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I am asking my friends to trust me on this…if you are looking for a Rhino dart hunt the very best is Wintershoek Safaris bar none based on both my research and experience

Just an observation made from my recent two week safari…the ability out to 50 yards to shoot your rifle off hand is not something most people think about in the age of sticks. However as I discovered on both my cape buffalo and my elephant having the experience of shooting off hand was...

Thought you would like to see my finished Buffalo backing I will shortly have my Cape Buff from my Dalton & York hunt mounted on

Okay moving from SA to Zim and the chance to hunt with one of our legends, Lon Denny and @Tokoloshe Safaris. To start right off, it was just outstanding in every single way!!! If you are looking for old Africa complete with tents and center eating tent look no further!!!!! First some overall...

My two week adventure begins!!! Targeting Rhino, Buff, assorted PG and finally a Trophy Bull Elephant!!! I will be providing parts to this trip in pieces by day hoping that is okay. Have you ever had a travel trip that went perfect? Well this was it. 14.5 hour trip from Atlanta to JNB went...

Saturday I am wheels up for Africa for 18 days!!! Dart hunt and Cape buffalo with Windshoek then off to be with our good friends Lon and his lovely wife and fellow PH Lisle with Tokoloshe for a trophy elephant in Zim!!!

I finally did it! I sold my truck and bought a Land Rover LR4. No it is not @Kevin Peacocke s level with his beautiful Landi but it was the best I could do. It is an immaculate 2013 with less than 10,000 miles per year on her. The only problem is the dashboard looks like NASA with all the...

Finally getting quotes to enclose our large screen porch already under roof to make a new office/trophy room. My question is who do you know that I can do the following please: 1. Buy a very unique Africa coffee table? 2. I have pictures of my favorite but need to recreate it half the size and...

Just curious, can someone please tell me why some company has not invented an SRO or MRO that provides focus enhancement even if it was only a 4X versus none yet? Please, any optic that looks like a scope is not to be in this discussion. I shoot a DR with a MRO...with my aging eyes I would...

I thought this might help anyone doing their own regulation for a new DR. This is my sixth DR. All my previous ones seemed to have no problem regulating. However my new 470 using my Quick Load had the barrels crossing at 50 yards and regulating between 2.5 and 3 inches. While that might not...

Just want to thank everyone for all your help helping me enjoy both my guns and Africa! We have 100’s of years experience on our great forum. I don’t have to get frustrated when any issue comes up…I just have to reach out and ask for help. A great example was today…@Mark A Ouellette reached out...

It may not be possible given I cannot find a bullet puller for a 470 NE. Any thoughts please?

I have shown i’m not a tire kicker…i know what i want. I want to experience the land Robert Rourk and Harry Selby experienced for buffalo. My research says that is in Northern Tanzania. Please chime in outfitters so i can set something up for 26. please PM me Thanks!!!

Which is better for elephant; CEB solids or Barnes Solids both in 470 NE please?

Actually my wife made me feel bad about listing my rifle on two other sites yet not on this one. My reputation is always on the line no matter where I sale so I will offer the rifle with the following caveats 1. The rifle shot practice MOA within 1/2 inch at 100 yards with Federal Premium...

everyone need your help please. i have a beautiful custom mauser in 375 H&H. On my last Africa hunt this year i shot it with Federal Premium ammo with Swift A Frames. After a shot suddenly despite practicing with it for months I could not get the bolt open until later. i thought it was a one...

I bought these boots new this year. Check the website, $546 new which is what i paid. while never hunted in them i have walked about 16 miles on my greenway hike area to break them in. i pronate slightly to the outside and these just do not work for me. getting Lowa Toro GTX Low boot. Courtney’s...

I just added the Rhino dart hunt i won this year at the DSC Atlanta Chapter with Wintershoek on the front end of my elephant hunt with Lon of Tokoloshe. I will be using my new 470 DR on the elephant hunt i will let everyone know about the dart hunt since i have never done one…remember it is a...

I thought everyone would enjoy some fun this Friday morning! At the very start, I know there will be haters for what I bought but that is absolutely okay given everyone has their own opinion which I greatly respect...it is what makes our forum great! The following are the details...please read...

i just wanted to make a callout to our own Mark Biggerstaff. he does an incredible job as our AH monitor. his post contributions i always read and appreciate. trouble with my Swaro scope getting fixed he reaches out to me to help just want to say well done sir!!!

For those of you that know me, you know I have been waiting for my John Rigby in 275 Rigby to be completely refurbished by a professional in my neck of the woods in GA. This rifle was built in July 1956. It was sold to a Riley Smith. It is a Sporting High Velocity Rifle...this was the...

i finished reading both Into The Thorns and Drums of The Morning both by Wayne Grant. i am charging exactly what i paid for these books nothing less especially given Into The Thorns good luck finding. 1. Into The Thorns $300. 2. Drums of The Morning $100 no package deal

I am selling my Merkel 470 NE Double Rifle. It is in excellent condition given when I bought it I immediately sent it to JJ Perodeau to have the gun completely looked over with anything wrong fixed after buying it from Ralph Martini in Canada. * JJ fixed a broken sear that keeps the gun from...

question please. given the new 4457 forms have no date if your rifle is still in your ownership can’t i use it for multiple years? no opinions here on this please. i need exact thanks

Just got my 54 by 54 oil painting back and hung in my office. A memory for a lifetime!!!

I am hunting with Tokolishe Safari in Zim in April for a bull elephant. I am using SSI to help. Has anyone done this successfully and if so what USDA approved taxi did you use please?

After two failures with Courtney Boots finally found the trick. I have always wanted Ostridge Boots. I saw a pair of Courtney’s and said one more try…well the third time the charm after walking 6 miles with them yesterday. My first two pair had the EE width. This time I got the D regular. I also...

Okay if I wanted to have someone build me a rifle in 404 J caliber given I would have to use a gunsmith for all work I have the following questions please: 1. Who is the US can best do the work 2. What donor rifle do I buy 3. Who do I go to buy the barrel and any other needs such as bottom plate...

I still don’t get it. Such nostalgia for a 404 Jeffery yet if it was such a big deal why are there none available for sale? The only way I see to own one is through Rigby shop new. 375’s everywhere for sale no 404’s Must be a reason for this

Need advice please. I have an upcoming trophy bull elephant hunt in Zim and am asking what company is the very best helping me with all things needed to import the elephant to me in US please? Looking for company with a successful track record Thanjs!!!!!

I am not a tire kicker. I want a 30-40 pound bull elephant. I want to hunt 10 days. What is the best price offered for this hunt. I will book and pay down deposit

I had two great weeks in Zim with Dalton & York! While my three friends then went home I stayed to hunt a male lion with @Africa Sun Safari in The kalahara desert. I did extensive research and decided to hunt my lion on 22,000 acres with the lion being there for four weeks prior to the hunt…no...

Just completed a fabulous hunt with three great friends in the Omay with Dalton & York. Travel: our travel was fairly easy except for my good friend @TOBY458 who seemed to always be picked out of the Check-In line to just about be strip searched while @Philip Glass Terry and myself always...

My wife and I in the future want to visit the following UK gun shops next year: Rigby, Westley Richards and Holland & Holland. My questions please are the following: 1. What UK airport is closest? 2. How far apart are they…can I stay at one hotel and go to all 3? 3. What is a grand hotel to stay...

I thought I would share some fun I had at our local GA chapter of the Dallas Safari. Club yearly banquet (DSC) last night First for the ladies on our forum here…I am a very well trained husband given my wife does not hunt and while she tolerates my office full of Africa animals she does not...

I know I have lost my mind! @Kevinpeacock you are a very bad influence on me, lol!!! I am thinking of importing a 1980 vintage year Landry from SA to the US. I know there is a 25 year old exception in the US for foreign vehicle imports that helps tremendously. With the conversion rate of 18...

I am using another bag. I bought this Pelican 1650 new from Pelican with free shipping for $329. It has never been outside my house. I am selling for $225 inclusive of shipping within US.

Just wanted to share my experience. As everyone has, primers are hard to come by. I found a small little company within 23 miles of me that has primers in stock and I bought another 1,000 magnum primers to give a total of 2,000 which is all I should ever need. The company is Southern...

In 2024 I want to take a side trip after my safari to Victoria Falls. While I will want to do tea at the Victoria Falls hotel I’m not sure that is the hotel to stay at given their high prices to get the true Africa feel. Where is the best place to stay given this please?

Please forgive my ignorance...It has been 5 years since I reloaded a 470 NE. I bought Norma brass from Raven Rock and they are great...the problem is when I went on Midway to order the RCBS dies. I thought all the 470 NE were 3 inches like my 500 NE? However when I got my RCBS 470 NE die it...

Everyone need your help please. Shootest43 has as he always does been so kind to run a QL scenario for me. I am shooting my Merkle 470 NE with 24 inch barrel using Barnes 500 TSX bullets. The Barnes site said to use IMR4831 as the best powder. With that powder and bullet Shootest43 is able...

Who is the new supplier on AH that just advertised they have big bore brass for sale please?

I have become the Toby of Double Rifles...lol!!! I have some expensive hunts I want to take especially to get my Rhino to finish out my quest for the big 5. I am therefore selling my 500 NE Westley Richards. The following are my costs and needs so as I always do there is full transparency. I...

I just wanted to share my experience with my friends on AH. I see so many people like me who started hunting with small bores for PG then got into DG hunting moving to big bores. I just want to share what I have learned for your consideration. I took a shooting lesson from a former Navy Seal in...

I have a Trijicon RMR 3.25 Red Dot Scope for sale for $250 including shipping in US. I just went online and saw these are $519 news at Amazon. This scope has been to Africa once taking 5 great animals. It comes with all original packaging including all manuals. The only reason I am selling...

I do not know what I am doing wrong! I have reloaded my 500 NE 3 inch bullets for almost 2 years now. This is the first time I have reloaded Woodleigh .510 RN SN in 570 Grain. My previous Swift A Frames gave me no problem. Please look at the picture...The bullet is in the required 3.75 COAL...

Looking for some new or once fired 500 NE 3 inch brass please

Love Drums of the morning by Wayne Grant. Is he retired. I cannot find anything on the internet to book a hunt with him

With my Westley Richards 500 NE made in 1908, I cannot shoot mono bullets so I must sell some of my inventory. As always, I offer a 20+% off from whatever you can find on the internet if you can even find them in stock. I am offering the following with my paying shipping within US: 1. 4.5...

Looking to buy Woodleigh 570 grain FMJ bullets for reloading please