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  1. postoak

    Loading "Factory" Ammo

    Okay, then you have good answers. Full length size your cases, or use new brass. Match brand on cases, primers, and bullets. Keep cartridge length the same. Chrono the factory loads and match that. Pressure may not be exactly the same but should be close. Assuming your rifle's chamber isn't...
  2. postoak

    Another newbie from Texas

    Welcome aboard, fellow Texan!
  3. postoak

    Best South Africa Outfitter for Rhino Hunting?

    I would certainly see what Dave Freeburn can offer you. He's a sponsor here.
  4. postoak

    Old but New from Texas

    Welcome. What town are you nearest to?
  5. postoak

    Loading "Factory" Ammo

    OP, you lost me. Did you have a question?
  6. postoak

    Rhino Mount Options

    Rhino horn has no value in the U.S., right? I mean, you can't sell it. Or can you?
  7. postoak

    Rhino Mount Options

    My taxidermist hit me with a question I wasn't expecting. Do I want the skull and horns as a unit plus the actual shoulder mount with replica horns, or do I want the horns removed from the skull and used in the shoulder mount. I honestly never thought about any of this. Anybody have any ideas...
  8. postoak

    RSA Elephant Hunting Quota - Court Grants Interim Suspension

    Thanks Marius. So this injunction was only for 2022? A new injunction would have to be filed for 2023?
  9. postoak

    RSA Elephant Hunting Quota - Court Grants Interim Suspension

    Does anyone have any information on the status of this ban?
  10. postoak

    ARGENTINA......Mexican hunter killed by a Asian Buffalo during a hunt

    As others have pointed out, that video is not of this event and i wouldn't trust anything else stated in the article. We don't even know if there was video of this Argentina hunt. To see the 2019 video go to YouTube and search "South Africa Wounded Buffalo Attacks Hunters".
  11. postoak

    ARGENTINA......Mexican hunter killed by a Asian Buffalo during a hunt

    Many questions: Is an Asian Buffalo the same thing as a water buffalo? What is the buffalo in the photo above? Pop, are you sure that it is a Cape Buffalo in that video? Why are people bringing up MG Hunting? The head line says he was using a .408 rifle and the guide was using a .458. How...
  12. postoak

    ARGENTINA......Mexican hunter killed by a Asian Buffalo during a hunt

    You can see the video of the charge and him being killed at the link below. Not particularly gruesome for a hunter, but if you know him personally you may not want to watch. The Daily Mail
  13. postoak

    Hunting Common Reedbuck

    Congratulations! Where did you get it?
  14. postoak

    SOUTH AFRICA: 2022 Hunt With Umlilo Safaris

    Yep, that's them. Thanks.
  15. postoak

    Explain To Me Cape Buffalo Horns

    That thing is a freak!
  16. postoak

    Ruger #1 .500 Nitro 3" On Gunbroker

    That rifle sold for $3000.
  17. postoak

    Loads for .458 Winchester Magnum

    Here's a reason to buy the .458 Win Mag over the .458 Lott. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/940452062 $900 vs multiple thousands of dollars for a Lott.
  18. postoak

    Loads for .458 Winchester Magnum

    Hunter-Habib - I found this quote from a Shooting Times article:
  19. postoak

    Loads for .458 Winchester Magnum

    But why send a 500 gr. bullet down range at 2087 fps when you can do it at 2192 fps with the load I quoted? Why use a 480 grain bullet when you can use a 500 grain bullet with an SD of .341? Please don't mention recoil. 1) There's nothing you can shoot in the .458 Win Mag that will have as much...
  20. postoak

    Judging Kudu

    Actually, I got my answer straight from the horse's mouth (Jerome). He meant some horns end with straight points and others are still curving.
  21. postoak

    Loads for .458 Winchester Magnum

    Well, IvW, some people already have rifles in this caliber. Maybe they inherited it and it has sentimental value. Or maybe somebody got a deal because the previous owner wanted a Lott or something. Some people like taking the under dog and making it a winner. From reading threads, I have seen...
  22. postoak

    Ruger #1 .500 Nitro 3" On Gunbroker

    This just popped up on Gunbroker. I thought someone here might be interested. https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/938985915
  23. postoak

    Namibia Special Hunt Offer 2022 With KHOMAS HIGHLAND HUNTING SAFARIS

    I guess Tanks defines self-sustaining as meaning "with no aid from man", so under his definition providing water means not self-sustaining. But most outfitters mean, I think, supplemental animals aren't shipped in to keep herd numbers up.
  24. postoak

    .416 Ruger, 416 Remington & .458 Lott Brass

    Thanks, I snagged some .416 Rem.
  25. postoak

    Trip report AA-Qatar-Airlink

    Philip, what Delta flight did you take - the non-stop one? Does that exist anymore or did they change it to where you have to stop in Capetown?
  26. postoak

    Body Shots On Elephant (Does Caliber Really Matter?)

    John Taylor discusses a near miss of a brain shot at length and, in fact, developed his Taylor's Knock Out Formula specifically to quantize different cartridges. Basically, a near miss by a larger caliber won't result in an elephant running off immediately. It is stunned and fall downs and out...
  27. postoak

    Judging Kudu

    What does it mean for a kudu bull's horns "to come to a point" since they all have points unless broken off.
  28. postoak

    Body Shots On Elephant (Does Caliber Really Matter?)

    I look at it a little differently. It's not the total momentum that counts, it's the momentum per unit area. A longer bullet, of any diameter, driven at the same speed as a shorter one will always penetrate more, given bullets that don't deform. For "length" you can substitute sectional...
  29. postoak

    Trip report AA-Qatar-Airlink

    Houston Iah to JNB is 32H10M vs Dallas DFW to JNB is about 25H, IIRC. That extra time is spent at Doha, an 8 hour layover from IAH vs either a 2 1/2 hour or 4 hour coming from DFW. (Both these layovers I'm talking about are going; the layovers coming back are both pretty brief). One thing I...
  30. postoak

    Airline Question

    In addition to price, I always consider the travel time and that can vary by what U.S. city you are leaving from. For example Qatar to JNB from Dallas DFW is considerable less time than Qatar to JNB from Houston IAH.
  31. postoak

    Airline Question

    Is there a reason you didn't include Lufthansa and United? Personally, I wouldn't fly any airline that has a European hub city in a country that requires paperwork for a firearm when it isn't even leaving the plane. I'm not sure what those are but KLM, at least, used to be one.
  32. postoak

    First Safari advice needed!

    Go to the local CBP office with the rifles you are taking and get a signed 4457 form. Contact Rifle Permits or similar. They should send you a sample SAPS 520 form which is invaluable as a guide. The form is 10 pages but most fields you don't enter anything. Scan the completed form and email...
  33. postoak

    Body Shots On Elephant (Does Caliber Really Matter?)

    I was just responding to the post that said penetration was important on brain shots. Lots of calibers have the penetration ability for that.
  34. postoak

    Loads for .458 Winchester Magnum

    I just noticed that the shootersreference website shows quite a few loads that do this: 500 grain Hornady JRN listed at 2163 fps using 75.5 grains H335 500 grain Hornady JRN listed at 2161 fps using 74 grains H4895 500 grain Hornady JRN listed at 2152 fps using 74 grains Varget 500 grain...
  35. postoak

    Body Shots On Elephant (Does Caliber Really Matter?)

    Didn't Bell show that solids from a 6.5 x 54 mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer was enough to cleanly kill elephants with brain shots? Of course he hit what he aimed at.
  36. postoak

    Body Shots On Elephant (Does Caliber Really Matter?)

    Wouldn't what the OP (I believe) suggested be just backward? For brain shots bullet diameter should be less important than for heart shots? On a body shot, since solids will be used, the larger the diameter of the bullet the better, it seems to me.
  37. postoak

    SOUTH AFRICA: 2022 Hunt With Umlilo Safaris

    Yeah, my report sounds like I just went from shooting one animal after another but if I had included all the personal interest stuff the report would have been super long so I stuck to the stuff that's of main interest to me in other reports, the animals taken, shot location, rifle cartridge...
  38. postoak

    Trip report AA-Qatar-Airlink

    The business class lounge in Doha is about as good as it gets. I've said before I think it is about the size of the entire international terminal in Houston. But it's an 8 hour layover going and that's the most tiring part of the trip. Philip, who took that photo of you and your wife in your...
  39. postoak

    Trip report AA-Qatar-Airlink

    If you are less than 5'10" or so you are lucky and can sit in regular economy. If you're 6'1" or above you definitely want to snag a bulkhead or exit row seat because of all the extra legroom. The last time I flew with Lufthansa they charged $75 extra for these seats on each leg, so $300 for...
  40. postoak

    SOUTH AFRICA: Back To KMG Hunting Safaris

    Great trip! That Ethiopian Airlines experience would put me off going with them, though.
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