That price is an absolute steal. Buy it and make some $$$$ on it in a few years. If nothing else. But after you body slam a few deer with it I would guess you will want to keep it.
Used to hunt with an old timer who had a 600 when I was a kid. It’s an absolute hammer on big game. If you’ve ever heard someone say that a caliber outperforms it’s ballistics the .350 wrote the book on it. I loved the way it looked and dreamed about getting one. When the 673 came out in early...
Leapard, it’s #3 on my list but sadly the only one in my top 3 I could bring home to the US.
As far as plains game goes most beautiful animal to me is a sable.
If it’s a new gun you want then by all means get a nice 35 whelen. But if I was on safari and Eland was on the list I would have no reservation letting a 150 grain Sierra game king rip out of my .270, and have no doubt there would be a dead Eland down in short order. If it’s the gun she is...
Do what makes you happy! If you wanna do a single shot safari, cool! Hunting and shooting is all about what trips your trigger. Some guys like tall blondes, I like short stacked brunettes. Plenty of room for everyone.
My question is how do you not afford Africa. There are 5 animal specials Everywhere for $2,500 to $3000. On these hunts you can most assuredly take culls also for 1-200 extra. So for 10 animals your in the $3500 range. For a 3 day antelope hunt in US you will pay that. Also these outfitters let...
Great post Jeffrey, interesting to know the real story on the Lott situation. I figured there was was a backstory there. I have seen firsthand what a poor shot that gets adrenaline going on a whitetail can do. Allowing it to take 5-6 perfect vital shots over 5 minutes without dying. I can only...
Growing up before the internet just reading old books and hunting magazines I remember dreaming about owning a .458wm someday. All the great stories of hunters and PHs stopping charges and killing huge Elees and Buffalo. Then I went to Africa in the early 2000s and all the guides and outfitter...
If it’s a African rifle you want, then nothing says Africa like a .375 h+h. Not Ruger, but if that’s the rifle you want go for it. I used a .270 on my pg hunt and knocked down everything I hit. My next rifle for deer size game will be a .300 h+h.
If it had a wood stock I’d be all over that. I just can’t handle looking at fake stocks. Stupid I know. I also have this thing where I can’t sell my guns, like ever. So if I bought it I’d have to look at it the rest of my life....lol my plan is to just get a nice gun for a few years to shoot...
Meigsbucks, this one is an old one. 1976, but in perfect shape. Good to hear no problems with feeding as that was one of my concerns. Did you use it on any hunts?
Been looking for my first big bore for a while now and have found a ruger 77 in .458 win and a .375 h+h browning x bolt for reasonable prices. I know .458 is a considerable bit heavier on the shoulder. That won’t affect my decision. I’m more concerned if anyone has some experience with either...
To me I could never do it. Synthetic stocks just feel so generic to me. I take my .270 out and it’s loaded with scars and stories. It’s special. It’s hard to explain, it just feels alive. If I were to buy a synthetic rifle on a value you best believe a custom wood stock would be soon to follow.
Whatever trophy presents itself is what you should take. To me nothing says plains game like Impala. That would be my first on that list. My recommendation would be to put $$$ aside for the ones you don’t have on that list. In my case after going to SA and seeing them all first hand I wish I...
30-30, the rifle that started my love for Hunting, and kept me up reading old outdoor life magazines in my youth.
.270 my go to, has never ever. Let me down.
.350 rem Mag, most underrated caliber ever made. It hits Big Game like a sledgehammer, and the ballistics don’t back it up. It just does......
I have no firsthand experience with it but a quick google search yielded many favorable reviews. One complaint about the sights. But as far as the rifle itself, it appears to be a strong, reliable, accurate gun. Cz 550 reviews however would keep me from ever purchasing one. Hundreds of poor...
Joe, instead of giving up an animal inquire with the outfitter if he has some management animals. Especially with some of the less glamorous ones, the blesbok or waterbuck. I’m sure he does. My last day of my safari I spent shooting management animals at 1-2 hundred dollars a piece. Nice...
It gives the feel to me like a .28 gauge to wing shooting. No real rhyme or reason why it works so good. It just does. Ballistics don’t jump off the charts but everyone raves about them. I like that.
Im new here. Been to Africa once when I was younger. Had a fantastic time with Lategan Safaris. Shot a black Wildebeest that was right around 90 inches. And several other plains game. Had 4 kids so my time and all my hunting $$$$$ have been tied up for the last few years keeping me from hunting...
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