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My Purple Martins

I was gifted a White Hunter in 1971. It believe it was purchased in the early’60s and owned by my friends father. Great knife and I take it and use it on all my hunts.

Steve, You have all our prayers, and you in our thoughts this morning.

Solid

Interesting thread. The only time(s) I have ever checked a rifle’s point of impact when arriving in camp is a for .416 with detachable scope. I always hunt with a double rifle and have never been asked to check it. Never really thought about it before reading comments on forums. I suppose I...

I have two pair of binoculars with Vero Velini straps and they are excellent and have worked for me. I have one pr binos with Rick Young chest rig that “minimal” ( however that translates) and are very good. I discovered them hunting buffalo w/ Dean Kendall. I have Dick Murray leather but have...

Avon skin so soft - Bug B Gone for tsetse flies. For Mopane flies - Tanks has the right idea.

I have a 6 MOA RMR and we use it on everything from a .416 REM to 505 Gibbs. Have changed intensity at different times of the day at 100 yards and in. No problems. It has a wide intensity range and glad I chose the larger option

Reading your post, my first thought was have you mic’s the AFrames? I load the AFrames for the 9.3x62 in both 286 & 300 gn. The 300gn has a different ogive so the bullet has to be seated deeper to chamber. I have heard the 300 gn are drawn down from .375 hence the difference. It doesn’t address...

2 rounds held with the weak hand. We experimented coming off the belt. One of use would shoot 2 rounds with the double and while reloading, the other would shoot the 505 or 404 until the double shoots the next 2, total of 4 if that makes sense. Also, we practice without looking at the action(s)...

TWard1604 and I practice w/ 500NE, 505 404 Jeffery 3 - 4 time a month. We shoot at 25- 15 yards and with the 500, we usually get 4 shots off under 5 seconds. I believe the best was timed at 4.1 but that was a big bore shoot in Houston years ago and hand timed so not sure if accurate, so 5 sec or...

I agree with Tanks, there is plenty of 500 NE ammo in the camps I hunt in. Also, reloading this straight wall cartridge is easy. As an aside, my niece who s 5’7” 128#s shoots the 500 and describes it as a “big push” I have video on my phone but not the skill to up load it here.

I use a 30 yo1187 and an 870 and the same camo from the 1980’s. I try to stay as still in the blind as possible. I know folks that have more camo patterns than the USMC. Happy Birthday to my fellow Marines. Semper Fi J

Complete trust in my 500 NE Double rifle I’ve used over 25 years. And I don’t distrust my 505 Gibbs, 416 RM or 9.3x62 bolt guns. But I always carry my 500 with 2 solids

S Someone just fwd this to me. https://africafreak.com/how-fast-can-a-buffalo-run