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Welcome to AH Patrick. You lucky bastard. Have a heap of fun over there mate and tell us your story. I'm going in October 2013 to SA so I need all the info I can get a hold of.

G'day from Downunder. Try Bertram Bullet Co, over here in Australia. He makes the brass you want. Google, "ammo dump". It should bring up his website. If you have trouble send me a personal email and I'll you get you in touch with him. His brass is expensive, but you won't have any trouble with...

Hi Tyler, welcome aboard mate. The members here are first rate. I'm glad you people are out there when we fluff a followup.

Hi Magnus, welcome Mate. Stay in touch Magnus, my wife and I hope to be in SA in October 2014 and we'd love to meet up with you and say G'day and post some pics ya selfish bugger so we can drool over them and then yit you up for a hunt. Warmest Regards Mate and have fun on the forum. Wayne

I love it Bob.

Hi ethan, I know where you're coming from. I'm still some time off, but all I can think of is the trip. I said to my wife, "I'll be sad when the trip is over." She said, "You can always go back again." What A WOMAN.

Welcome Mate, it's good to have another Aussie on the forum. Lucky bugger going to the Dark Continent. I hope to be going myself in October 2013. Have a great time over there and bring us back some pics and reports.

Hey, horses for courses. I don't intend to use the 9.3 on buff, I'm not that stupid. But if I was going to buy a bigger rifle it would definitely be a 375H&H. Thats just me. It really doesn't matter so long as you can put the bullet exactly where it should go and have total confidence in your...

Hi Al, As for insurance, think about how much it would cost you to replace the rifle you have. Then seek an insurance quote, that will give you some idea of how much the rifle is worth. Do you have any receipts and/or paperwork that came with the rifle. Also there's a big Rifle Auction Website...

Hi Mig, I've had a Ruger African in 9.3 for a couple of months now and I love it. I've used Hornady brass and Hornady 286grn pills ahead of 64grns of AR2209. This fives a velocity of about 2340fps. I found the recoil a bit stout, but it's been a while since I've used firearm, but I did have a...

What can I say Tom......great snapping duckshit. What do you feed them over there. That is a very very big leopard and an awesome trophy. I just imagine the caption now........"Your'e a bad boy for pissing in the loungeroom. Out you go."

Al, go into Wikipeadia and type in MUSGRAVE RIFLE MAKERS. It has a bit of history about the makers. Hope that helps mate?

A beautiful well executed piece of working art Al. I'm very envious. I would say if it come up for auction, considering the provinance, which is extremely important, and that it is 1 of 2 known to exist, I would say that it would probably go for $50,000+ US. Mind you, thats just a guess. I...

Welcome Dux. There's some nice knowledgable blokes here.

Hi All. You've read that I liked the book "Maneaters of Kumoan and The Temple Tiger", written by Jim Corbett. He writes about 2 leopards that he shot, one in particular where he sat in a tree over a live goat at a distance of 20feet and the leopard took the goat. He then shot it with a DB...

Welcome Carolinasman. You can't go wrong here mate. A very knowledgeable group of people and the strange thing about it, they are all friendly; Strange That???? Keep ya cheecks apart and have fun.

Puts things into a different perspective, don't it. GOD BLESS YOU LITTLE MATE.

Beautiful work Gert.

Not a problem; I'll keep you posted Diamondhitch.

I've been watching some of the videos you have on the website Jerome. The trouble with videos, you are limited to sight only, I want to smell and feel the country with all my senses. I can't wait to get over there, but I'll be sad when it's finished;NOT. As soon as I get back I'll be planning...

I shall definitely drop her a line Mate. Thank You

Thanks Cliffy. I'll drop her an email. I love the bold statement underneath.

Quite right.

Hey Diamondhitch. The travel agents over did give us a quote, but they add 25% on the ticket. They had us flying from Brisbane to PE; there were 4 flight changes and a total of 13hours of layover. The total duration of the journey was over 26 hours. I then checked out Qantas flights and there...

Thanks Patrick, I'll do that. Wayne

Hey Brunie, checked out qantas. You're dead right mate, there is a direct flight from Sydney to Jo'berg. It'll cut about 9 hrs off the trip and it's cheaper as well. Many Thanks Mate.

Some of these airlines couldn't organise a watch in a one man life raft. I didn't quite understand the traveller's cheque bit mate. Could you eloborate. Remember I'm a tourist virgin!!

Thanks Brunie. Good point about the one ticket. Thanks Mate.

I think you're BRICKBURN about PE not being International. All flights seem to go to Jo'berg. But I will continue to look. Thanks Mate.

Thanks Diamondhitch.

I'm planning to fly Qantas to Perth. The South African Airways from Perth to Jo'berg, then from Jo'berg by Comair to Port Elizabeth. Just wondering if there is a driect flight to Port Elizabeth from Brisbane? Any Aussies out there who might be able to advise me of alternatives? Have any...

Thanks Jerome. My knowledge of Africa is fairly limited, but the summary you provided was very good. I'm planning my first safari now near Port Elizabeth for September/October 2013. I'm looking forward to it very much.

Your probably right BRICKBURN. "There no fool like an old fool." Now....where's me walking stick.:doh2:

Vanity knows no age my friend.

Thanks classicsafari. Thats very kind of you and I will do it. Also I'd like to THANK all you Guys on the forum. The amount of information and help I've received is amazing. Thankyou ALL, and you too Diamondhitch.:first:

I just told my wife what happened to you mate. We both lost it.

Don't just hate it when animals don't do what you want them to do. That must have been hilarious to watch that going on.

I don't know who shot him BRICKBURN. There was some blood on his head, so I'd say that he had been knocked out when put into the back of the truck. We used to head shoot the foxes out to and include 200 meters when we spot lighted them. My Mate was a bit of a woos when it came to shoot anything...

Quite right BRICKBURN. I had a close encounter with a critter that I will never forget. Spine chilling close encounter. A Mate and myself were out spot-lighting foxes one night. We had shot about 6 by about 10 o'clock one night, we pick them up after they were shot and opened the back door and...

Thanks Ole Bally, it's great to get the experiences of others. It's good that Wayne Grant is still doing what he does best. I've ordered the book and just waiting for it to arrive. Thanks Mate

Well said DOCMAN!!! Bullets nowadays are far superior to the bullets of long ago. Patterson in his adventures through Africa describes in his book how the full metal jacket out of his .303 had poor perfomance on lion and other PG. He described how it took 6 shots to dispatch a lion. I don't know...

Just after I posted this thread, I did have alook at those photo's spike.t. Thanks Mate.

Love the 9.3x74R my man. I want to have your baby!!

Yes I agree, it would be good to get the PH's side of things.

I suppose after reading Diamondhitch and 35 bore's comments, it would depend in what country your'e hunting in and the circumstance,conditions and the animal in question, faced at the time of taking the shot. Would you both agree?

As I have enquiring mind for all sorts of stuff, I'd like to ask a question and perhaps disspel within my own mind any errors that may occur due to old age and/or infirment; that many years ago BG hunters in Africa and some India white hunters used to emphasis the placement of the first shot...

Strike me pink spike.t I'm pissed already. Truth is the older you get the less you can drink. 2 drinks and I'm anybodies. I might be chaep but I'm not easy, and thanks for the spelling correction, I wasn't quite sure how you spelt it.....oh...gawd..I know whats coming; it spelt I....T moron. I...

Thanks Very Much for the info messmate. I want to take one of those new fangled head cams with me and film the hunt. She be a laugh and a hoot. Will post them when I get back and add a story to it.

A bit like BUBBA J, the Jeff Dunham puppet, but I'd really like to get together sometime (all of ya), have a quiet drink and talk bullshit. THAT WOULD BE GREAT FUN & hilarious. Just had me birthday and my eldest daughter said to me, "Dad how do you know your'e getting old?", I said, "I don't...

Same thought crossed my mind. The camels they muster(roundup) over here is done by chopper and motorbikes. They are coralled and placed into trucks and shipped off. But they only take the best camels and they are used for racing in UAE. I can just imagine it now Diamondhitch; you an I standing...