Recent content by Rafiki

It all depends on what you are hunting and where. For semi-auto's I use a 7mm mag BAR, 450 Bushmaster AR, 458 SOCOM AR pulse several 22's.

Those were so great.

A nice elephant dung sent sun screen would be nice.

I take zip offs and have never zipped off.

Some of this is subjective, in fact all of it is subjective but ... 1. Most people think it is too heavy for a 375. Apparently Ruger used the same barrel for each of the 3 calibers that made up the RSM lineup. 2. The rifle is out of balance, muzzle heavy. See #1. 3. The wood is great but the...

Look at my thread "Ruger Safari Magnum Project".

When was talked into getting a 375 H&H, something I did not want, I looked at several manufactures but decided on a RSM built in 2006. Of the several choices I chose the RSM, I chose wisely as you did. Bill Ruger put his heart and sole into this rifle and it shows. Oh yeah, there are well known...

Well, I still don't know much about Selous Block U4 but I got my plane reservations to Dar a couple days ago. I'm trying something a little different this time, going on Turkish Air; we'll see how that works out.

Hey Brian, looks like you took a neck/spine shot, that's another thread

Everybody is talking about those Raptors, how great they are, maybe I should give them a try in my .510cal Ruger No 1. I'm currently shooting 550gr VRG-3 at 2064fps with a goal of +2150fps. I just don't get the physics of those Raptors. I just seems like those petals blow off and you end up with...

What bullet weight and velocity Brian.

I had lee custom make their Factory Crimp Die of my 500 Sharps. The Sharps is .5" shorter but otherwise quite similar to a 500 NE so I suspect they could do it. They did balk at doing it but eventually capitulated; never hurts to ask.

Where is @Brian? He shoot lots of Buffalo with a single shot, I would imagine he'd have an opinion or two.

Same with Ruffed Grouse.