Recent content by drew416

In this case I'd go with the 404 BUT if I were making a custom rifle in this league I would actually go with something even more obscure. I would build a .425 Westly Richards, just to be different. In it's original loading it will do everything the 404 and all the 416's will with exception to...

What equipment do you have for others to use? I would feel more comfortable using my own firearms and ammunition even if the quarry isn't dangerous! For me it's like touching some one else's wife or girl friend, you can think BUT don't do it!

Cost of a projectile is the most overlooked part of the safari when you are paying +$10000 USD to watch the animal run over the horizon! The availability of the "top of the line" US made projectiles here in regional Australia is like finding rocking horse droppings! The Woodleighs are more...

Yeah. IF I could buy them here without losing a trophy fee for another animal, I would! However all my Woodleigh shot animals are now hanging on the wall , being walked over as rugs or being treated at the sewage treatment plant!!

Woodleigh all the way for me too! Available, accurate, tried, tested and priced in the "affordable" range. Biased being Australian, I know but speaking from experience not from "the heart". A good Zimbabwe PH I know get's the shit's with me and my friends as we always show up with those "bloody...

I am not sure about what is available in Poland now, after all it was 2005 since I was last there. The best performance in my 416RM has come from the medium burning rate range. Powders like or equivalent to AR 2208/ Varget maybe even Norma 202? In fact the best accuracy group shot in my...

My Winchester M70 Safari 416RM has performed excellently from day one. Straight out of the box they are ready to be taken on a hunt. Not that I did that, of course. I stripped my down to take a closer "look" at it with a gunsmith friend of mine. We were both surprised to see the quality and...

Old news yes, but yet it seems history keeps repeating itself. In 1996 when "National Uniform Gun Laws' were introduced ( bit of a laugh here at there is nothing uniform about them as the laws differ from state to state) it was argued by SSAA and other organisations supporting not just hunters...

Let me echo what the experienced men above have stated- A magnum velocity projectiles need to hold together at it's intended "IMPACT VELOCITY" Though I have never taken my 7mm Rem Mag to Africa, loaded with 175gn Woodeigh PP, they exit on broadside shoulder shots on large wild Boar, at all...

Doesn't matter how hot she may look- I'll bet there is some bloke out there that is sick of putting up with her shit! Yes a trophy is something to behold. But a trophy wife/gf as compared to a wall/ pedestal mount, rug or even full mount only costs one initial outlay as compared to ongoing...

I in in New Caledonia at the moment with work. I am trying to do the same thing as I have weekends off. I have been in correspondence with this bloke- www.bellenewcaledoniasafaris.com He will be in country from 30th July to end of August only. This is the best time of year to chase a quality...

Yes Bluey, What I said is true.

For once Australia has something over the US. Even with our do-gooder, tree- hugging minority groups who have lobbied many a government into the strictest laws for importing trophy taken animals, we are allowed to bring in Brown Hyena. They make a very fine full mount. I am returning to Namibia...

I bought mine in May 2011 and it says "Made in USA" on the box too. I have never, to this day, bought a brand new rifle, ready to go, straight out of the box! The finish and fitting on the Model 70 Safari Express is superb. From brand new( my 416 rem) you could load a round with the projectile...