Recent content by 318AE

I don’t think black wildebeest are indigenous to Namibia. I think they are a Karoo species. Namibia is a great choice for a first safari. If you choose that, I recommend you stay with the native species endemic to that area - gemsbok, kudu, springbok, warthog, Hartman’s mountain zebra are all...

Try a different set of full length resizing dies and make sure your a sizing all the way down.

I’m not too excited by a 45/70 double, but it depends on which 45/70 load its regulated. 45/70 really runs the gamut from some from some pretty anemic black powder type loads, to some more interesting modern loads. 450/400 would be much, much more popular; but I get it, you’re running a...

no PH has ever been disappointed with a client that shows up to camp with a pre 64 70 in 375…..

4x scope can be a lot for buffalo or elephant

I was fortunate enough to hunt gemsbok in the red dunes of the Namib-Nauklauft, near Sossusvlei, on my first safari over 25 years ago. I didn’t appreciate how special that hunt was at the time. It remains the only gemsbok I’ve taken. Mountain zebra in the Hartman’s remains a memorable hunt as...

I hope I never tire of hunting bushbuck. I’ve still hunted Masai bushbuck in the misty mountains of Tanzania, stalked riverine thickets for Limpopo bushbuck, and have even hunted them with my treasured 318 WR drop lock double. They are sneaky and sly. They can be aggressive. On the old...

I’ve hunted four different GMAs in Masailand, including both sides of Lake Natron. When I head back next month, I’m going to Adam’s area on the east side of Natron…. It’s perhaps my favorite area in Africa.

Some outfitters allow you to “license up” and some do not. You can always talk to them about it of course. There is generally much less quota for the species on the longer license, and the outfitter runs the risks of not having quota for the hunters that season that are staying longer, if...

Tanzania just works a lot different than the RSA or Namibia. Generally higher daily rates, lower trophy fees in many instances and limitations by license duration. On a short license, you can get Grants and Thomsons gazelle, East African Impala, and buffalo, but not gerenuk, lesser kudu...

That’s a great rifle. 7x57 is both one of the best rounds ever made for whitetail and classic African round. It’s clearly a take-apart. You can see the oversized front screw on the bottom metal, and the split in the tang behind the bolt

Shame on each and all of you. If these cartridges are dead then I have quite a few zombies. 450 NE is still factory loaded by Hornady, I believe. Hendershot’s shows 318 WR available, although it’s quite dear, and brass is pretty simple to resize from 30/06. Brass, dies and bullets are...

Nice rifle. These photos look like a high grade Daniel Fraser take down rifle. It would the great to see where it has Lancaster on the barrel etc. Sometimes these rifles traded and retailed within the trade, so anything is possible. It certainly looks like it came out of Fraser’s shop. It’s...

Welcome to AH! I have a Charles Lancaster 280 nitro express. The cartridge is also called a 280 Ross. It’s generally considered an obsolete cartridge. It’s a easy proposition for a reloader provided they can find the correct .287 bullets. Some pictures would be very helpful in determining...

In Texas we’d call that round “all hat and no cattle”.