Recent content by bakerb

Fiasco on the way to a Russian sheep hunt in 2018. Delayed and missed flights. Luggage lost at La Guardia. My rifle made it. Ammo and clothes did not. I had to buy 12 rounds of 300 RUM in Russia for $300. Wore the same Kuiu pants and shirt and underwear for 17 days. Did not even see a ram...

I hunted with Tholo in 2023. I dream of going back every day. Riaan was the main PH and Werner was second PH. Tholo runs a first class operation and went above and beyond for me. Can’t recommend highly enough. Someday I’ll return and hunt another elephant with them.

I’ve got a buddy that bought a FARM (just for hunting) without talking to his wife. He was at the auction and he thought it was going cheap, so he bought it. 10 years later and you STILL can’t bring it up in front of her I’ve been pretty tame. Took a “shortcut” down a dry waterfall while...

I enjoyed hunting Botswana although I didn’t hunt close to the Delta. My PH Riaan’s family were trekkers that settled there in the late 1800s using oxcarts. I have looked and looked for history books or stories about the settlement and early hunting. Can’t seem to find a whole lot. I do have...

You’ll never look back. I don’t know how I hunted 30 years without one. I’ve got one on a short barreled AR that I thermal hunt coyotes with. It’s so enjoyable to shoot that you’ll run out of ammo in no time.

Patrick Mahomes has to be in the conversation

Thanks for all the responses. It’s a neat piece for sure. I don’t intend to fire it. I value my hands too much :cool: But it is very cool.

I used the 18” length for the mirrors. You don’t want anything falling on someone’s head.

I would prefer a heavy screw in a stud. But these will work I would think. I used them for some very heavy mirrors in our master bathroom and the mirrors haven’t budged a bit...

Got this from an uncle today. Only word I can make out on the frame is “1876.” Not sure if that’s a year or a model. The grips have been worn very smooth. Trigger guard is filed off. Front sight and the spring pin for removing empties are both removed. My guess is someone carried it under a...

Beautiful rifle!

Congrats! Blesbok was my first as well!

4 trips over. Eastern cape of South Africa in June. No snakes Northwest province of South Africa in July. No snakes Botswana in July. No snakes. Botswana in April. Snakes freaking everywhere. New tent camp. They killed 4 puff adders in camp. I saw 3 puff adders, a banded cobra, a mamba. A...

In 2019 I visited the London Holland and Holland showroom. I was in jeans and a polo. I was completely ignored. They literally didn’t even look at me. When I walked in I gave them the old American head nod greeting. Nothing I got a kick out of it actually. I returned the favor to see if any...