Recent content by buffybr

I started using all copper bullets in 2005 when I went on a Cape Buffalo hunt with my then new .375 RUM. New rifle, new bullets, 300 gr Barnes TSX handloaded at 2830 fps, that shot 1" 3-shot groups. On my next African hunt for just Plains Game, I loaded 270 gr Barnes TSX bullets at 3040 fps...

My first safari was in South Africa, and just plains game animals from Kudu down. On that trip I took a 7mm Rem Mag with a Weaver 3-9x40 scope with duplex crosshairs. That combo worked great on all of the animals that I hunted with it. My next safari was for Cape Buffalo and PG animals in...

Probably my favorite caliber is .30. I shot my first elk with a .30-40 Krag. My first centerfire rifle was a .30-06 that I used for about 10 years for everything that I hunted in Colorado and Montana, from prairie dogs, deer, and antelope, to elk. In the late '70s a friend gave me a .30 Gibbs...

^^^^^ This ^^^^^ I believe the 11 pounds is a FAA requirement, and some countries also have their own requirements on how much ammo you can bring into their country, and some countries charge a fee for each cartridge. On my first hunt in Mozambique I brought three 20 round boxes of ammo for my...

This old revived thread reminds me of an opposite thread that I briefly participated in on another forum. The OP of that thread had killed or two whitetails with his .223 with heavy bullets and then claimed that a .223 would be a good choice for any big game animal in the lower 48 states. I...

I didn't come from a hunting family, and I shot my first deer, a spike muley, while hunting with one of my college roommates back in 1966. I proudly hung those spike deer antlers on my college bedroom wall. Hunting again with my roommate the next year I killed my first elk, a 5x5 bull, and...

Congrats on a fine warthog! I hunted with Koos in 2005.

No, I only shoot my reloads. I've shot hundreds of rounds through my 7mm RM, .300 Wby and .375 RUM, used them on 13 international or Alaskan hunts, and have never shot a factory round through those rifles.

As I previously posted, about 40 years ago I routed out a channel in the forend of my Browning Citori 12 ga and poured molten lead into it for a weight balance when shooting it without the smaller gauge tubes. Since then I've had to put a couple of wraps of tape around that lead plug to keep it...

I used a 7mm RM with 140 gr Nosler BT bullets on my 1st South African hunt. The PHs and Outfitter said that was too light of a bullet, but it made one shot kills on my Kudu, Black Wildebeest, and Gemsbok. In subsequent hunts I used my .375 RUM once with 300 gr Barnes TSX bullets and another...

Welcome to AH! What part of eastern Montana? I've enjoyed hunting deer and antelope there for almost 50 years, and I made my first hunt in South Africa 25 years ago. Time flies !

I have Recoil Reducers in 3 of my shotguns and 2 of my hardest kicking rifles (.300 Wby and .375 RUM), along with 1" Limbsaver, Kick Eze, or Hogue pads. One of the reducers is mercury, the others are mechanical, Edwards or Dead Mule. Some are 6 oz, others are 8 oz. I put reducers in my...

Just look at California's ban on the possession of Mountain Lion and Wolverine mounts!