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Good morning all! Last night I was playing around with some ballistic calculations and I wanted the opinion of the Elders of Africa here. I'm trying to find a good rifle to take for small cats/ small antelope that won't break the bank, has easily accessible factory loads (since I do not reload...

Good morning all, Next year I have a hunt planned that will mostly focus on the "smaller" cats (such as Serval, Caracal, Genet, etc)and maybe a Diker or Steenbok. I've decided to take my CZ-550 9.3x62 and I had a question about solids. The only factory load solids I have been able to find for...

Morning all! So after my last post asking about the 22-250 for smaller animals showed me that wasn't a great idea I decided to try a different approach. My next hunt will focus on the "smaller" african cats such as the Caracal, Serval, perhaps Genet and...Eland. Because apparently I'm a man of...

Good morning all! I recently picked up a 22-250 just because I've always found it to be an interesting caliber and one came available at the store my wife works at. She called me, and it was mine before the sun set! I took it to the range and after I saw the accuracy (It's Tikka T3x 1/14...

Hello all! So, with this virus going on my wife and I can see we will need a negative test result no more than 3 days before we depart on our hunting adventures. Fine, no worries, it is what it is. Now though, has anybody had any experiences getting back into the USA? Do you use a mobile...

Hello to all of my fellow hunters! My first dangerous game hunt is coming up in October and I've found that I'm running out of practice rounds for my double. This is obviously my own fault, but if anyone had a box of these that they would be willing to part with I would appreciate it! Many...

Hello again all! I had a quick question for you all. My current 450/400 3" weighs in at 8lbs even and while I can handle the recoil it strikes me that might be a tad light. If I had some recoil reducers or weights added to the stock, would that throw it's accuracy and regulation off a cliff, or...

Good afternoon all! I am coming to you for advice. I recently picked up a 450/400 double for my first buffalo hunt this October and while I love the gun I am rapidly begining to hate shooting it. I have, and shoot, a 9.3x62, a 375 H&H and a 404 Jeffery, none of which react the way this one...

Good morning/afternoon all!! Well, as some of you may remember I had bought a Chapuis 450/400 double that I could not get to center. We got that all sorted out with Champlin Firearms (who I highly recommend!) and now she prints very nice touching groups at 50 yards. The problem is, I keep...

Hello all! Well I took my double out to the field to try it at 50 yards. Long story short I must be doing something really wrong and I dont know what. The closest group I got was 6 inches, 4 inches when I moved to 28 yards. The right barrel seems to shoot far to the right, the left seems a few...

Today I have been inducted into your ranks! It's been a lot of saving, planning, shopping, comparing, researching and, finally, buying but I now have my first double rifle, a Chapuis 450/400. I cannot believe that I've taken this step, it's a rifle and caliber that I've been dreaming about...

Hello all! I am thinking that maybe it's time to take the plunge and pick up a double rifle. I have a nice bolt action .404 and the main thing holding me back was the overlap, I just couldn't get myself to buy a double that would obsolete the .404 and the .404 is about as much kick as I can...

Hello all! I don't need to tell you all that even though I already have enough guns to hunt everything on the planet I want more. I've been thinking about a 9.3x62 for years but never got around to it. Recently I purchased VZ-24 Brno Mauser in 8mm and, when taking it apart, noticed that it...

On my way out to South Africa again with Lianga Safaris . Currently sitting in the Emirates boarding area waiting for the flight to start boarding in a few hours. I've got my eye on a Sable, Giraffe and after that we will see! I know last time I completed the hunt in August and didn't get the...

Good morning all! I'll be leaving in a week for Africa Safari #2 and as I was looking at the weather I'm seeing rain, rain, and more rain. I was wondering is anyone here has any tips for hunting Africa in the rain? Do the animals react differently? Does it make tracking easier or harder? (I...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/zimbabwe-start-paying-white-farmers-compensation-april-085513589--business.html HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe is to start paying compensation this year to thousands of white farmers who lost land under former president Robert Mugabe's land reform nearly two decades ago...

Hello all! I've been interested in a double rifle for some time, basically ever since reading about Jim Corbett and his famous tiger hunts. I recently came across a Sabatti Safari double in 450/400 which was the caliber Mr. Corbett used. The asking price is 4k and the seller says that it...

Good afternoon all, Welp, my crate made it to the U.S.A but not unscathed. As you can see some dingus tried to use it as table and crushed in part of the top. Among the casualties (a couple of horns, I think Impala but I don't have the shipment yet to make sure) my prized trophy, an Eland...

Good morning all! So, this year I'm going to try to get a giraffe. It's not going to be an awesome "stink bull" unfortunately but I was offered a small cull opportunity for some females and at the price I can't resist. I also cannot make up my mind as to what taxidermy I should have in mind...

Good morning all! I had a quick question for you all about flashlights. I'm heading over in April for trip #2 and I was thinking that last time I really could have used a flashlight or headlamp. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm leaning towards headlamp because I'm borrowing a rifle...

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201902190798.html Tanzanian Arrested for Alleged Cutting Off Village Leader's Head in Anti-Poaching Wrangle By Joseph Lyimo Babati — An attempt to prevent poaching in the Tarangire National Park ended disastrously for a village chairman here as alleged...

I'm not going to say that Africa is addictive but...my user name used to just be @Eventually_Africa and this is my story. You've always wanted to go to Africa, but you know you never had the time or the finances. Still, a dream takes a while to die so one day, sitting bored in your...

Hello all! I don't have a lot of hunting friends to share this with so I'm posting here. Got my hunt booked for late April of this year! Mostly going to focus on kudu and see what happens from there. Now to start planning and packing, then repackaging then doing it again heh. Can't wait!

Good morning all! I had a quick question or two and was hoping for some insight. Our taxidermy has been completed since about September (we have seen the mounts and the packed crate so we know it's all ready) but there seems to be an issue with getting the South African export permits. We had...

Hello all! I won this book in a drawing on this site a while back and promised the author, @Kevin Thomas that I would review it when I was done so, as a man of my word, here is the review. First and foremost this book could, in my opinion, have been titled "Hunting Buffalo for Dummies"...

Just a short, but true, story. My father doesn't really like hunting but he knows that I do. He and my mother came out to visit my wife and I for a few days and I finally convinced my dad to come to the range with me. He decided to try out my .270 and, long story short, he liked it so much that...

Good morning all, I was reading over some of the recent threads on here and it suddenly occurred to me that I had a very poor grasp on what, exactly, a "Big Bore" rifle is. I know the "Wikipedia definition" which is "large-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of .40 inches or larger." but...

I see a ton of SCI related things on here, just wondering if anyone else would be attending the Denver one in 2019?

Hello there all! Well, it's finally happened. Between myself and my wife we have filled up the gun safe and she has kiboshed getting another one. Sadly this means that if a new rifle goes into the safe an old one must go out. At this point I'm trying to decide between letting go of a 1977...

Hello all! Here is my 404 when I first got her.(top picture) She started out as a 338, got converted to a 404 but then her owner passed away. I picked her up at an auction, took her to the gunsmith and here she is!

I was thinking about all the hunters and huntresses we have on this site, some of who'm have been at the Africa Hunting addiction groups for a very long time and I was wondering if people still remembered what their first ever African trophy was, and perhaps what the circumstances leading up to...

Hello to you all! As you know the internet is full of interesting things. Earlier this week I saw a discussion about hunting with a 30/30 and another about hunting with a 10mm! Today I saw a video of a gentleman successfully hunting a Cape Buffalo with an air rifle! I was wondering, has...

Good morning to you all! Recently I acquired a brand new, never been fired 300 H&H Craig Boddington "Kudu" Ruger #1 with original box and all the trimmings. Now, the problem is that when I was bidding for this item I didn't KNOW it was "brand new, in case, never fired" rifle! So now I'm...

Good morning to all my fellow hunters/huntresses! I'm looking into booking my next Safari for April or May of 2019 and I'm trying to decide between the two. It will be in the Limpopo region of South Africa. I've heard something about the "rut" during this time frame, or am I way off? Any...

Good morning (afternoon, evening) to you all! I was perusing the "Free Classifieds" section and came across an add for some used Courteney Safari boots which were going for around $250.00. I was impressed that a pair of used boots could command such a high price so I went over to the...

Hello to you all! If you go over to the "Free Classifieds" section then you've probably seen my quest to get a 404J and that it has born fruit! So, now that I have the rifle I had a question about recoil reduction modifications. It's currently weighing in at 8lbs 2oz and that's a bit light...

Hello all you fine hunters! So, as you may or may not know (and if you don't go look at the hunting report for a laugh) I returned from my first Africa experience last year and I took my CZ-550 .375. Oh man, what a rifle! I had a grand old time but after firing and using the CZ I came down with...

Hello my fellow Africa Hunting enthusiasts ! I'm writing this report as I sit in the guest lodge at Lianga Safaris and even though my hunt started 3 days ago this is the first night that I've actually had a chance to write! Africa is truly amazing and I don't think I could be having a better...

As I was talking to one of my coworkers today they glanced at the calendar and casually blew me away. "So, 13 days till your trip, eh?" I blinked. That couldn't be right....could it? Had my first ever African adventure really snuck up on me? I know I've been trying hard (and failing) not to...

Conservationists have lodged a formal request for the US government to list giraffes as endangered in a bid to prevent what they call the “silent extinction” of the world’s tallest land animal. A legal petition filed by five environmental groups has demanded that the US Fish and Wildlife...

Since I'll be going to Africa in a few months I've been reading every book I could get my hands onto about hunting in Africa. I've read things from way back in the before time all the way through to modern hunting and some of the stories they tell are amazing. I know people don't like to brag...

Hello again all! Gearing up for our first hunt in August and the question came up about renting or bringing rifles. On the one hand I'd love to bring my own rifle, and my wife want's to bring hers as well. On the other hand it seems like a lot of paperwork and worry (flying from Texas to...

Good morning/afternoon / evening all! I recently went to the Denver Rocky Mountain expo and the leupold rep sold me a leupold mark ar 3-9x40 firedot for my .375 H&H. The problem is that I didn't notice the "AR" portion of the name until I got home! The rep assured me that this scope could...

Hello all and Happy New Year! I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum and will happily move this if it is. That being said I have a bit of a question. I have my first Africa trip coming up this year (Huzza!) and one of the animals I am considering is a Giraffe. If I managed to bag one of these...

First off, hello all! Now that the pleasantries are out of the way, let me tell you something that I just discovered today. No it's not a pill to make your gun bigger, but it might help you with some of your anti-hunting friends. I was talking to some of my friends about my upcoming...

Hello all! So there I was, all set to go on my first safari next year with my trusty 308 (for my first safari I think PG is very appropriate and I know that with good shot placement the 308 can handle it all lol) when I made the mistake of walking into a local used gun shop for a look...

Hello all! I recently picked up a CZ-550 Safari Classic in .375 for a pretty nice price (well I think so anyway lol, about $930 after tax and she is as clean as a whistle) but the recoil pad on it has a few gouges and rips. I went to the Limb-saver page but they do not provide any recoil...

I'm sorry, I don't know how to put the article in here, but here is a link to it anyway. Nice to see a happy midway point to this story (wouldn't call it an ending till it's all said and done, after all "That's Africa"). http://citizen.co.za/1202073/doctors-save-hyena-boys-eye/

Hi all! I'm off to Africa next year (August 2017) for the first time and I'm trying to get my gear together. Part of that means that I need something to get the rifle over to Africa and that's where you fine folks can (possibly, hopefully) come in! I'm looking for a decent condition used gun...

First off let me apologies if this is in the wrong thread! I'm reading a lot of news coming out of South Africa nowadays and my simple question is, for your average Joe hunter, is South Africa still politically safe to hunt in? Ive seen several articles about people going out to farms and...