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Been there too. I make my own now out of recycled lead shot bags filled with sand. A couple laid horizontal, then two laid inline with the rifle and it works great for me. If needed you can use six to stack them higher. I also use one that's half filled and sewn in 1.5 strips criss crossing...

Very nice and don't worry, as we get older we tend to do such things. An inch right or left of center is still a very dead animal. As to the Peregrines, after four decades of loading and shooting other name brand/high end bullets I have gone to the Peregrines exclusively as long as Alliwynn...

They call it "The Alaskan" because it is a remake of the original classic "Alaskan" produced many years ago on the Pre 64 action as you can see with going back to the old barrel ring design. I came within an inch of buying one with thoughts of turning it into a .375 Ruger but with what it would...

Ouch, you need better friends. I'd have gotten on the chopper and left his ass on the mountain.

Just an idea to help you with your raffle. If the Rifle is being purchased through Cabelas in all likelihood if an American were to win it there would be little or no difficulty in simply having Cabela's issue a gift card good for a similar rifle to be picked up at any Cabela's in the USA in...

Well my brother let me know this morning he bought us another .375 Ruger, this time a 24" Montana Rifles "extreme" I think it's called, basically their version of the stainless/synthetic Winchester Alaskan that came in .375 H&H. I hate my VX 6's so bad I picked up another 3-15x50 TMOA reticle...

Congrats on the new rifle working out so well for you. I too found the 250gr loads to shoot very well in mine. Very surprised you're having issues with the VX6. I have six of them all on various magnums and have been very impressed with all of them. The first thing I figured out on my trip...

As for the "gritty safety" I had a similar issue with my .300wm Extreme Weather model. Instead of getting better with use it got progressively worse until it reached the point at which I thought it would take a hammer to move it again. I kept working it until it broke free then bathed the...

Eyebrows perking up.:) I dropped you a PM, give me a shout back.

I recommend good scotch and plenty of Aleve.

I have serious ankle problems myself. Less than 2 years following a complete reconstruction of my right ankle I headed to the RSA for 25 days and my trip included a lot of upland bird hunting as well as the big game hunting so I can commiserate. I can recommend several to you and would...

Been right where you are. It took five years to put my first trip to the RSA together and the closer it got the more it drove me nuts with anticipation, questions I would ask, things I wanted to see, and imagining what it would be like. Needless to say my satisfaction was far, far beyond what...

Thank you much.

is it at travelexpress.com or???

I fear this may be entirely to true even though I think it will be "possible" a little longer. There will always be legal buff hunting though and it wouldn't take another decade to save up for one.

I see several pictures of these in this section, where are the coming from and what is causing it? I'm with Johnny, at first glance you want to swear it's a huge sheep.

That's awesome. Looks like a Texas Ringtail Cat on steroids!

This is an old thread but worthy of bringing back up for at least this reason. When I was leaving the "girl" who were checking my paperwork on the guns at check in decided suddenly that the ammunition, still packed exactly as it was when I arrived (missing quite a few rounds though :) ) in the...

I've had to think about this thread for a couple of days but now that I'm back I'm right where I started. I would never take a trip just to take an Elephant but if I had the opportunity I don't believe I could ever say no to taking one in a truly wild setting for two reasons. There's a very...

To clarify, I actually enjoy traveling alone until I get in country. I've had some marvelous conversations along the way and during layovers. In country, unless you know the country I think it's best to let your outfitter take care of getting you from the airport, to the hunt and help you then...

Some fantastic photography on your part, my compliments. I see some animals there that I would absolutely love to add to my collection in the next few years. Are those Buff what are termed a "Forest Buffalo" a subspecies of the cape buffalo? The Roans and Buff taken look awesome along with...

I would not go and plan to travel alone. On my trip to RSA I went alone but already had longtime friends there who arranged the entire 25 days for me. I stayed most of the time with one family but when Francois had to work at his real job he handed me off to one friend or another. That...

Unless you are on a fenced private ranch I'd never leave camp without my passport. Keep it in a ziploc or other waterproof case but I definitely would not let it get separated from my person. As tightly controlled as guns and ammo are everywhere I know of in Africa every outfitter has some...

I have been guiding and outfitting for over twenty years and we have a very simple rule. The moment the first drink is taken the hunt is over for the day. If you can't have fun on a hunt without drinking all day you don't need to be hunting in the first place.

Good point, it may simply be a matter of language which can easily be clarified. I know a lot of the outfitters and PH's in Africa are working in 2-4 languages which may not be their native tongue and translations have been problematic since the Tower of Babel.

I love my 45-70 and it is a fantastic weapon with more than adequate energy and penetration for any animal in North America. The Marlin's remain a favorite among lots of people in Grizzly country. That doesn't make it adequate or recommended for African Dangerous Game. I was told I'd be more...

Great advice. The SAPS agent that I had to deal with coming into the country was clueless as to her job and Francois ended up having to walk her through it line by line and when she got a little snotty about it offered to let her talk to the head of the unit there at Joberg whom he happened to...

It sounds a bit fishy at least. Having run my own outfitting/guiding operation for years I always felt as though as long as I gave the client a good opportunity to take the game I'd done my job but it was always up to them to decide to shoot or not shoot and of course their duty to make a good...

Phillip so far I've just run a handful of the .270 gr Plainsmaster using a 73-75gr charge of Alliant RL-15. I had very good accuracy with it but I'm probably going to try some RL-16 just because of it's better temperature stability. I was getting best accuracy at 74.2 grains with 2845fps and...

I ran into similar issues with some of the tiny guys I shot on my trip. After having some serious issues with the Swift Sirocco 180's I was shooting in the .300 I got turned onto the Peregrine VRG4 Plainsmaster bullets. At any range, soft bodied or thick and bony I have yet to have any wasted...

There are a number of sponsors of this site that you can rely on including some of the above. If I were going after a leopard though I would call @McDonald Safaris. Alex is the third generation in his family to be a PH and Outfitter. I never had the pleasure of meeting his grandfather but he...

Great looking animals. There is just something majestic about those big curving horns that I find captivating very similar to Ibex. Fortunately the Sable is much more accessible and affordable to hunt!

Great job on the Bull and a great job of telling the tale, I could almost smell the blood and taste the dust.

Still watching.... .

It's not bad at all without the brake even with the 20" barrel. I put an aftermarket brake on my Alaskan and it went from not bad to being a real joy to shoot. I have tried a dozen different types of brakes over the years and find the Northwest Precision Muzzle brake to be one of the best...

What something is worth is what someone else is willing to pay for it. Most people I know will pay more for the best and not feel bad for having to do so. The flip side of that is we all want to get as much as we can for our money. I would feel cheated if I found out that I made a package...

Momentum for one thing. A given mass driven at a given speed only has so much momentum. Even round nosed ball ammo will over penetrate. A monolithic bullet in a RN design will not have the same mass or momentum of a lead core bullet of the same design and velocity. Bullets like the Barnes...

I'm having a brain fart here guys, tungsten is the metal I'm thinking of not titanium. Sorry, I've been working on an airplane project with a friend the last few weeks and titanium was just stuck in my brain.

Africa is an addiction. I can understand why with all it's problems so many of us can never get enough of it and just keep going back.

The crime rate in S. Africa is staggering compared to here in the US. It is not a place I'd want to be without people I know are dependable, safety conscious and well versed in the language, customs and realities of day to day life in the RSA. As long as you book with an established outfitter...

You guys are great and doing a great service for us all. I can't imagine what it would be like to jump on a deal like this and find yourself in handcuffs half a world away from home facing a very long sentence in an African prison.

From personal experience I can say for sure that animals you never thought you would be interested in can suddenly become something you can't resist on a first safari. I was literally like a kid in the candy store who'd never seen candy before. I was lucky to have Francois along to help me...

Sorry to be slow in getting back. Years ago here in the US I came across some "bear loads" in .41 magnum. They were a hard cast lead hollow point and inside of that hollow point was a titanium penetrator about the size of a 16 penny nail, pointed like the tip of a nail and it ran the full...

This thread has led me to doing eye blinding levels of reading and research or tough penetrating and DG rated bullets. In the course of doing so I found an article discussing the actual construction of several lines of bullets which I found very interesting. The DGX and DGS have a steel cup...

I am almost speechless at how petty some of you guys are proving to be. I definitely find it informative though. If you can't fill your hunts without pissing on others you need to re-examine what you are doing.

Absolutely and without hunters it wouldn't be happening.

It's a pretty sad deal that the Hippopotamus River has been without wild Hippos for many years. PC is working to solve that. We've had some massive projects here in the US since the 60's restoring native populations that were long since gone. The REMF and National Wild Turkey Association are...

For what it's worth I'd say you've gotten some good advice here. I can also tell you based on my first safari experience is that once you start seeing these animals alive in the field your list of priorities will probably change. I had over three years to think long and hard about my...

Beautiful piece of work and I agree, a very novel re use of materials. I hear poachers make high quality organic fertilizer as well.

If you don't hear back from him pretty quickly send me your email address privately and I'll make sure he gets it. When I heard back from him yesterday he said they really have their hands full right now with lots going on but he won't leave you hanging long. What makes his project a neat deal...