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In 2007 I flew from Johannesburg to Uppington for a hunt in Namibia. I was travelling with a friend and when we arrived at Uppington our rifles came out of the plane and my case was unloaded along with both our rifle cases. But my friends case never came out. Our outfitter went off and spoke...

Good way to end up with a cartridge that wont chamber in the rifle. Definitely not what I want from a dangerous game rifle.

I have had very good performance in Namibia on multiple gemsbok using the 180gn Accubond in a 300 magnum. Thats pretty much all I run for a 30 cal rifle.

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I was already planning to try the 350gn Woodleigh RN (their part# 30A) they make for the 450 BPE. Its only intended to black powder velocities, but I wasnt planning to run it too hard. Then I saw the 375gn Bertram's at the Ballarat Arms Fair a few weeks ago and decided to give them a try. I...

I have 100 of them waiting to be loaded. Will be at least a few weeks before I can do load development with them. Im thinking they shoud be a nice sambar bullet.

My son hunts deer here in Australia with his 458 WM loaded with the Barnes X 300gn 458 SOCOM bullet. We are running them at 2400fps, which is quite a lot more speed than they were designed for. The copper bullet handles that speed okay - they kill well. This load would be a very effective as a...

I currently have a 458 Win being built at the moment. For the time being I will post my sons 458. They are both similar rifles, built off Zastava M70 actions in walnut stocks. At the time of this photo, my son's rifle was wearing an Aimpoint H2 red dot, but its now got a 1-10 LPVO with a German...

The white hunter is a design I really like, though I have never used one myself. I know a few people have mentioned that the White Hunter is too long for a hunting knife, and I agree for plains game, etc, this would be an issue. But I wonder if it was intended for use on very large game like...

I realise this is a relative question for both the PH and the clients hunting with a PH of their choosing. And individual circumstances will vary greatly. But what is the working life of a PH? I mean Jeff Rann is still working at 70, also Mark Sullivan at 74/75. Harry Selby retired at 75, and...

I enjoyed reading Ruark & Hemmingway. Never warmed to Chapstick. He always seemed a bit pompous. Like when they made the "Sportsmen on Film" series of videos and Chapstick walks in frame wearing a set of football shoulder guards & helmet with face guard and explains thats how he always follows...

I use buffalo horn for knife handles. I use a loose cotton buffing wheel with a very fine polishing compound and they come up very nice

Like the other locals that have already posted, I have never worn gaiters when hunting northern Australia. For what its worth, these are probably the most common options on the market in Australia for hunters: https://www.moroka30.com.au/snakebuster-snakeproof-camo-hunting-gaiters-86...

Im not Bill and I dont speak for Geoff either. Im just an Aussie user of Woodleigh bullets passing on what I know. Geoff and his immediate circle didnt begin rebuilding immediately. There was initially some speculation that Geoff might just retire. It took some months before we got...

I really dont think the 9.3x64 needs an answer. With a lot of bullets the 9.3x70 might be too much of a good thing. Probably would be at its best with copper bullets as they would handle the muzzle velocity best. I have the issue of Hatari Times issue at home with the 9.3x70 in it.