Recent content by Hunter-Habib

I’d love to hunt a hippopotamus bull on land with Mark Sullivan or an elephant bull with Jeff Rann.

300Gr Barnes TSX opens up just fine.

Very nice rifle & nostalgic trip down memory lane. What ammunition were you running through it back in the 1970s ? Back in those days, I remember 4 factory loads that were widely available on American gun shop shelves: - The 150Gr Winchester Silver Tip - The 130Gr Winchester Power Point - The...

No need for speculation. Look at what happened in post hunting ban Kenya & India with human-wildlife conflict and poaching skyrocketing. One country has almost nonexistent wildlife outside national parks. Another has locals literally battling with wildlife everyday in order to protect their...

“Religion was introduced to this world as a means of bringing peace upon mankind. But if history has taught us anything, then it is that more people have been killed in the name of religion than for perhaps all other reasons combined… ever since time immemorial.” - My father (although I’m sure...

IvW, I don’t like the .458 Winchester Magnum anymore than you do, but to be fair… Richard doesn’t attribute those failures to be due to the inherent shortcomings of the .458 Winchester Magnum. Here’s what he has to say on the matter: ——————————————————————————————————- ”As to the view that my...

Magnificent ! When hunting red stag in Europe, I always prefer my Churchill Gun Makers Model Deluxe 7x57mm Mauser. These days (thanks to @mark-hunter ), I mostly prefer Prvi Partizan 173Gr soft points. They do quite the number on European red stag.

Rifle was built post 1912 pre 1939. After 1912, German rifle proof marks had begun to denote the bullet weight in grams.

The Interarms Whitworth 7x57mm Mausers had a twist rate of 1:9.5. So they should stabilize the lighter 140-150Gr bullets better.

Fierce actions are based on the Sako design. But not actually Sako. You should show the rifle to a competent gunsmith and get all the cycling issues hashed out, prior to your Safar. You & your father are going after a member of the African Big Five which earned the nickname “Black Death”. And...

Very modest & no-frills looking for an Emperor’s rifle, no ? You’d think the rifle would at least have a horn fore end tip, Per.

Beauty & beast all in one gorgeous package ! You can’t go wrong with the bullet choices either. If you can’t source any 300Gr Swift A Frames, then don’t hesitate to go for the 300Gr Barnes TSX.

When I first hunted in Alaska in 1975 … the .338 Winchester Magnum was almost universally accepted by Alaskan hunters as the all round rifle caliber of choice. The most popular Alaskan load for this caliber, was Winchester’s 300Gr Power Point (now unfortunately discontinued). In the last 20...

My grandfather & great grandfather both suffered from dementia in their twilight years, mark-hunter. I fear that it might be hereditary. My father and I (for this reason) try doing everything humanly possible to keep our memories as sharp as we can. We write a journal every night and also go...

Kenya, 1974. My life's first African safari. Back in those days, if you wanted a big bore rifle & weren't a hand loader... You had 3 calibers to choose from (based on the factory loaded ammunition which was on the market). A) .375 Holland & Holland Magnum- 300Gr Winchester Super X Silver Tips...