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Hi All I just bought a 30 06 musgrave . The serial number starts with a R . I did some searching on the net and found out it uses a santa barbara action . Is this action good . Rifle is stil in good nick . Planing to use federal 180gr nosler partition loads . Any info will be...

The 200gr rhino bullet is actually a soft nose , primuim bullet , go to rhinobullets.co.za, they work on par with nosler partitions and barnes tripple x . I stay in South Africa and regularly hunt impala , kudu and warthog . I would like to get a 9,3x62 in zc550 meduim classic , I just like the...

Hi Yes I have a Lee Enfield mark 4 no 2 , I had it customized by Moot arms , they did a splendid job . I have read an article in the magnum where there was an article about reloading the 303 with s355 . They obtained speeds of 2350 fps with a 215gr bullet . I would love to push the 200gr pil...

Hi Guys I am starting to reload for my 303 . I want to use 200gr rhino bullets . One can order them on special order 200 at a time . I want to use s355 powder . Max velocity I want to optain should be around 2450fps. Is it possible to obtain this velocity and what will the starting load be ...

Hi The Bowtech Destroyer has just arrived in South Africa . I am thinking of getting one . Has someone hunted with this bow yet . How did it perform ?

I shoot a martin bengal bow model 2008 at 70 pounds my arrows are carbon impact stealth's with muzzy mx3 100 gr broadheads and 2" vanes . The arrows without broadheads are 350gr . Is this arrow / bow combination sufficient for large antelope expl blue wildebeest .

Has anyone used a 7X64 caliber and is it a good all round caliber for plains game .

Hi all , has anyone hunted with this caliber before (6x45) . I read an article in the Magnum magazine about this caliber an it seems like the ideal small game rifle . This will be my sons first rifle , it shoots a 6mm bullet at 2400fps . According to the article that was written by Gregor Woods...

In my opinion kudu number one has the longest horns as the curls in the horns are deeper . The two kudus has allmost the same amount of curls in the horns therefor the one with the deeper curls will be longer .

Thanks for the info , I am going to build one on a RSA action , Thor 25" barrel , classic stock made out off American black walnut with exspress sights with a Leupold 3-9x42 scope . This will be my preferred hunting rifle and backup when I hunt with the 303 . The extra rounds in the mag are...

It looks like the caliber I am looking for , I had a look and Rhino bullets makes bullets from 235gr to 300gr . A pretty good selection for the aplication I want it for . Now for getting a license . . . . .

Thanks . Do you have any experience with this rifle as I want to gather as much information on the 9,3 as possible . What would the preferred load be .

Hi , I hunt with a 303 , this is the only rifle I own . I want something bigger for Eland and Blue wildebeest , I was thingking off getting a 9,3 x 62 as most off my hunting is done at close range . Any suggestions ?