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Finally got to try some "Leafs by Oscar"... The 10th Anniversary Criollo gets a thumbs up from me. Chocolate and coffee notes in this one all the way to the end. Wish I had gotten more than one. The Corojo on the other hand started strong with rich and pleasant flavors in the first third, but...

Mine too! Most of the ones I've tried have had noticeable sweetness in the flavor. A pleasant smoke for sure.

TSX all the way. A 400 gr. 416 TSX is going to penetrate more than enough, and I would much rather shoot an escaping buffalo in the hip bone with a large caliber expanding monolith than a solid. (I had a complete pass through on a broadside shot on my buffalo (the one in my profile pic) with a...

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Have wittnessed equal if not a little better performance in several calibers (308 Win, 300 Win Mag, 9.3x62, 338 Lapua, 375 H&H). From personal experience, the Lapua Naturalis LR deforms very easily and typically does extensive damage near the entrance hole even in 308 Win. Personally, I...

Haven't had a single bad Signature 2000 from Davidoff. The flavor is pretty mild, but very enjoyable and eloquent. Very even burn too. La Aurora 1903 Cameroon is also one of the smoother ones. Enjoyed this one in Spain last year and had to get another one the next day.

My favourite custom knife by Markku Parkkinen. Handle is made of bronze, reindeer antler and stabilized curly birch. Blade steel is the now discontinued but excellent Nitrobe 77. Another one of Markku's works. Damasteel blade and curly birch handle with a mammoth tusk & silver insert. A...

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

I used the 180 gr. Norma Bondstrike on my latest PG hunt in Namibia. It worked flawlessly on different size animals from baboons and duikers to oryx. Good expansion/wound channel and penetration. It's a very high B.C. bullet too with pretty consistent velocities between shots (though I'm not...

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

.300 Win. Mag. - Flat shooter with great terminal performance on animals up to the size of moose and brown bear. Excellent ammo and rifle availability globally. Easy to shoot recoil-wise and easy to carry thanks to generally normal weight or even light rifles. This is what I use the most...

Sure, the SD of a 400 grain .423 is lower than with the .416s, but it's still quite a bit higher than with the tried and true 300 grain .375 AND you get a larger frontal area too. Something to seriously consider with solids. Then there is the beltless design and the long sloping shoulders for...

Felt the need to register just so I can tell you yes, I've hunted with them :D My buffalo hunt took place fairly recently in October 2024. I didn't hunt them then, but I think it's worth mentioning that their hunting areas also had an intense amount of elephants and lions. I believe, and I...