Recent content by 318AE

The very top of Gelai in the forest reserve remains good for bushbuck, but that’s about it. The northern slopes of Gelai in Adam’s area are pretty much bomas and goat pastures at this point. The area lower down remains very good for lesser kudu, and still has eland and gerenuk. Blake is a...

It’s a remake of the Rigby peep sight. The Rigby is a great sight. It perhaps increases the lock time, but I’ve never found that to be an issue. The Rigby is graduated along the circumference for range/distance. I’m not sure about this one. That needs to be done specific to caliber/rifle.

I went to the very up to date T-Rex exhibit at the Bullock State History museum in Texas yesterday. I was surprised to learn that a T-Rex actually weighed less than large African savannah elephant. They have never found one estimated to be over 28 years old. They believe that was their...

Looks like it has the 50 cals removed to save weight….

It’s incredible this “asking for a friend” post about paying for something you damaged has gone three pages. It looks like you got your answer, don’t like it, and now turn it around as “advice” back to the broader forum you asked.

As some others have said, if you want a practical solution, that is boringly good, with perhaps only one turbo, check out the Subaru wilderness models. Your fellow owners will include women that wear comfortable shoes, but they are really good cars.

I rent for convenience, not paying for undetermined damages in advance.

I’d wait to hunt a springbok until a trip further west. Much of the east cape is not their native range or primary habitat. As many others have said, look for a good pig.

A hippo is a pachyderm. I get the sense that most hippos are actually shot in the water, and for that a scoped double is ideal. In the case of a hippo on land, and 470 would be a great choice.

I traveled to Africa once with two rifles, both of which had only irons sights. I enjoy the challenge. I was 48 at the time. I was ridiculed by a few established forums members here for doing so, basically being called anachronistic. Every trip since, I’ve taken at least one rifle with iron...

I think the 450/400 3” is actually a remarkably good Buffalo caliber - perhaps the best for Buffalo. I wouldn’t venture into a 470 unless pachyderms were being seriously contemplated.

Well bought. That looks like a great rifle. It’s good to see the magazine “fingers”. The WR front sight is my favorite of all the British makers. There should be a little pop up “moon sight” under the flip over hood. I took one that is very similar to Kwazulunatal in 2018. I actually...

I’m glad you got a positive response from your fellow academy grad at Ruger. I wonder whether a customer calling in that didn’t attend the academy at about the same time would get the same response to their “spot report”.

In regulating double rifles, experimenting or direct experience goes further for me than reasoning. Similar to the post above, I’ve found that faster (lighter) bullets often shoot low, generally because the get out of the barrel earlier, before the recoil was pulled it up as much. You’ll find...

Similar to many others here, I prefer a compact binocular, in my case a 10x32 Swarovski, slung over one shoulder and carried about waist level on my weak side. Whether I’m on a DG hunt, plains game hunt, or just about any other day out and about in Africa I put them on when I’m leaving the...