose the Pharaohs were as attractive a market as the Maharajahs! Awesome! That thing would have some stories! A mate of mine has 2 still in 318!

PH I know killed both his trackers with one round from his double doing just that... The African carry as it's sometimes called was meant for trackers to carry the loaded muzzle loaders of the old hunters like Selous. As they approached their quarry, the hunter would step up behind the tracker...

what are you willing to spend? There's very few low end models around but a couple of better quality ones available from time to time!

You guys are just spoiled!;) We ate em as kids. Along with Flying ants (termites), Butter bums, Quelia and lots of things we could find in the bush to trap or collect. Dry Maize roasted on a shovel. Wild mushrooms (Makowa) All sorts! The mindset worked well for me in the mid to late 70's!