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Now that’s a rifle!

Welcome fellow Buckeye to AH. Nothing like a first safari. You’ve come to the right place for info on hunting Africa. So many on here more than willing to give advise from actual experience. TIP: Use the search button in the upper right. It will answer a lot of your questions as well as the...

I’ve had a few instances of bullets coming apart. Fortunately, all of the animals died fairly quickly. The first was a mule deer at ~60 yds, with a 250gr Sierra in a .338 Win mag. The buck walked about 40 yds and stopped. Stood for a second and collapsed. I expected the bulllet to make full...

I prefer hunting in shorts but on my last hunt in Namibia, it was cool to cold and wore pants more often. I applied DEET to my legs no matter which I was wearing. I had saturated both my pants and shorts as well as canvas gaiters with Permetherin before heading over. I wore the gaiters with both...

Sorry for the photo quality but this is from the Any Shot You Want manual from A-Square

Welcome to AH.

I don’t own a Leica, but have been using mostly Leupold’s for years. I have some with scrapes and chips that are 40 + yrs old and still going strong. Out of 20+ scopes, only one has ever had to go in for service. It was new in box, but the magnification ring needed a wrench to turn. Sent it in...

Good luck with your sale. Those 788’s are shooters. I have two and you almost have to work at it to get them to shoot over an inch.

Welcome back to AH.

I retired in 2016. Depending on the job, people working in one of my departments started at $35-45k and within two years or less were at $45-60k. These were either clerical or forklift drivers. Minimal physical labor. I had trouble hiring people and of those that were hired, a high percentage...

Awsome rifle.

I’ve used Chrony’s, MagnetoSpeed, and LabRadar. I did a comparison on her a few years ago. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/chronograph-comparison.51455/ I sold off the Chrony last year and just picked up a Garmin. Due to rain and appointments, I haven’t gotten to the range with it yet, but...

Have a great, fun and safe safari Charlie. Love your #1’s. Shoot straight.

Absolutely. Like @ Hunt Anything, I too, renew in three year increments.

Keep it a .270. A 120 gr in a .25/06 has similar velocity. A .280 AI and a .270 are very close and would almost be a duplication.