Recent content by TSIBINDI

Years ago, I purchased an 8x20 Swarovski bino for buffalo/elephant hunting. Long days afield and lots of miles covered made the small "Eyes" a pleasure to carry in my shirt pocket. $800 for NIB is a bargain, IMO.

S/N 337957 1955

...I used Speer African Grand Slam .458 bullets in my .458WM. I used them exclusively on PAC elephant. Side brain shot...complete pass thru. 73.5 gr of AA 2230 without compaction. Velocity 2185fps. This was my load for accuracy and velocity. My rifle, Winchester M-70 with 24" barrel. Some...

A short story about "Bug Juice." We were in Zambia, August 2003 and occasionally we were in an area of tsetse Flies. Nothing we had with us seemed to deter them. My wife noticed one of the trackers had a pail of liquid and a rather unsightly rag in it. The tracker mentioned it was good...

...As per your request: Remington 165gr Core-Lokt

...More than 600 days afield in Zim, and I have seen exactly ONE pangolin.

"Africa is undoubtedly a most fascinating wild mistress. She gets a tenacious hold on most persons, bewitching, magnetic that is almost irresistible, and once experienced is never lulled into forgetfulness." May French Sheldon 1891

What Fox said: Fold them pack one in each checked bag.

Hedge, you have a DM

..."If money were no object." I'll keep it simple...I'd go to Zim and buy the BVC and the Save and hunt whatever and whenever I damn well pleased. ;)

Leopard, Zimbabwe, 1988 Buffalo, Zimbabwe, 1989 Elephant, Zimbabwe 1989 Lion, Zambia 2003 Hippo, Zambia 2003 No desire to pursue rhino.

...Number four, 3 1/2" blade, 8" o/a. I agree with BeeMaa regarding the usual use of a sheath knife.

I have a .416 Taylor that I had built by Frank Wells in 1987. I wanted a forty-caliber rifle for African hunting. I've use it on everything from baboons to elephant. As far as recoil, that is too subjective. Some say the .375 H&H has less recoil than the Taylor, some say otherwise. My...

Young giraffe Zebra Eland

Croc-"Mobile Handbag" Baboon-"Gudu"