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    Blaser Rifles

    Hi Guys I don’t own Blaser R8’s, but a good friend of mine does. He has the Professional Success in .300 Win Mag and the Professional in .243 Win and 7x64. Being uninformed and a traditionalist at heart,I used to dislike Blaser with a passion! That has all changed now. They shoot like target...
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    Howzit from SA!

    Another warm welcome to AH from the RSA Ashley!!! You’re just gonna love this forum! Lots of very knowledgeable, helpful people here...
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    Top three African calibers

    I am glad to see the 7x57/.275 Rigby mentioned. Yes, I am a bit biased... I think quite a few PH’s here recommend the .300 Win Mag (I guess the .300WSM would be included), as a single rifle choice for plains game. But this is not what the OP put forward. I agree; .30-06 .375 H&H One of the...
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    Peregrine or TTSX - Lightweight 30-06

    Hello Edge The Peregrine VRG3 165 grain bullet is deadly in the 30-06! I used them last year and gave them to a PH friend of mine. The performance was brilliant in every animal from duiker to eland at ranges between 65 to 230 meters. Muzzle velocity was 2780 FPS. I hunted an ostrich at a...
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    Hello IvW Are you still using Rhino bullets? I live in Johannesburg and also own a 7x57. I went...

    Hello IvW Are you still using Rhino bullets? I live in Johannesburg and also own a 7x57. I went on a zebra hunt last year, my first and tried using a certain locally manufactured monolithic hollowpoint.I took a shot at about 40 meters and the bullet only penetrated 22 cm!!! I would like to...
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    Hi there HoggerNaut! Welcome to AH!! You will find the guys here are a great bunch. I was also...

    Hi there HoggerNaut! Welcome to AH!! You will find the guys here are a great bunch. I was also born in the Eastern Cape, the hunting bug bit me there while at boarding school. I had a great mentor down there as well. Now I live in the big SA 'smoke'... I love your 'African' battery...you shall...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    Hello All Thanks for all of your input! I went on my Tuli Hunt. Managed to get my zebra after two and a half days of tracking. This to me is what hunting is all about!!! I had no issues with the rifle/load at all, but my trusty Leupold VX2 3-9x40 gave up at the worst possible moment! We ended...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    I like the Woodleighs, great bullets for the 7x57...in the 160 and 175 grain form!!
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    IvW has just made me question something else about this caliber... When a 7x57 is 'barreled' i.e. barrel measurements to European specs. Is it bad to shoot .284" or smaller bullets through a .285" barrel? Does the barrel get damaged by 'hot, high pressure gases getting past between the bullet...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    I agree! I have never yet had an animal I hunted complain that the bullet was travelling too slow. But I have seen a bullet that would have complained if it could, that it was travelling too fast! The common comeback here is 'at what stage of the animals death did it fail?' I want to trust...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    Hey guys. Thank you for your comments. A question. Is the M98 Mauser action regarded as a strong action? My rifle is built on a DWM action made sometime between 1935 and 1942.
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    I am really looking forward to taking my 'new' 7x57 out for some clean, fresh air on my friends very large game ranch on the Limpopo River/ Tuli area. A great area for this classic African caliber. I intend to hunt kudu, zebra, warthog as well as a few others... I feel the Nosler AB 160 grain...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    I am really looking forward to taking my 'new' 7x57 out for some clean, fresh air on my friends very large game ranch on the Limpopo River/ Tuli area. A great area for this classic African caliber. I intend to hunt kudu, zebra, warthog as well as a few others... I feel the Nosler AB 160 grain...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    Thanks! We reloaders are certainly spoilt for choice! What I am looking for is a case that is above 85% full (I believe this usually helps with ballistic consistency and accuracy). The other bonus with the H4831 (SC) is its insensitivity to temperature. I do not want a 'summer ' and 'winter'...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    Hello guys, thanks for your replies! Appreciated! There always seem to be firm favorites with regards to propellants for specific calibers. I find my 7x57 has worked really well with a powder we have here in SA called S 365, which is very similar to IMR 4350. Our powders are sensitive to...
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    The 7x57 Revisited...

    Hello All A question to all of you who have access to a wide variety of reloading propellants... Can the 7x57 be loaded with H4831SC? I use the heavier bullets such as the Nosler 160 gr AccuBond. I live in South Africa and this is one of the US propellants I have access to. I know that...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    Thanks for the comments guys! I appreciate it a lot. Pheroze. I have hunted with the GS bullets for about three years now, and have taken Impala, blue and a black wildebeest, springbuck, fallow deer, blesbuck and an eland with them. All have been one shot kills and the shooting distances have...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    Hello Everyone! Well, I have successfully hunted my eland! I took him cleanly with my 30-06, but ended up using my established load (150 grain GS Custom HV Bullet), as I could not work up my loads in time. Work has been hectic! I needn't have worried. I took the shot at 112 meters, and he...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    Hunt Hard, is'nt that what one of the attributes of an ethical hunter is? The minute man divided up the land, put up fences and introduced his domestic stock and started ranching, the wild life needed to managed. Sometimes we as humans have done a crap job of it and others we have had amazing...
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    Winchester Mode 70 Pre 64 300 H&H

    I wish I lived closer to you!! What a great rifle and cartridge! A true African Classic!!! I hope it finds a new owner that will cherish it. This is the kind of rifle you keep and hand down to your son (or daughter), as they become ethical hunters... My eyes are getting all misty now.
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    Hello! Also Kind of new here...

    Yes we have, Hunt Hard...Thanks for the welcome and your comments!
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    HuntHard. I hope I never do see and eland like that.
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    That is really sad!! I may hunt animals, but I am very certain none of us here on AH like to see ANY animal suffer.. Velo Dog, your last comment could be the start of a whole new thread regarding the 'Green People' a.k.a Anti Hunters and what they think conservation is all about! I have never...
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    Bullet Safaris...happy to finally be on AH!

    Hi Nathan. Welcome to AH! We 'spoke' a few years back... (by e-mail). All of the best to you and your hunting operation!!
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    Hello! Also Kind of new here...

    Alright! I need to fess up! I joined AfricaHunting last year but never introduced myself... I hang my head in shame! Hello all of you, I just have to say this is the most awesome hunting forum around...lots of great advice here! I have already posted on the forum and got some great input. Oh...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    This is another photo of one of the many eland herds on this property, I took this last year when hunting my Fallow Deer. I am going through those photos now...really exited about this hunt!!!
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    I would prefer to use a heavier gun, should never have sold that .375!!! I am confident that my rifle/bullet combination will do the job, IF I DO MINE. I wanted everyone else's opinions on my choice of bullet/s, as you guys have loads more hunting experience than I do and I value your opinions...
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    Giraffe

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    Eland with a .30-06?

    That I will definitely do!!
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    Deer

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    Blue Wildebeest

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    Eland with a .30-06?

    Aleksandar, That photo was taken last year (2014), I hunt on this property at least twice a year. There is a fairly large eland population here. Guys, I really like the photos of your eland trophies! I am well aware that a larger caliber would be better suited to eland than my .30-06...the...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    This is where I will be hunting that eland...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    Thanks all! I guess I need to make up my mind and stick with the decision, can't be changing my mind too much now. I have always been in the slow, heavy camp and thought the stronger, lighter bullet would be the best of both worlds... I will be sure to post my photos...I just need a teenager to...
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    Eland with a .30-06?

    Hello all! A lifetime dream is about to come true for me (in about 3 weeks time)! I have always wanted to hunt an eland...I even bought a .375 for this and then sold it about a year ago as I thought I would never get to hunt one. Well, now the time has come and my heaviest rifle is a .30-06. I...
 
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