Recent content by Franco

Collets did the giraffe and elephant bones for me.

I cannot disagree.

So sorry to hear of the forced end to your career, and compliments to your capacity to move forward. My life followed a similar path; after 45 years of aviation, flying, fixing, building - airplanes, gliders, helicopters, balloons, and blimps, a medical issue forced an end to a passion which...

Well done sir.

Gives new meaning to "Shaken, not stirred". Sorry - had to say it.

I leave scopes on and bolts in and have never had an issue with either. I pack sweatshirts, jackets, etc, into the Tuff-pak for additional padding. Binos, Fix It Sticks, GPS, SAT phone, knives, etc, go into a separate small Pelican case which then goes into a hard (aluminum) suitcase...

Here's close ups of the giraffe and elephant bones.

Do you use it? Asking for a friend.

I had these done in Africa, I have elephant as well.

I use Murray Leather cases (slips) for each rifle which I then place inside a TuffPak. I typically take a scoped rifle (375) and a double. I have taken 3 rifles when I wanted something less than a 375 for smaller game. The issue becomes ammo - bringing enough for 3 rifles and remaining within...

The problem I see with "Do-Gooders" is they only think far enough into a situation to feel good about themselves.

I have 2 Heym doubles, 450/400 and 500NE; I shoot Hornady ammo for practice and use Safari Arms for custom loads. If you find yourself in East Texas, you can shoot either, or both of them.

Dave, Thanks. This was supposed to be a transmission swap - it got a bit more involved. My wife calls it, "Grown men with tools drinking beer".

Not asking the right questions, because you don't know them. Been multiple times and I still don't know them all.

If you go to the Los Cazadores Contest website you can see the classes and winners of last year. The overall was 308 and second was under 300 so I might have a chance at something. The guide asked the staff about "Mr Heavy" - it's a measure of mass, how much volume in the antlers, he thought...