Recent content by JG26Irish_2

Congrats on a lovely, special rifle with some history to it as well.

Assuming 1st Safari in SA - my top five are: Blue Wildebeest or one of its many color variants - Tough, makes a great wall hanger, and plentiful. Price is modest. Kudu - Hard to hunt, beautiful, most desirable of all the spiral horn antelope IMO. Warthog - Hard to hunt, ugly, great wall...

LPVO - Light Plains-game Versatile Optic? My favorite hunting scope, lol. 1-8x illuminated FFP Mil reticle. BTW - these were popular for certain types of hunting long before the military types figured out that they might also benefit from a fast accurate means of aiming their rifles. Enables...

I have a 30cal Scythe-Ti suppressor that is made of Titanium and weighs only 7.3 oz and is 6" long. I mostly use it on my Titanium/Carbon CT Edge rifle which has a 20" bbl. The rifle is also super light weight which helps. The can does add length and some weight and I get it that the added...

Yes - Range time at first was frustrating. The rifle struggled to print 3" groups at 100y. This is not due to the recoil. It has a kick as you might imagine being such a light weight package but I am not very recoil sensitive. It turned out to be a combination of the strange Ruger scope...

I have had good luck calling coyotes, foxes and bobcats using simple rabbit and bird or mouse distress calls. I would imagine those might work equally well for Jackal, Caracal and other predators in Africa as well. The benefit of mouth calls is they are always variable as opposed to the...

Your wife/GF Tina looks like a carbon copy of my cousin from Houston. Strange. Below are two pics from Limpopo. Limpopo Kudu measured 50". Taken with 375HH custom P14 rifle using 300g TSX PG rifle used on last Safari - FF CT Edge Titanium/Carbon rifle in 7mm/08. I background are the...

Anyone else have hunting stories using Swift Scirocco bullets on large game? Please share.

FYI - I have some of the Swift branded ammo for my 7mm/08 and 7mm RM and found both to be loaded to conservative velocity and still lacked the higher precision that low pressure loads often produce. That was a big turn off for me. Federal Premium occasionally loads ammo with Sciroocos and it...

This post is a request from me to all of the AH hunters asking for hunting stories about your use of the Swift Scirocco bullets in any caliber on big game from African PG to North American big game such as deer, elk and moose. I love a good bonded bullet. I think it can be one of the best...

I am taking my Sako 85 338wm loaded with 225g TTSX ammo and a 2nd rifle is a Husqvarna Swedish Mauser in 30-06 loaded with 180g Swift Scirocco. Either is capable but the 338 is my go to for larger North American game. Recoil is no worse than my 375HH despite it being a bit lighter overall...

308 was my PG rifle on my first Safari and took five animals all with one shot each. I friend took a huge Bison bull with his 308 two yrs ago with one shot using the Hornady SST cup n core round. I it is a good hunting round as are 30-06 and many others. First shot placement is far more...

"Yes Lads, There I was alone with only Sgt Duffy to back me up. Me, a young Leftanant assigned to the trenches near Ypres in France. The Jerries had started another offensive that morning and had shelled our lines for over an hour at sunrise. That was when I saw them, a gaggle of deadly...

I have been told that Moose is not hard to kill. Interesting.

Welcome to AH - What is your "Go-To" cartridge and bullet for large Canadian Moose? Headed that way in a few weeks to hunt for one. As for the 9.3mm for Cape Buffalo? First I would discuss it with your chosen PH. He will know more than any of us. IMO-the mid bores like the 9.3 (,366cal)...