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“Elephant” by Commander David Enderby Blunt RN, first published 1933, unsure when this copy was printed but appears to be 1970s or 1980s. For sale, Australia only, $150 including postage.

$250 including postage (Australia only at this point), in good condition but has my .500NE notes.

G’day, I went to load some new Norma brass in .458WM and can see/feel that the primers are sitting just slightly above flush. At first I was using Federal primers, so changed to CCI to see if that made a difference, which it did but still a whisker proud. Hard to photograph but the CCI are...

G’day guys, I’ve got Woodleigh’s last pack of 215 grain Hydros coming, as sadly they’ve discontinued them due to not enough demand. Once I burn through them I’m not sure what solids are available for .303. Any ideas? Round nose is preferable to pointed in the absence of Hydros or similar. Any...

What have you seen or done to ensure accurate readings? I haven’t shot my chronograph yet! Anyway, today I loaded eight 180 grain CEB Safari Solids in new Norma .300H&H brass using 62 grains of 2209 (one of my go-to loads using Hydros or TSXs - I’m not a speed demon). I went out-bush with my...

Like most, I’m dreaming about better times ahead someday... I’d like to learn about options and information for hunting in Kaokoland. The landscape intrigues and fascinates me. I would be interested in zebra, kudu and gemsbok - possibly eland. And I should also think about springbok as they...

Even in uncertain times the dog must still be fed. I would’ve gladly settled for any buffalo regardless of age or gender, but after a long and frustrating search I found this tremendous old bull and the M98 .300H&H did the trick with a 180 grain Woodleigh PPSN to the heart.

Good morning, All, I’m wondering if there is a clear gap between where East Cape kudu and southern greater kudu exist? Or is there overlap? How does it work? Is it a gradual and imperceptible transition? Or are there places where two distinct kinds are present? If I understand correctly, the...

Got a beautiful M96 6.5x55 from 1900. It got shortened to a carbine some decades later, if I understand correctly. It looks to be in very good condition. It shot 140 grain PPU factory ammo nicely, just a bit high. I really want to shoot Woodleigh 160 grain PPSNs. So I loaded some using the...

These photos are of once-fired Lapua .22-250 brass. I loaded them a few years ago with 35 grains of 2208 and 55 grain TSXs. Something was wrong. Difficult bolt lift and speeds over 3700fps. A new barrel had recently been installed. I took the rifle to another gunsmith, and he could...

Some numbers. I turned forty the other day, and noticed that even a faint sniff of wonderful, wonderful, glorious food can go against me if I’m not careful. So my wife and I decided to try to climb the hill behind camp every evening when it cools down. Yesterday we did-so for the first time...

Shocker of a wet season this year, so the land is really hurting already with the worst still ahead. Have been asked to thin numbers around a little thermal spring that’s copping a flogging, and also to get some meat for people and dogs - including one hard-core little four-legged fighter...

Pretty interesting video. Anyone got insight into this?

G’day All, A few days ago I returned from having spent ten amazing days with Chris Troskie in the Waterberg Mountains of South Africa. I had a wonderful adventure and am looking-forward to returning as soon as I’m able to! It was a privilege to see the conservation work that Chris and other...

Old bull, ten metres, 570 grain Hydros.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-07-06/first-aerial-shoot-for-south-east-arnhem-land-ipa/11281602

Clambering carefully down a creek bank something caught my eye. It was razor sharp and seemed to be quite different to the gravelly pebbles around. It was as big as the palm of my hand and it sat on its own little tower of fragile creek bank. It had somehow protected three or four delicate...

.300H&H, 180 grain TSX

...but not the second time. I was culling some cane toads. Stalked to 3cm of my first target and let-fly. The sub-sonic .22 was too quiet, the toad didn’t flinch and I knew a projectile had lodged in the barrel. The cleaning rod revealed the projectile had nearly made it out of the barrel, but...

Was on the phone for two hours including scrambling around for a misplaced driver’s license, and eventually decided to scribble...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-05-22/top-end-cattle-property-carmor-plains-bought-by-malaysians/11129848

What do you suppose all this will all this actually mean? Same products and prices with a historic branding on some?

I regret not getting a better picture, I was feeling ill and had a huge list of urgent jobs to try to make a start on - including feeding a hungry dog with terrible breath, way overdue for fresh meat, as well as helping out some folks running low on food. Good stalk, my first on new-burned...

From Facebook the other day... Even with a sometimes playful nature, a sophisticated family and social structure, killer whales are the ocean's top predator, and so we bear witness to some intense and powerful encounters. Early last Thursday several family groups teamed up to attack and kill...

I’m not completely sure of the right terminology to use, but I’m hoping to learn from members about the Cape buffalo aesthetic I admire most (after age / solid boss), which is that the horn tips protrude no higher than the boss and preferably lower. Perhaps the terminology is drop or deep curl...

I’m always tucking-away little bits of learning for planning future adventures, and I’m wondering if people here can give an overview of shipping costs for trophies from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique? Obviously it depends on what the trophies are, so are there any facts to compare on shipping...

My Mauser has the flag safety which can’t be used with the scope on. This isn’t a problem here in Australia because I only chamber a round when I’m about to shoot (buffalo, mostly) or else I chamber a round but keep the bolt open with my hand jammed firmly underneath. This is habit. Safety...

Has anybody done that, for ease around airports, etc, and to fit the rifle into the smaller Pelican case? Or is that a silly idea? Thanks in advance.

After a few quiet weeks with the flu we were starting to feel better and in need of some time by the river. And the dog needed meat, too. We found this old bull, in his last or maybe second-last season. He’s a giant for our area, with genes more similar to coastal bulls. The shot distance was...

These CEB 475 grain Safari Raptors were at the Post Office yesterday, so today I loaded a few with 95 grains of 2208. The gent who supplied them recommended using 2206H from his Quickload calculator, but another gent recommended 2208 - which is what I had in the cupboard. I’ll try 2206H at some...

As we’ve been talking about herd dynamics, and how bulls bash each other to conquer the ladies, my six-year-old son asked me, “Why do boys even like girls?” “Well,” I answered, “You’ll probably find-out one day when you’re older.” “I don’t like girls, I just like triceratops. I want to find a...

Sort-of a reloading question mixed with some field testing... I bought some 570 grain Hydros off Tim (thanks, Tim!) to try in the Sako Brown Bear .500 Jeffery, out of curiosity. I’ve used Hydros with various smaller cartridges before, but never did try them in .500NE before I sold it. So I...

On Friday I noticed that a camp dog we have a real soft spot for was looking poorly, and we needed meat for our household, too. So when evening rolled around - the time when buffalo like to stand-up - my wife and dog and I went for a look-around to see what we could find. The annual cold-season...

At dawn on Easter Sunday my wife and I were hiking a bearing to a creek system we wanted to explore. Still in the high, savanna and woodland country, we were nearly at the head of the creek when a boar and I spotted each other simultaneously through the spear grass. He was unsure but spooked...

Any recommendations? We’d like to stay a couple of days at Africa Sky in Johannesburg after the hunt (Limpopo), and see some things, do some shopping, hit some restaurants (very exciting when you live in the bush!). Then we’d like to shoot-away to some places around Isandlwana for a few days...

We’re researching some historical sites to visit that are significant to us, including Isandlwana and a church at Pietermaritzburg. An ancestor of my wife fought and died at Isandlwana. Port Durnford is named after him, so we’re wondering about visiting. Is it near Richards Bay? Is that a...

G’day All, I’m looking at heading to South Africa next year, and in addition to my plainsgame dreams I was pondering trying to hunt a spotted hyena. Whereabouts do they live in South Africa, and what is the experience like? Is it spotlight from a blind over a bait? Do they hit baits during...

From last October... Sako Brown Bear in .500 Jeffery, and two Woodleigh 600 grain PPSNs.

Is this something that outfitters encounter sometimes? Do any clients here have experience with this?

My wife and I took her visiting mother out for a stroll to see some of the magnificent wet season countryside. After about a kilometre they’d had enough and turned for home, while I continued on. I was hoping to find something to feed our dog. I also enjoy trying to photograph birds, and found...

G’day All, I’m just learning to navigate this site and am enjoying the wealth of experience here. I love kudu! I’ve spent a tiny amount of time hunting them in South Africa’s Eastern Cape and in Botswana’s Kalahari. It’ll be some time before I’m back in Africa, but I’m always dreaming and...