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    Weatherby Vanguard Safari 375 H&H... it's a ghost

    Weatherby customer service is the best I’ve dealt with also.
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    What Type Of Magazine Do You Prefer On Your Bolt Action Rifle?

    My preference in order: Blind Hinged Floorplate DBM I have an irrational dislike for DBM’s.
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    A Rifle for HER

    I have no hard feelings either and respect your opinion. I still believe it's hard to beat the .243 for recoil shy shooters. If I lived where deer are big bodied I might feel different. I've been hunting deer since the late 60's and the biggest I've killed I don't believe had a live weight...
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    A Rifle for HER

    I don’t have a problem with people using a .243 for mule deer.
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    A Rifle for HER

    Don’t forget to ask her permission before you do.
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    Do not buy from Optics Planet!

    Optics Planet has a bad reputation(well deserved IMO and experience), for showing an item as being in stock and after it is purchased, sending the buyer and Email stating the item is backordered and will be shipped at a later date. The Email is sent after the credit card is dinged and the...
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    Meopta Optics

    3.5-10x44 MeoPro scope and 10x12 MeoPro binocular. Very satisfied.
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    Front sight hood, up or down

    I don’t have any rifles chambered in cartridges more powerful than 30-06, I do have two rifles that came with hooded front sights. Don’t know why but prefer not to have a hood. Both rifles also have scopes so I use irons very sparingly.
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    Meopta Optika 6- 1x6x24 RD SPF -anyone have one or can give an opinion of this scope?

    I have a couple of MeoPro 3.5-10x44s. I’ve looked through the Optika6 and believe the glass is comparable to the MeoPro. I have a VX-3 1.75-6x32. The glass during normal daylight looks comparable between the Leupold and Meopta. In low light the Meopta is better to my eyes.
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    CZ550 Safari SCORE!

    I find that very interesting. I’d love for you to elaborate.
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    Knives... do you carry one?

    I carry a small lock-blade Case all the time. When hunting I carry a large Buck lock-blade
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    Something New From Nepal

    It says, The Cattle Are Dying.
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    .22 scope question

    I believe the Vortex Crossfire II Rimfire scopes to be way over priced for the quality you get. I’ve mounted a bunch of them and find the eye relief and box horrendous. Nikon made an excellent EFR Rimfire scope. So did Weaver. Leupold still makes one, the Freedom 3-9x33 EFR. There is also...
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    Best scopes out there with German #4 reticle

    I have Leupold, Meopta and Zeiss scopes with German #4 reticles. It is my favorite reticle and most of my scopes have them. One of my Leupold’s has an illuminated #4 which to me is the best of two worlds. Only the the dot is illuminated, the bars are not. I don’t believe I’d like the whole...
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    James Leddy safari boots

    I have a pair of Caiman boots-second from the right. I like the looks of alligator quite a bit better though. I’ll definitely be giving your guy a call in the not too distant future.
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    James Leddy safari boots

    They do to me. :giggle:
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    James Leddy safari boots

    I’m really glad it worked out so well for you.
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    Leupold VX-3I 3.5-10x40 vs Swarovski Z3 3-10x42

    Swarovski makes excellent scopes but for me they are a no go. I’ve looked through many of them over the years and don’t see as well through them as I do other brands. To be more specific I see better through Leupold, Zeiss and Meopta. I still pick a Swarovski up occasionally when I’m in the...
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    .416 vs .458: Just how tough are Nilgai?

    Professor Mawla: I’m not positive but I don’t think there is much if any gooseberry growing wild in Texas. Your comment about not hunting Axis in Texas because you hunt them in India resonated with me for two reasons. First is my experience is exactly opposite of yours, I’ve killed countless...
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    .416 vs .458: Just how tough are Nilgai?

    For all intent and purpose there is no public hunting land in Texas. If you want to hunt you own land, lease land or have friends/family who own land. There are many free ranging Nilgai in Texas, their genesis I believe is from Nilgai that escaped from high fence ranches. The Nilgai I’ve...
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    What rifle gives you 'The Fizz'?

    CZ 550 American 6.5x55
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    James Leddy safari boots

    On the surface your logic makes sense and common sense says you are correct. Except you are not. A last is a last. The quality of a last has to do with how well it duplicates the measurements of an individual’s feet. A custom boot maker such as Leddy’s makes two lasts for every customer’s...
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    James Leddy safari boots

    I was surprised at the price for custom cowboy boots from Leddy’s. They cost that much 40 years ago. I’m glad you mentioned that because I have seriously wide feet, 4E to be exact. If I ever get off the shelf safari footwear Courtney will be the first place I look. A couple of points Kevin...
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    Caliber 30-30 use in Africa???

    Factory Remington CoreLokt 150 grain. It didn’t like 170 grain Corelokts.
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    Caliber 30-30 use in Africa???

    Might as well make this the “Lazarus” thread. I was curious about using a 30-30 for plains game, googled it and this thread popped up. Using a lever action with iron sights is great, until you can’t see well enough to do it anymore. My Waterloo with iron sights occurred circa 20 years ago. So...
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    What to use for grouse

    The shotgun I grew up hunting with was an ancient Montgomery Wards 16 gauge SxS. I could really hit with it. It was stolen when I was in college and I replaced with an Auto-5. My problem with SxS’s is that I want a Grulla or AyA and something seems to always come up that money has to be...
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    What to use for grouse

    A good quality semi is much less expensive than an O/U or SxS of equal quality. I like 28 gauge but can’t afford the ammunition. Some people have a really hard time shooting O/U’s and SxS’s well, especially SxS’s. +1 +1 There’s usually more than one correct way of doing something and I...
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    Shout Out to Camera Land Inc Sports Optics

    If Camera Land has what I want I buy it from them, even if it costs more. Doug and Neil are the best.
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    Bought an original FN in 404 Jeffery

    Congratulations. I am green with envy.
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    Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari?

    I tend to hold a rifle in the same manner as I do a shotgun when dove hunting also.
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    Why are Weatherby guns in 375+ calibers not liked on a Safari?

    It’s been my unscientific experience that a person’s size and/or weight has zero relationship with recoil tolerance. In fact from what I’ve seen, people with a more slender build seem to be affected less than stockier people by recoil. Football and recoil? Played from the third grade through...
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    What is the worst rifle you have ever owned?

    Winchester Model 190.
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    Looking for feedback from Africa hunters with experience using 6.5mm cartridges

    When people say, “plains game”, it’s tacit they are talking certain animals in Africa, not the U.S. In the U.S. whitetail are called big game, Axis are called big game or exotic game. You know deer in the states aren’t called plains game and are being childish.
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    Looking for feedback from Africa hunters with experience using 6.5mm cartridges

    I do know what I’m talking about in that Berger bullets are excellent for some game. I never once stated that I’d use any 6.5 cartridge for eland, because I wouldn’t. I also stated I wouldn’t use Bergers on plains game. So I don’t know where you got it in your head that I’d use 6.5 bullets...
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    Looking for feedback from Africa hunters with experience using 6.5mm cartridges

    You are flat out wrong, no other way to say it. I wouldn’t use Bergers on plains game. I do use 130 grain Hunting VLD’s in my 6.5x55 on Whitetail and Axis and they are great. I’ve also used them on a few hogs I encountered when deer hunting and was happy with the results.
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    Advice on self defense weapon

    Many studies such as the one in Scientific American have proven to be seriously flawed and subjective. Quoting that article speaks volumes about you and your beliefs, beliefs which are probably opposite of the beliefs shared by the vast majority of members of this website.
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    Advice on self defense weapon

    I’ve been reading threads for years on what is the best self defense firearm. I’ve never seen an argument definitively proving what is best between handgun, shotgun or AR. So I have a handgun and shotgun next to the bed and a loaded AR in my safe. I have a thing for Colt snubbies but for me...
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    Leupold VX-Freedom. Will it hold up?

    You’re building a .404 Jeffery. If I were doing it I’d at minimum put a VX-5HD on it if Leupold is what you want.
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    Remington Core Lokt?

    Except you are wrong. Core-Lokt bullets are excellent on whitetail and axis. They aren’t suitable for everything by any stretch of the imagination but on some animals they are excellent.
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    Remington Core Lokt?

    Core-Lokt is what my father bought for the milsurp 30-06 and .303 we hunted with when I started deer hunting. When I bought my Model 700 .270 in 1972 I bought 130 grain Core-Lokt because that’s the only thing I knew. Not knowing any better I killed my one elk with it in the 80’s and several...
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    Cold weather head wear

    That’s acceptable but I prefer to be called Fedor The Forest Boy.
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    Cold weather head wear

    I wear a coonskin cap minus the tail over a leopard print balaclava. It may not be the warmest set up but it makes me feel special.
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    Texas to California FFL?

    Except some FFL’s will not accept shipments from a private individual, they’ll only accept them from another FFL. It can be done, there is an extra step in California that must be done but I don’t remember what it is. I shipped a shotgun to California six or seven years ago with no fuss or muss.
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    Fantastic Article - A must read for all of you so called experts

    So there is the possibility of a wounded scrub attacking?
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    Leupold VX3 Riflescope, real world opinions

    I have a VX-3. It will get me well past legal shooting light. Not quite as far as my Zeiss and Meopta but that point is fairly moot since my VX-3 gets me past the time I can legally take a shot. I do not spin turrets, they work well enough to get me sighted in but I wouldn’t use a VX-3 for...
 
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