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  1. grand veneur

    Rwanda

    I don't think hunting will be reopened in Rwanda. The trend is going in the other direction, more and more hunting areas are being lost. I hunt worldwide for more than 40 years and have noted this myself. In my early hunting days, the south of Sudan was still a hunting area, hardly conceivable...
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    TANZANIA: Kilombero North Safaris 2023

    I hunted with KNS in 1996, back then with Ted Gorsline.
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    Rwanda

    Rwanda was a very good address for buffalo hunting until the terrible events 1994. Then hunting was over. Like in many areas of West Africa, hunting was only do with a local guide, often an employee of the forestry administration. The guide was not armed. Unfortunately, I could not hunt there...
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    Very interesting news from Chad

    I would not travel to Chad. It's not much better than in Burkina Faso, terrorism and unstable government with elections coming up. There will be a few more dead people in addition.
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    New and pristine or used with patina?

    I have never hunted in Alaska but a few time in the NWT/Canada and often in Greenland, in summer and also wintertime. The rifles are suffering from the climate conditions, especially when sea water is added. As I have already written, Africa is most gentle when it comes to rifles.
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    New and pristine or used with patina?

    I don't own this rifle. It's a rented rifle Winchester 70 Pre-64 caliber 375 H&H Magnum from 1952 that I used on my last hunt in Mozambique.
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    New and pristine or used with patina?

    For me it's the opposite, although Africa is not the continent that causes the most wear and tear on the rifles.
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    New and pristine or used with patina?

    That's true, but unfortunately before they get a patina they are all shiny. For this reason, If you have bought a new rifle for hunting in Africa, you have to go hunting there immediately and repeatedly at short intervals. This is the only way to quickly give the rifle the desired patina.
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    I'm no expert but ....

    This is about collector's items, not about ammunition for everyday use.
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    500 Nitro Express 3.25” - newbie question

    It's a pity because it's the only book that really helped by reloading such cartridges.
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    500 Nitro Express 3.25” - newbie question

    Reloading such cartridges is not always easy. I reload the cartridges 577 Nitro Express and 600 Nitro Express and had initially big problems to find the right loads. Due to the large capacity of the cases of these cartridges, the sort of powder and the charge must be carefully chosen. Ignition...
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    500 Nitro Express 3.25” - newbie question

    You can, in the long there could be theoretically slight damage to the end of the chamber, but not sure. As for the loss of ammunition, this is extremely rare and if, I also doubt that you can find in a short time 500 Nitro Express cartridges in an African Country.
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    Big Bore Addiction Group

    I also think there is a reasonable upper limit. Apart from the biggest big bore black powder double rifles which are almost museum pieces, a double rifle caliber 600 Nitro Express seems to me to be the upper limit for hunting nowadays, but a double rifle caliber 577 Nitro Express rather the...
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    Big Bore Addiction Group

    The big bore double rifle is a relic from a time when they were the best for big game hunting. The more modern bolt action rifles, especially this caliber 416 Rigby but also this caliber 404 Jeffery or 425 Westley Richards, have due to their comparable efficiency replaced them. That's my problem...
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    Big Bore Addiction Group

    I also own a DR caliber 600 Nitro Express, but I don't really know for what to use such a thing.
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    Reloading for Dangerous Game

    Have you had any problems with it ? I have heard stories from hunters who used factory loads but very old ammunition, among other things an extreme case where only the 4th cartridge fired and that during an elephant hunt by using a big bore double rifle. Maybe old Cordite loaded cartridges were...
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    Reloading for Dangerous Game

    Can vary greatly depending on which entity organizes this course, for example, shooting associations, hunting associations or gunsmiths. The test is required by law because the permission to purchase powder is subject to the applicable explosives Act in Germany. On average, the prices for the...
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    Reloading for Dangerous Game

    But you should not make it more complicated than it already is. If you have concerns about reloaded cartridges, you should use factory loads, but when you look at the mass production, everything automated, you have also to trust these cartridges. How fast could be a cartridge with the wrong...
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    Reloading for Dangerous Game

    In Germany we are only allowed to reload cartridges if we have completed a two-day course and then passed a test. With proof of passing the test successfully you get permission to purchase a certain amount of powder that you must specify in advance. The duration of the permit is 5 years, after...
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    One gun or two? On safari

    When I talk about a second rifle in addition to a bigger one, I am primarily thinking of a rifle caliber 375 H&H Magnum or maybe 9,3x64 Brenneke, the latter because I have never own a rifle caliber 375 H&H Magnum, but a few rifles caliber 9,3x64 Brenneke. This keeps the option for hunting big...
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    One gun or two? On safari

    I always considered my rifle caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum, a rifle which I used very often when hunting in Africa, to be my working rifle for everything. I shot with this rifle from the bustard to the elephant. The cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum as a good external ballistics which allows you...
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    One gun or two? On safari

    The cartridge 375 H&H Magnum is quoted as universal, so it's enough to take just one rifle of this caliber with you for all game. The question arises especially for those who use a big bore rifle for hunting big and dangerous game, a rifle that is not always suitable for plain game hunting...
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    Pre War Mauser in Schuler Caliber 11.2x72

    According to the post #49 there seems to be problems.
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    Pre War Mauser in Schuler Caliber 11.2x72

    Mr. Wim Degol made FMJ bullets for me. Good piece of work with a crimp groove on the right place. Perfect OAL for a classic magazine.
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    So How Much Does Cartridge Commonality Matter?

    It depends on what you mean by universal. I have hunted worldwide, but I would not have been able to find cartridges caliber 375 H&H Magnum in the majority of the countries. You also have to take into account the laws in many countries that do not always allow a foreigner to purchase ammunition...
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    So How Much Does Cartridge Commonality Matter?

    Anyone who is satisfied in Africa with cartridges they are proven their working, theoretically does not need to take their own rifle with them. Rifles for rent caliber 375 H&H Magnum are almost always available in the camps and sometimes even big bore rifles. At home you need eventually a cheap...
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    So How Much Does Cartridge Commonality Matter?

    I would not bother with this question or would only buy rifles caliber 375 H&H Magnum or 458 Winchester Magnum and then it is not certain that you can buy ammunition in all African countries. You buy a rifle of a certain caliber because you need it, but also and maybe sometimes especially...
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    Has magnum action today, really become history?

    The three cartridges you quoted, meaning the 416 Rigby, the 450 Rigby and the 505 Gibbs, were traditionally found primarily in expensive customer rifles. A few cheap attempts have been made to offer this cartridges in cheaper rifles, but if all of these companies now stop producing such rifles...
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    460 Weatherby Magnum Scope

    https://www.eaw.de/produkte/produktkategorie-schwenkmontage/
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    460 Weatherby Magnum Scope

    I have only shot one rifle Mark V caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum once in my life and it had a scout scope mount a distance. Shooting with it was no problem. My rifle caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum has no muzzle brake and a normal scope mount. Both scopes that I quoted have a slightly greater eye...
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    460 Weatherby Magnum Scope

    I have a scope on my rifle caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum. It is not a Weatherby mark V but an older custom made rifle. I mainly used as scope the Zeiss 1,5-4,5x18 but also alternately the Leupold VX-1 1-4x20, both with EAW mounts.
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    1917 Winchester .375 Mag - long story

    The cartridge shown under #6 is the 375 H&H Magnum.
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    To Bridge or Not to Bridge - That is the question....

    I also would keep the DSB. I had my rifle caliber 500 Schüler built right away in the nineties with a scope. The Rigby style diopter is also of great help to me when shooting with open sights.
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    9.3x62mm vs. .375 H&H Mag

    In Europe we tend to compare the cartridges 9,3x64 Brenneke and 375 H&H Magnum. The cartridge 9,3x62 is equivalent to the cartridge 9,3x74R and is therefore behind the cartridge 375 H&H Magnum in terms of performance. Cartridges are to be loaded to the maximum allowable pressure and not above...
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    What do you think of the new Rigby Shikari?

    Rigby as well as Blaser and Mauser belong to the L&O Holding based in Germany.
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    What do you look for in a young Outfitter?

    What does 10 or 30 years of experience mean? Above all, as client I expect that I will be guided to the game, which is mainly done by the local trackers. I have to do the rest, especially to shoot accurate for a perfect shot placement. That's why it's more important to you as an outfitter how...
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    LOP question

    I have also noticed that, but it is fine for me because I need shorter LOP rather than longer ones. By the way, it is much easier to lengthen a rifle stock by using various simple devices than to shorten it.
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    a strange Mauser Sporter - authentic ?? or not

    Me neither, and it would be pretty illogical because the cartridge was designed to fit in a normal Mauser 98 action. Very cheap rifles were produced for this cartridge, which also explains its widespread use in Africa. Using Mauser magnum actions would have pushed these rifles into a completely...
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    Confirmation of history on German/Belgian Gunmaker Einbock Bresau

    That will be very difficult. There was a gunsmith named Einbock in Breslau, but Breslau is now called Wroclaw and is part of Poland since 1945. Unfortunately I couldn't find out more about this gunsmith. If Einbock really was a gunsmith from Silesia, it will be extremely difficult nowadays to...
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    Pre War Mauser in Schuler Caliber 11.2x72

    I can hardly help you in the USA, because I live not very far from the Belgian border. Mr. Degol has said some of us that he would eventually be ready to produce a few hundred SP and FMJ bullets caliber .440/11,2mm for the cartridge 11,2x72 Schüler. I am not so sure if that is possible and so I...
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    thats why I dont like doubles (have one)

    The extreme situations cannot be trained, the right decision at the last moment makes the difference whether you survive or not, but the line can be very thin. Anyone who has more practical experience on the wild is certainly at an advantage compared to someone who is exposed to the danger for...
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    LIBERIA: Liberia 2022 Hunt Report

    Nevertheless, be careful because the so-called chasse au noir, meant hunting with dubious permits, is over in Gabun. Unfortunately something like this is always a risk, especially for foreigners who don't know whether they are hunting legally or not. There is now a risk of penalties. It's best...
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    LIBERIA: Liberia 2022 Hunt Report

    According to Gabon law, a foreigner can obtain a license and hunt under certain conditions, but only in special areas reserved for this purpose. It will also be like in Congo/Brazzaville, rather very restrictive. In the latter country there is only one area where foreigners can hunt, especially...
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    thats why I dont like doubles (have one)

    Unfortunately things like that happen. The first shot placement and an enough deep penetration of the bullet is very important, everyone knows that, but what happens next after a poor shot placement, no matter what kind of bullets are used thereafter, is often very uncertain. If a game is...
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    thats why I dont like doubles (have one)

    Nothing unusual, I have experienced this in Africa as well as in Southeast Asia. It's not the topic, otherwise I would write more about this.
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    1 shot kills

    As far as the heart shot is concerned, it depends on the caliber and the bullet used and also where you hits the heart or around the heart. As has already been written, there is a difference between a heart that has only a small hole and another that has an extensive destruction of a wall. A...
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    thats why I dont like doubles (have one)

    Leave the client out of the game. Anyone who is hunting buffalo for the first time will quickly be overwhelmed by such a situation. Different when it comes to the PH, and in this case when it comes to his backup rifle. His competence is not in question here, but if you have to fire more than...
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    thats why I dont like doubles (have one)

    Good advertising video for the PH school. As far as the charging bull target is concerned, I also had the opportunity to once practice with it and an old bolt action rifle caliber 505 Gibbs. Unfortunately, in the reality a buffalo does not approach you so rigidly, but reloading and shooting...
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    Old bullets = "fragile" ?

    I also shot buffalos in Malaysia in the nineties with DWM cartridges caliber 9,3x74R and FMJ bullets that worked without any problems. DWM stopped production of cartridges at the beginning of the seventies.
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    thats why I dont like doubles (have one)

    In all cases, the topic seems to interest the members more than the topic about the 1 shot kill. It's also right because you can only learn and gain experience through your own mistakes and those of others hunters. If everything always went well in the beginning, it is far from certain that it...
 
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