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German glass is generally a significant step up in performance and price from Leupold. Leupold generally has better CS, more options, more marketing, and a warranty dept that will fix anything. Look at Schmidt and Bender, then Swarovski or Zeiss, then Leica…for riflescopes. For Binos...

this. Call Jaco at NKWE Safaris. I took a 58 and 59 in Kudu there…and saw one much bigger. He is the guru for big Kudu.

There are places where you can’t hunt from the ground…it’s just too thick and flat. Historically, you see Safaris using elephants to hunt tigers in tall grass…. There was nothing unethical about it then or now. There is a difference in using the truck because the terrain requires it vs using...

The terrain often dictates the hunting style. I did a good bit of Spot and Stalk/Shoot in Botswana...but it wasn't possible on a couple of properties that were dead flat and super thick. You had to stand on the truck to see over the bush and down into it in order to shoot. I tried getting off...

What channel do they come on?

I still wish I got one on the 280AIs.

What are the trophy fees?

Why so few outfitters in Uganda?

Why do you need 200Gr bullets? Not that there is anything wrong with it...but a 180gr TSX or similar is easily capable to 500M. Lighter bullets often have advantages at the distances people generally hunt (inside 400M) as they allow you to shoot with a max point blank range zero and not think...

This. I hunted with NKWE and it was everything I could have asked for. Absolutely professional staff, wild area, tons of game, with animals literally so close to my tent at night that I could smell them and hear them chewing on grass. Also a great value. Give them a call. Gigantic Kudu…

No. I generally trap them and call some locals who come take them. Allegedly, they eat them…but they also eat carp, buffalo fish, and gar. I’ve heard they are full of parasites.

If someone wants a 6.5 for field use on game, the 6.5 PRC solves the majority of the complaints from the Creed. It just needs a long action. The PRC is an absolute winner of a cartridge. Tight chamber specs, perfect throat geometry, high velocity, fast twist barrels…it’s a winner.

You could try the fix they teach at Remington armorers school for 700 ejectors… Sometimes, you get rust on the ejector spring that freezes it to the sides of the hole. A temp fix is to soak it in penetrating oil, let it sit, then tap the ejector with a pin punch and mallet, driving it into its...

When removing that pin, put the bolt in a plastic bag or pillowcase. That way it can’t launch the spring and plunger into orbit. seriously though, I would bet that the spring broke in there or similar. It’s going to be a bear to reinstall as the tool for it locks onto the lugs to hold the...

Plus, the locks must hold the case closed, even when the case latches are opened. I dealt with that multiple times last year…got slightly ugly when the case has 4 locks but the ticket agent won’t check it in because he can get his finger in the tiny gap created by prying up the case lid with...