Recent content by osne

Currently re-reading my own accounts from most recent safari (Zambezi Valley in Oct-24)

@Stephen Ausband - how was your 2022 experience in Timbavati?

I have actually got a Brno 600 in 30-06 as well, fantastic rifle. You can not modify the action so that the trigger is mounted to the action, as far as I know. That’s just how it is with the pre-CZ modell from Brno. But you can absolutely fit a winchester-style 3 position safety to them. I have...

No more problems, the rifle now operates as smooth as anyone could wish for! I have recently tried it out in Zimbabwe, on the hunt portraid in the below excellent thread written by my buddy - for whom I provided backup service with the 450 :-) ZIMBABWE: Oct 24 - The Adventure Of A Lifetime...

I used them about 3-4 years ago after a buffalo hunt in Limpopo. They did a shoulter mount of my bull, and a clean white skull from a buff cow. They also produced a book stand, and a magnificent cigar ashtray, from the bull’s two front hoofs. All great work and well organized communication...

My recommendation would be the lightest and most compact LPVO ever designed (that I know of at least), i.e. Leupold fx-2,5 Ultralight. The added benefit is its’ generous 4,9 inch eye relief.

Hi all, Does anyone have any recommendations for where to find Garmin compatible gpx-files with the borders of Zimbabwe’s more famous Hunting areas - outer borders of for example Chewore, Dande, Omay, etc? Would be fin to import the borders to my Garmin handheld device, as overlays to the map...

@Rafiki Check this article for inspiration: https://www.rathcoombe.net/sci-tech/classics/rigby/ruger_416_rigby.html

Nice one, good luck with the sale (should not be difficult). I suffer with you because of your referenced need to reorganize your battery due to overlap between several beautiful cartridges/calibres in the same category - an unpleasant and undesireable necessity I am all too familiar with myself

Agree with your questions 100%. These design flaws are among the very few weaknesses of the BRNO rifles. I do think however that this was changed with the release of the CZ 550 lineup that was launched after BRNO’s 600, 601 and 602 models were discontinued sometime in the 80’s or so? Not 100%...

Trigger-to-sear engagement with AHR custom trigger (not my picture)

Original trigger-to-sear engagement (not my picture)

Trigger from Wayne at AHR arrived today and is now successfully installed. The long straight top part that connects with the action sear has a better fit with the sear than the original trigger, due the slightly longer distance between action and bottom metal (an effect from the glass bedding of...

Yes, bottom metal and action seem to be 1-2 mm further apart than when installed in original stock, and I think that may be the problem.

Thanks all, I really appreciate everyone’s ideas and comments - really great!! [emoji106] I have ordered a new trigger från American Hunting Rifles, which (due to its’ design) should fit better with the sear. Will update this thread again once the new trigger is installed and tried out!