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That is a very informative set of pictures. Surprising to see the bottom of the turrets being the limiting factor. That was news to me. Surprising to see such wide gaps between objective and barrel even with a so called "low mount". Do you make use of a raised cheekpiece to get your eye...

Some actual numbers This screenshot shows the file sizes and download times for the images on a typical picture rich thread on africahunting.com Filesizes for the pictures are between 1 and 2 MB pr. image with loadtimes between 35 and 75 seconds. For comparison, the filesize of the...

These authors have not yet been mentioned: 1936 - Bror Blixen - Nyama 1937 - Karen Blixen - Out of Africa 1955 - Jim Corbett - Tree Tops

There is a chapter on the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart rifles by Schultz & Larsen in this article. The rifle will most likely be a Schultz & Larsen model M60, which is a variant of the M54, made for the US market. https://revivaler.com/schultz-larsen-rifles/

Goodness gracious, closed bolt and hands on top of barrel! Perhaps a "fashion model" or an actor posing for an advertising photo and no on on the photoset were proficient in firearms use?

I am very happy with the Carl Zeiss Victory RF 8x54 I bought a few years ago. They make them in 42 mm and 10x as well. I consider them an affordable purchase, because I am unlikely to ever replace them, and therefore the purchase price can be amortized over a great many years

Logging in can take 5 minutes some days. It did just now. The pages can be looooaaaaaadiiiiiiiiinnngggg for several minutes at times. It the case just now. I've observed that pictures posted in the threads are often wastly-many-many-many times larger than than they need to be for web viewing...

The introduction to the film, put me off early on: 1:30-1:39 ".... he became involved in anti-poaching efforts, particularly stopping the HUNTING of rhinoceros"

I own and have owned so-so optics, quite good optics and world class optics I have sold some so-so optics. I have scrapped some so-so optics, because they were so so-so that I could not bring myself to pass them on to someone else. I have been quite happy with some quite good optics, but also...

Never do that around me. Its a violation of one of the fundamental rules of gun safety: never point a loaded gun at something or someone you do not intend to kill.

Tell them that you would be delighted to meet them again, but that the meeting has to take place away from the other outfitter, since you do not cooperate or do business with the other outfitter.

An expanding projectile has an impact velocity range, within which it expands well. In general the current generation of "lead-free" projectiles have a higher optimal impact velocity range than current generation lead-projectiles. Therefore if you want to, or are required to by law or the...

Suppressors for hunting rifles have become legal where I live, within recent years. I now use suppressors on all my rifles and would be sad if I was forced to shoot without them. The most recent purchase is a so-called telescopic suppressor. That is a suppressor that slides over the muzzle...

I recently purchased an Elliot Brown Holton Nivo for hunting, hiking, fishing etc. It was surprisingly hard to find a 3-hand watch, in a dark low reflective coating, with a timing bezel and decent lume, that is at the same time presentable at hunts. The movement is a dirt cheap "swiss" Ronda...

We have huntable Sika where I live, but they are elusive and not very numerous, so have not had a chance at them myself. Are you happy with the Meopta Ballistic Hunting Turret on the riflescope? I am considering the same model for myself.

I have used the MSR Trailshot for a couple years on hiking trips. The main concern in the areas where I hike are "E. coli and friends" - ie. wildlife, livestock and human waste in the water. The filter is very small, very lightweight and very slow. The hose enables me to sit or kneel by a...

I can recommend this book to anyone interested in hunting, safari and farming life in East Africa around the time of the first world war.

All my hunts locally where I live are non-trophy hunts. I hunt for the meat, the experience, the company, the sport (in the british english sense of the word) and for the pleasure of getting out of the city and into the countryside for a day or two. For me a nice pair of antlers etc. for the...

My choice for hunting in Northern Europe: .22LR .270WIN 9x3x62 (12 bore shotgun)

Driven hunts on red dear, fallow dear and wild boar are major events in the calendar of many hunters in Northern Europe. During a driven hunt, a low magazine capacity can be a serious limitation. Ideally you want a large capacity magazine in the rifle and spare magazines to hand. The normal R8...

If these numbers are accurate, the new offering is quite a bit heavier: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/02/how-well-do-armys-new-guns-perform-thats-classified-soldiers-will-carry-more-weight-less-ammo.html

What is the weight of the SIG XM5, of the SIG XM250 and of a single 6,8x51 cartridge? Actual numbers is needed to do comparisons like: "weight of rifle plus 100 rounds in magazines" across the calibers and weapons. The various articles online are surprisingly silent on the actual weight.

I have a MeoStar R1riflescope that I am happy with. The image is sharp and very bright. The red dot is adjustable to be useful all the way from night to bright sunshine. It is like one step down from Zeiss Victory and friends (which I also use), at half the price or even less. Remarkable...

"The best" is a choice between Leica, Zeiss and Swarovski. The binocular part of the product is quite different between the three of them. For a start they use three different prism designs: Perger-Porro, Abbe-König and Schmidt-Pechan and they apply field flattening to vastly different degrees...

There are so many wastly different laws and regulations around the world, its hard to come up with a truly "global answer". For instance in my corner of the world, lead projectiles are about to become banned by law for hunting, but will still be legal for use on the shooting range, and will...

In the first ad: "Guaranteed to a depth of 165 ft." These days that is what the Swiss/German/Japanese watch industry rates their "dress watches, for the office" at. For outdoors activities they now offer watches with 6 times that rating. Technology has certainly improved since those adverts...

Some countries have put themself on my personal no-travel-list due to coming out as budding dictatorships during the last couple years. Sadly New Zealand and Australia are now on that list.

Consider parts availability I hunt and shoot clays with two SxS shotguns. Both are 12/70 with double triggers and wooden stocks. Recently the mainspring broke on one of them, a Simson Suhl made in the former DDR in the 1960'ties. I handed it into a local gunsmith on a Saturday, shortly before...

You are flying the wrong way around the world ;) Austin is 6 timezones away from Petropavlovsk - if you travel in the opposite direction of the route you describe. I do not doubt the route you describe is indeed the only route available - it sounds very "Russian".

The "blued steel & walnut" rifle with Mauser actions were used in two World Wars by both sides. They were also used in countless other wars for a century. The "blued steel & walnut" rifle are as much a "military style weapon" as the Stoner AR-10/15 family.

I have had a trailcamera fill up a memory card with pictures of shadows moving across a surface. They were quite like the clearly defined shadows in your picture.

An in-depth tour of Nikon’s Hikari Glass factory So I was really happy to receive an invite from Nikon to tour their Hikari Glass factory in Akita Japan, following the annual CP+ trade show in Yokohama this year. This was a pretty special tour, as we got to see the whole process, from start to...

The Chinese have been taking over infrastructure in foreign countries for quite a while. Their approach seems to be to lend money for infrastructure projects in a not-so-well-run foreign country, have the country put up said infrastructure as collateral for the loan, then take possession once...

I live at 56° N latitude, where dawn and dusk are long drawn out affairs, where we often hunt in forests and where the wildlife tend to be somewhat nocturnal and less active during broad daylight. Therefore for the last year I have used a pair of Zeiss Victory RF 8x54. They give a very good...

That is an amazing display. The oblong "globe" with the map of Africa looks fascinating. What is it made of? I suppose there is a good story behind it?

Land Rover 90" For all the same reasons Kevin Peacoke gives in the first post, with the added benefit of being capable of keeping up with todays traffic, so it can be used as a daily driver. This was my first ever roebuck, quite some years ago. I did the gralloching on the tailgate.

What type of hunt do you look for? Are you interested in participating in a driven hunt, with all the traditions and ceremony that goes with it? Are you looking for a quiet ansitzjagd in divine solitude? Are you you fit and able to keep up with a stalk in hills or the mountains?

What an amazingly warm welcome. Thank-you. I hope to be able to contribute in kind to the forum, but since I haven't been to Africa yet and do not want to be yapping on topics of which I have no personal experience, I will most likely not be the most frequent poster at first.

Free choice of position, but has to be "hunting relevant" (the meaning of that restriction is unclear and has lead to a lot of debate). In practice most shoot the rifle exam prone, using some form of support. The shooting part of the rifle shooting exam is in reality fairly easy, even for a...

In Denmark we have to do attend a hunting course, then pass several exams. Hunting course, classroom part: The zoology of the hunt-able species, their feeding habits, breeding habits, preferred biotopes etc. Animal recognition, all the species that are legal to hunt and some that are not. The...

Thanks for allowing me onboard. I've not been to Africa yet, but hope to take a trip within the foreseeable future. The history and hunting lore of sub-saharan Africa has become a fascination for me. I've developed a taste for the tales of hunting and life in Africa in the old days. My...