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I used to hunt a fair bit back in the late 90s, all my hunting buddies and I used 30/06s. Back then I imagine it was due to availability and the fact that that cartridge is a great killer of PG. One year we got buffalo tags and my one buddy took his first buff with his trusty 30/06. he crawled...

@Janos Szabo thanks. There's a 4th one to add now, a Brno in .243. Also the 30-06 in the far left has had a stock refurbishment done. I should add a new picture!

What kind of info are you after? Where did you get them?

Some reports coming in are that perhaps these unfortunate people were not so close to the elephants. The lady that died was apparently quite familiar with wild animals having been a safari guide at some point in Tanzania. They were not actually taking photos. The truth is that with human...

This is the second instance of an elephant killing tourists in Zambia this year, a German man was sadly killed near lower Zambezi national park at Easter. In both cases the reports have been that the people got too close to the elephants. I've camped at maramba river lodge in Livingstone before...

I have a CZ 550 in .416 Rigby that I haven't yet taken hunting but hope to use on Buffalo this year. Last year I shot my first Buff using a friends ZKK602 in .375 HandH. That rifle was date stamped 1968 and the first time I fired it it was pointing at a buffalo. We found the buff down and...

I love loved Laurens Van Der Posts's books A Far off Place and A Story Like the Wind. Herman Charles Bosman's short stories are also ever entertaining.

I know a fair few people right here in Zambia who can't say Namibia. A good PH friend of mine calls it Nanibia all the time, and he lives right by the border and goes there frequently. This Trump fellow gets a lot of bad press, I don't follow US politics so dont have an informed opinion to...

Before and after:

About 18 coats sanded in with progressively finer paper, then 20 coats rubbed in by hand.

I put the rifile back together a month ago. Before I did that I buffed it with a soft cloth. Since then I've put another coat of oil on and will do so once a month for a while. I'm fairly pleased. The oiled finish looks and feels great, even with open pores. The detail in the grain that the oil...

Well you've decided the 500NE is going with you, you've clearly got a lovely double that you are very fond of so why wouldn't you take it after buffalo. I would say tho that it's probably more than you need. I also agree with others that 3 guns is too many. That said when I go hunting later...

Some interesting discussion here on which is the preferred 375 and on rifle weight. I'll add my 2c. I didn't know there was any 375 other than HandH until I started reading this forum. I've spent my whole life living in Zambia with lots of hunting friends. Does my ignorance of alternative 375s...

I've only fired one once. It was a 338 win mag. I was on a friends game farm and we needed bait to set camera traps for leopard. We found a young kudu bull that suited our requirements, so I was called on to shoot him. From memory I'd say he was just under 100 yards off, he had his head down...

Two things spring to mind. Firstly to post such accusations without any details and facts just seems like sour grapes to me, desperate housewives stuff if you will. Secondly, if the OP has been "ripped off" so many times he is clearly too gullible. I hope these brash statements can be qualified.

Here is my plan. I will carry on with the thin coats of oil, a coat every couple of days for the next week or so. Then I will give it a good week to cure after which I will use an old cloth nappy (diaper) to buff it up. At this point I will decide whether or not to wax it. This plan could...

I got some on eBay UK.

@Rob404 that's a nice looking rifle. Thanks everyone for your further inputs. I'll avoid the wax for now then. The schaftol gives a glow already, and it gets more sheen to it with each application, so for now I'll just carry on with an application every 2 days or so. I think I will wax it once...

I am now in about 15 hand rubbed coats. I'll still do a few more. I'm wanting to get a bit more glow to the finish, currently it's very dull. For this I have ordered some Renaissance wax. What are all your thoughts on applying the wax and then maybe further coats of oil after the wax. The...

I'd be interested to know, as I have one that says Czechoslovakia (a 601) and one that says Czech Republic (a 600) which are date stamped with quite close dates. Early 90s both of them I seem to remember. I also can't check right now. I'd be interested to see more pics to see the stock shape...

Should be here. Stamped not engraved. Not visible in this picture, but in the ringed area

The proofing and date stamps are small and should be just near where the barrel meets the stock directly in front of the receiver. Just near where the calibre is noted on yours. The logo on top of the receiver and the fact that it says Czechoslovakia not Czech Republic will also give some...

My CZs and Brno have a date stamp on the barrel, right in front of the receiver. 2 digits showing the last two digits of the year it was proofed

I'm not a PH, but I live in Zambia and hunt for meat. I use a 30 06, mine is a CZ ZKK 600. I've used this calibre right up to Zebra, which it dropped with one shot. A few PH friends of mine recommended a 300 win mag over the 30 06, for the extra reach, but being as I prefer open sighted...

I wonder what would happen if when they asked for a cold drink you actually handed them a can of coke.

While people thinking Africa is one big country is something I dislike it has in the past worked in favour. I was working in New Zealand for 6 months and needed a driving licence. I did some research and saw that the authorities there wouldn't reciprocate my Zambian licence and that I would...

I'm curious to know why not?

Thanks for sharing your experience here. Unfortunately I never did get all the pores filled. I may have moved too soon to finer grits on the wet sanding, I may have wiped the slurry off the surface too soon or too hard after wet sanding, I may have been wet sanding too hard. I'm not sure...

My dogs found a porcupine on our plot many years ago. The staffie was too smart and didn't get hit, but the Rottweiler wasn't and he was riddled with quills, they were all over his chest and neck and in his mouth and nose. One quill had stitched his tongue to his bottom jaw and one was full...

Gee wiz. If Rigby isn't British and Mauser isn't German then I'm going back to bed. Really though I commented on this thread because the OP posted pictures of a new rifle that I have been drooling over and I wanted to congratulate him. Now I'm stuck reading inane posts from some dude who's...

In fact I already have the next one lined up. I was lucky enough to find a used .243 zkk601, that is of a very similar year and identical stock shape to my 30 06. So after this hunting season I will have a go at that stock. On that one it appears someone has already refinished since it left the...

Well it looks amazing!

That's a beautiful rifle. That rifle in that calibre is something I would love to have a chance at owning. At GBP5000 or so and considering the reputation for success that the brands involved have I see it as reasonable for the basic model. It's when you start adding the mouth watering options...

Haha. Internet may have come a long way, but there's always something to slow it down around here. And for sure I'd be glad to do a stock for someone else. I can't guarantee results as I haven't even finished my first attempt yet. But I d love to have another go, would tweak a few things in my...

I moved on to hand rubbed coats a week ago. I've put 7 of the thinnest coats I could on and rubbed the surface till it was warm each time. The last three wet sanded coats I didn't wipe the slurry off at all. First I did one wet sanding with p1200 and left the slurry 3 days to cure in the...

I'm really pleased with the results so far. Here it is after 15 coats wet sanded using different experimental (to me) techniques.

We shot at 500 and at 800 mtrs in competition at school. I seem to remember the sights as a ring front and back. We also fired this same sight design on rimfires on the school range I've 25mtrs. Both ranges were lots of fun.

Perhaps the habit here in Zambia should change with the times? I'm not an international hunter but if I was one I would want to know the full amount of money that I would have to part with for a safari/hunt before I booked. I see lots of offers on this forum and they mostly (if not all) include...

@Desert Dog your first point is something I hadn't thought of, and while binoculars would help determining if there was anything behind the target they may not help identifying obstructions in the bullets path. And yes I have heard that optics have advanced considerably and while possibly not...

So what would be the TOTAL cost for the safari?

Other than rifles I am very into guitars. In a guitar collection I want each guitar to do something different, in a rifle collection I want them all to do the same thing.

@Ryan 300 yds to my mind in a hunting situation is a long shot. Sure in competition I've shot at 800 with open sites but would never consider such a thing hunting. Yes there are certain species that due to habits and habitat just won't let let you get within a hundred yards, lechwe among others...

@Red Leg thanks for joining the discussion. I shot military peep sights at school, a long time ago now, and we could get very accurate with them shooting prone in competition. I suppose eye sight will become a factor for me soon enough. When I spoke of what can go wrong I really meant...

I prefer to hunt with open sights but would like to hear what everyone else prefers and why. Firstly I prefer the added challenge of having to stalk in close to the quarry, though this is obviously something one could do with a scoped rifle too. I like the mechanics of open sights and the fact...

@Von Gruff I followed your advice yesterday and wet sanded lightly with 1000g. I was very sparing with the oil and by the time I was finished there was no glistening coat on the surface, just the dull slurry. I didn't wipe that off at all. Looking at it this morning at an angle I see pores but...

@Von Gruff I feel like the finish is going very well. As anxious as I am to get the rifle back together and see the end results I am enjoying the process and seeing improvements with each wet sanding. I'll try your suggestion above. Just to clarify after letting a light coat of slurry set on...

@PeteG we sent some pump actions to Joseph to be cleaned up having spent years on AP duties at pia manzi, they still had rust in the actions when he sent them back! Not in a hurry to use him. I wonder if I could carry a bolt on its own down to JHB to get it jewelled or even post it. @dsmerrills...