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Hi Guys The 270 is good but stick to the heavier 150 grain bullets and heavier The 3006 with 180 grain + but my heart still goes to the 7 x 57 mm with 162 grain bullets and heavier especially at the shorter bushveld ranges Please avoid the lighter bullets at shorter ranges most espesialy on the...

Hi Guys If I may. As much as it hurts get in to the habit of slamming your bolt back against the bolt stop and then slamming it forward repeat this until muscle memory takes over.(Espesialy with your BIG game rifle remember most if not all are built on LONG actions) But also do this with your...

HI Guys. Just to add fuel to the debate how about the 338 Sabi Basically a 338 on a a 9.3 x 62 case. I have never used one. I owned and used a 9.3x62 for many years and would use it rather than a 375 h&h But those who have swear by the Sabi Enjoy and keep safe Russel

Sorry guys but a 308 IS a better choice for Baboons and other primates espesialy those that can shoot back

Hi Guys I wouldnt rekomend a 223 for Baboon but it does work. Any good hunting rifle you are comfortable with will work but personaley I would suggest 243 and over and that that has a little reach. I have NO love for baboons but even they deserve a good clean exit. Keep safe Russel

Hi Guys I have used the Siera Game Kings in 6.5x55 and 8x57 for shooting Bush pig Warthog Bush buck Reed buck at ranges from 7- 180 yds. I have found the Siera Game Kings more than adequite . One shot in particular that I recall was on a large Bush pig boar with my 8x57 at about 30 yds the...

HI Guys If I might add to your list Several (the number and type will be dictated by the size of your pack) ladies sanitary pads. These pads are light compact and very cheap. When combined with there adhesive backing and your triangular bandages they are very versatile and VERY effective...

Hi Mo My contact details are russelkeith@tiscali.co.uk Tel 01983863644 Keep safe and looking forward to hearing from you Russel Keith

Hi Mo. This is Russ Keith I am based for the moment I am based in the UK on the Isle of Wight. I remain very much a hunter gatherer I have done some stalking in Dorset and had some sucess. If you aer interested I will send you contact details and we can discuss our addiction hunting fishing...

Hi B9.3 What you say may well be true and perhaps I just ended up with a bad rifle with head spacing problems or what ever. I have used 458"s ,375 Sako lights and rifle grenades off an FNFAL and others but non have hurt me to the extent that 378 did. So yes you may well be correct but that is...

Hi Guys. I used a 378 Weatherby mag *&^&^%*worst piece of dung I have ever used and it truly slapped me about. I could not get rid of it fast enough I have never touched another Weatherby since nor will I ever. A true B with an itch if there ever was one. keep safe Russel Truth be told in all...

Hi Guys. We all know that the greatest danger to "Game" through out the world is the ever increasing human population and habitat destruction. To put it simply in blunt economical terms................... YOU dont Pay you dont stay................................................ Game HAS to...

Hi Guys Where do I start? First off so sorry to hear of the problems and attacks on AfricaHunting.com. and GOOD on you guys for keeping things running. Having read the above replies and reports I am very greatful my wife and I have closed our face book account. Perhaps I am old and paranoid...

Hi Guys Yes the 10.75x68 will do the job on elephants with good bullets and proper bullet placement but then Bevikenya used the 9.5x57 manlicher (Poacher and blackbirder) Niether are optimum for elephant and one can do far better but if that is all you have go for it, Provided you have back up...

Isis commander; There we were 5 against 500 man those 5 could fight....................

Hi Guys Dont worry toooooo much about snakes. Most of the hunting is done in the winter months, consequently are torpid and or are hibernating. True the Gaboon viper/adder and others inhabit the warmer climes so there is the potential of meeting a snake but remember 70% of the snake species you...

Hi Guys. I have never used the either the 404 or the 10.75x68 but my father and grand father did. So if you don't mind I will pass on what they both told me. They both seemed to feel that 2200fps second with a 40 cal was the minimum my father called it the idiot factor. My Grand father loved the...

Hi Guys Sadly owning neither in rifles I have tried both in shot guns and all I can say is that my eyes are side by side so if you don't mind I will stick to side by side. But then I wont say NO if offered a rifle in either. Be safe Russel PS Talk about an...

Hi Velo dog. With all due respect please please dont insult snakes by including them in the same sentence as politicians. A snake is at least honest and is not in the least bit slimy Keep safe Russel

Hi Guys I never had to much of a problem with snakes in fact in fact I have always been one of those "strange" people who grew up catching snakes in Africa. The Black mamba is bad news and he "knows" it. Puff adder is fat and in no hurry to get out of the way and a bite from him . Well...

Hi Guys. I NEVER carrey cash when hunting ( if you have cash on you to buy food why are you hunting?) I dont hunt Game on a Sunday but will shoot birds on a Sunday? The above are completly illogical but what can I say? As a young man the fruits of your first big game kill are given to the...

Hi Guys I have used and carried a 9.3x62 in Africa for more years than I care to remember. A Sauer and Son with 1/2 octagon 1/2 round barrel and the slimmest stock imaginable cracked at the hand but beautifully repaird Just short of 7lbs all up. In the end I loaded her with 270grn Monometal...

I am guilty of the 11th commandment...................Though shalt not covert thy neighbours rifle..................sigh:sick: Beautiful rifle Be safe Russel

Hi Guys A rifle with out iron sights is simply not dressed. A rifle on a hunt with out iron sights is worse than pitching up on parade with out a belt on..............not done old boy and not to bright Be safe Guys Russel

AAAAAAAAAA Guys Dumb question but if you are out in the field with just a water bottle and your old rifle are you alone? But then if you are out in the bush with afore said rifle and DONT want to be found are you lost? MMMMMMMMMM I don't think so................ beautiful rifles guys. My Missis...

Hi Paul Very nice rifle, but to my eye a little naked..................no iron sights. Yes I am of the generation that has yet to gain full trust in scopes even in scopes of exceptional quality like those you have mounted on your rifle. But then to each his own. One of the GREAT joys of our...

Hi Paul Regarding the Barns x bullets the SA man magnum publication did a report on the Barnes x and optimum velosities if you can get a hold of the article I suggest you may find it very interesting. Sadly when I moved to the UK most of my Gatherings had to go, along with it a lot of hunting...

Hi sestopelman duty in the UK called and in a word Politics is why I left the old girl behind.. Strange as it may sound the thing I miss most is the LIGHT. In Africa the light glows in the uk it either glares and or has Brown outs as our American cousins call a dimming of the lights. Man I miss...

Hi Guys. I have seldom used the 9.3 x 64 but I have owned and used a 9.3 x 62 for a long time. But the following I can tell you. The 9.3x64 was just a little to fast and suffered from bullet failure. In this regard nothing has changed. If I might suggest it will be best stick to premium...

Hi Guys. I have owned and used a 6.5x55 for longer than I care to remember. My rifle was an old Swede military rifle with a McMilan stock. I loaded for it using 139gr bullets but, to tell the truth in that old rifle PPU/privi partisan 139gr was almost impossable to beat. The ammo was cheap...

Hi Guys. I am not familiar with the 405 but I do know the 9.3 and the 450 both more than suitable for the big cats and anything else with due care. However just remember that you will be doing a lot of walking and you will want to be careying your rifle espesialy if you are after lion. Use the...

Hi A Sharp. A note of caution the 9.3 x 72 is a very mild cartridge in the same ball park as the 3030. I think RWS still makes ammo for it but it will be expensive. Cast bullets would work well as would the 270 grain Siera. the 9.3 x 72 is vastly different to the 9.3 by 74. Loaded with buck shot...

I living some part of the year in Zambia and some part in S-A and I do have a little question to all of you that plan a South African safari : The Roan is for me one of the most beautiful and attractive plains game and can also be a difficult to hunt, not only because its character as the 2...

Guys Thank you for your welcome. Velo dog you and I may just have more in common than most/many and I think we cold have many an interesting chat. ( A man sinned before man and GOD and GOD sent him to hell. He awoke in a high rise building never to see the sun and or feel the wind on his face...

Hi Guys. I am Russel G Keith presently based in the UK on the Isle of Wight. I was born in Botswana in 1957 moved to then Rhodesia and went through all the USUAL things. (Military service hunting tracking etc) and then farmed in South Africa for 27 years. I am now in the UK and I am still very...