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And this is where generally things go sideways... In their eagerness to make their point (in this case, shooting elk with 6mm ARC), folks start arguing with reality... In this case, the arguing is that the bones of a 600 to 1,000 lbs. elk are not thicker and stronger than the bones of a 100 to...

Ayayayayayayaya................................ Another one of these........................ Did you know that there is a documented case of a kid in Africa during the golden years in Kenya killing a Buffalo with a .22 LR? True story, told in one of the PH biographies (cannot remember which...

This is all a question of personal appreciations, hence my opinion has no more value than an opposite opinion, but in very simple terms and rounded numbers, the main 'advantage' of the .378 Wby over the .375 H&H is driving a 300 gr bullet at 2,900+ fps rather than 2,500+ fps (2,600 fps with hot...

A few thoughts, Schüler Jumbo ... As much as the .378 Wby is by any rational analysis a flawed design, and is responsible for the Weatherby dismal reputation in Africa, the .460 Wby actually has a small but very loyal following amongst old hand PHs with extensive DG experience. This is a fact...

A cautionary tale regarding the Pelican SUITCASE... I went through exactly the same process Philip Glass did, regarding the suitcase. After a couple safaris, even the best quality Delsey, Samsonite, etc. suitcases came back damaged to various degree :cry: Conversely, the Pelican gun case...

Double rifles is one of the rare surviving cases where you truly get what you pay for. The Heym is significantly more expensive but it is significantly better than the Merkel. Both shoot well and long. But the Merkel will show the wear. The Heym will not. Sabatti does not even belong in the...

So accurate actually that I now shoot Eley match ammo through mine and produce one ragged hole 5 shot groups prone at 100 yards when the wind is not blowing :) In the 1980's I used to shoot a Walther KKM Match GX1 rifle in Olympic-qualifying matches (I never made it but came close), and too my...

I concur with the rest of the group: the 300 Win Mag shooting 180 gr Swift Scirocco will do the job. Leopard is the one DG on which you want a quick opening bullet. My own leopard medicine is not all that different: .300 Wby shooting 180 gr Nosler Partition :)

Apologies Joe for infecting you with the .257 Wby virus :E Rofl: :love:

Not to be self promoting, but the feedback has been that the thread hereunder has helped a lot of folks in your situation. It should cover pretty much anything you can think of, R8 related. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/transitioning-to-a-blaser-r8-a-two-months-500-rounds-review.60483/...

I was VERY specific with the Rolex dealer, Robert Wesley, with whom I dropped the watch, making sure that he wrote "customer complains that the watch is loosing 15 seconds per day" on the service tag attached to the watch, but I have of course no way of knowing whether the tag was read by the...

It was worth trying... As discussed yesterday I wound it up yesterday upon reading your post, and 24 hours later it has already lost 15 seconds...

It is a GMT-Master 16700 with sapphire crystal and Caliber 3175 movement. If memory serves, it is a 1992 or 94. At 15 seconds per day, mine looses about 7 minutes per month. This is simply too much for the watch to be relied on to keep business appointments. I just winded it and will keep on...

What actual accuracy do you get Rimbaud? Before you started winding it every week? After?

I have a question that I have been wanting to ask for a long time... This is my watch. I have been wearing it for several decades, night and day, working, hunting, diving, climbing, skiing, motocrossing, fly fishing, fixing cars, building houses, splitting wood, you name it, it has done it all...