Recent content by Pat McP

Morning, I'm planning on traveling to Namibia mid-october and we're scrambling through the process of getting airfare etc. This was a pivot from our original plan of hunting in SA. In working with our travel agent there are two choices for flying either Ethiopian airlines or Qatar. Both...

We're working that today, but we might be on the same flight from Doha. There were some concerns about bringing firearms on one of the airlines, which airline are you using?

I think we found an out. Our outfitter has pivoted to Namibia, and it looks like we're going to go there instead. Same dates, we just need to get our brain inspected with a q-tip before we leave.

I mean.... They didn't have too.

Do you think you were so close that the bullet just went right through the buck and was moving too fast to expand? Or was it a hasty shot?

Some real interesting responses, and a lot of people who aren't a fan. I'll arguably say being able to stalk nice and close to an animal can be as complicated as taking a long distance shot on an animal. I had a situation where we spotted a beautiful Bull elk standing on the side of a hill...

Awesome to hear, we have a hunt originally planned for SA but pivoted to Namibia. A couple of days later is when they closed their borders. This made my day.

I thought it would be cool to a duffle bag or something like that.

Check out: https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle Start low and work your way up, but a good starting point would be 75gr like Bruce said above.

Thanks for the update........

I know the situation is ever changing, has anyone heard when Namibia will open for hunting, or has it already?

I was finally able to get some range time this past weekend. I've sorted by Velocity SD. One thing I've noticed is that the rifle does like the Nosler Partion, if you compare the Spread and the SD. I also begin to git some loads that left a sticky action that was a little tough to open. For...

That's awesome to hear. I'm slowly getting my wife on board with everything, but I'm also trying to do a little expectation management.

@bonehead What were some of the activities you did with your non-hunting spouse? We're planning to go there in October and trying to find some activities for my wife.

I have the Christensen Arms Mesa in 6.5, I think they are becoming some of the best of the shelf rifles.