Recent content by Lance Hopper

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    Finally Found a Brno in 9.3x62

    It is a very good thing you saw that rifle first! Otherwise it would be you sitting and lamenting the fact that you didn’t check yesterday often enough! I as well would not have even blinked at the price.
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    Wild hog meat… do you eat it or is it too risky?

    I have been guiding hog hunts in Southwest Georgia for 15 years now. Probably killed somewhere in the neighborhood of about 8000+ Pigs. My customers keep everything but the boars and the pigs that are too shot up. In that length of time not one person has ever gotten sick From the meat. It must...
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    Need help, Load discrepancy Swift vs Hodgdon

    If I remember correctly, swift A-frames, use a pure copper jacket. Also, the bearing surface may be considerably longer than the bullets. The Hodgdon manual was using. This would cause a lot higher pressure than with gilding metal jackets, and or shorter bearing surfaces.
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    For Sale Sako 85M Bavarian Stock

    Who made the leather cheek rest?
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    Peter Capstick...who knows the truth?

    I’ll add my name to the list of people that went to Africa because when they were 12 years old read, “death in the long grass”. By far, the best storyteller about African hunting that I have ever read. I don’t give two rats ass if he was somewhat of a phony as a PH, but he made me want to go to...
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    Thermal Optics

    Don’t wast your money on anything atn. I would look at the pulsar talion xq 50. I’m a hog hunting guide and that is the only brand I use at the moment. To say that my scopes get used more than normal is a Giant understatement. It’s almost as difficult to find a scope without bells and whistles...
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    .256 Mannlicher by George Gibbs

    I’ve shot this before. Quite lovely!
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    303 british double

    A friend of mine has a McNaughton double in 303. Unique in the fact that the barrels are not welded together from the end of the rear sight to the end of the barrels. He also has a Rigby rising bite and a Holland royal. A pretty nice collection of 303’s to say the least!
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    Elephant rifle

    I want it! Who did this, and do you know if they can change the tint?
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    Cartridge for dangerous first game

    My first animal on the African continent was a Buffalo. Don’t wait or compromise!
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    For Sale - Nosler 9.3mm 250gr Bullets

    I will take them. Pm me the address. Thanks
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    A tick in the usa thats bite can basically turn you vegan...

    I had a client several years ago that had this, but not to the point that he couldn’t sit in a BBQ restaurant. Had it for several years and I heard that a few trips to an acupuncturist finally cured it. Not sure about the “ science “ behind this, but he can eat all the red meat he wants to now.
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    Cutting Edge Bullets For Large Dangerous Game

    I loaded for a buddies 450 nitro last year that he shot 3 buffalo in Mozambique with. He has a shoulder injury that won’t allow him to run full strength loads. So, I developed a load using 295gr. Raptors and 325gr. Safari solids that ran the standard 2150ish fps. I think he only used one of the...
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    Of all the African game meat, which is your favourite? How would you rank them?

    Kudu is damn hard to beat. Eland is awesome, even the OLD rutting bull I killed. OLD bushbuck was not good at all. Buffalo, tough but tasty.
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    Double Rifle for Your First Safari?

    I’ll be honest, I haven’t read past the first post, so if I offend anyone else’s opinion, my apologies in advance. I took my 500 NE Merkel on my first safari and the first animal I killed was a Cape buffalo. And I can confirm that I wouldn’t have done it any other way! Now, I will admit that I...
 
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