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    Which is the “Best” African hunting TV shows

    J Alain Smith is also very entertaining in his own way. Unfortunately his content is slow to market as he doesn’t hunt as often as Andy. Growing up I enjoyed Under wild skies with Tony Makris and Uncle Johan Calitz . “shoot more , shoot more often!” Sadly this got canned when Disney bought ESPN.
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    .333 Jeff - Resurrecting an old soldier

    Piet- how’s the rifling at the last 25mm of the crown? The best way to test is to take a bullet and see if it can fit into the crown. If it can go all the way to the cartridge brass then the barrel is shot out. Sadly I had to resleeve a Rigby .303 that was in this condition. It was basically a...
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    416 Taylor Info and Advice

    I managed to find some .458 3 inch brass that is unstamped and I can get a guy in Pretoria to head stamp 416 T on them for me. What length should I cut them to before I run them through the press?
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    Which is the “Best” African hunting TV shows

    Andy Buchanan with TIA is currently my favorite and his formula of show casing different areas and new PH’s/ Outfitters keeps the show fresh. It’s not the same old guy shooting the same old buff in the same old areas. He’s also a supper nice guy , humble and hard working.
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    416 Taylor Info and Advice

    So I hav So I decided last year to Build aTaylor as I had a stocked action . Then in December I managed to buy a Douglas barrel in 1:12 twist . After reading this tread I rushed to the shop in Pretoria and bought a factory crimp die. They have 2 left! Thanks for the tip!
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    Rifle for daughter

    Howa in either 6.5 Grendel or .308 win. There are quite a few aftermarket stock options to customise to the little ladies taste. I’ve seen pink camo… My daughter shoots the Grendel bit will upgrade to the .308 next season. I recently sold a 7x57 brno to a friend who bought it for his slight of...
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    Botswana Elephant Hunt

    This is a top class camp! I may be biased since I supplied some of the kit when it was built but it really is 5 stars.
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    How many .375 H&H's and/or .416's do you own and shoot?

    1.Holland .375 2. Pre 64 .375 3. Musgrave .375 ( ph rifle and my go to rifle) 4. Custom built .375 Truvelo (client gun) heavy barrel and stock this very shootable with reduced recoil. Also have 4 x .375 Mannlicher rifles (9.5x 57) .416 Taylor at gunsmith 458 Lott and 4x 404 J’s 2x 505 Gibbs...
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    a strange Mauser Sporter - authentic ?? or not

    Wood , bolt and safety not original Orbendorf Mauser. Also Mauser used a different scope mounting system. They never drilled and taped. Also serial number too high for an action with Wafenfabrk marking . This was stopped after WW1 .
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    Favourite quotes - Here's mine, Quite a long list. What's yours?

    “The last time I spoke with Abraham Lincoln he told me not to believe everything on the Internet” Joe Biden..
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    What is meant by disease free buffalo in RSA

    And the reason why there are no privately owned or ranched Buffalo in Botswana….
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    .333 Jeff - Resurrecting an old soldier

    N No Piet I don’t! By chance I had the copy next to my bed as it had an interesting article about the 500 Jeffery. There was also an article in Magnum by Koos Barnard where he uses egg white as a filler. He also used lemon juice for some purpose. All this talk got me in the mood to do a stock...
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    .333 Jeff - Resurrecting an old soldier

    Piet- I have used Plush red furniture oil (during lockdown when every shop except pick and pay was open) which you should also get in Zambia. I agree with the gents above- strip the stock with paint remover and use the back of a hacksaw blade to scrape anne old varnish off. Oil can be removed by...
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    I joined the 505 Gibbs club

    This was the only one my local shop had in stock and it must have been sitting on the rack for some time since the price was surprisingly low ! It is the biggest one they make. I also have smaller ones for my .458 Lott and .375. (Pachmayer).
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    I joined the 505 Gibbs club

    Added this kick ezee slip on which makes LOP 15 inches.
 
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