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Morning, I'm planning on traveling to Namibia mid-october and we're scrambling through the process of getting airfare etc. This was a pivot from our original plan of hunting in SA. In working with our travel agent there are two choices for flying either Ethiopian airlines or Qatar. Both...

We're working that today, but we might be on the same flight from Doha. There were some concerns about bringing firearms on one of the airlines, which airline are you using?

I think we found an out. Our outfitter has pivoted to Namibia, and it looks like we're going to go there instead. Same dates, we just need to get our brain inspected with a q-tip before we leave.

I mean.... They didn't have too.

Do you think you were so close that the bullet just went right through the buck and was moving too fast to expand? Or was it a hasty shot?

Some real interesting responses, and a lot of people who aren't a fan. I'll arguably say being able to stalk nice and close to an animal can be as complicated as taking a long distance shot on an animal. I had a situation where we spotted a beautiful Bull elk standing on the side of a hill...

Awesome to hear, we have a hunt originally planned for SA but pivoted to Namibia. A couple of days later is when they closed their borders. This made my day.

I thought it would be cool to a duffle bag or something like that.

Check out: https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle Start low and work your way up, but a good starting point would be 75gr like Bruce said above.

Thanks for the update........

I know the situation is ever changing, has anyone heard when Namibia will open for hunting, or has it already?

I was finally able to get some range time this past weekend. I've sorted by Velocity SD. One thing I've noticed is that the rifle does like the Nosler Partion, if you compare the Spread and the SD. I also begin to git some loads that left a sticky action that was a little tough to open. For...

That's awesome to hear. I'm slowly getting my wife on board with everything, but I'm also trying to do a little expectation management.

@bonehead What were some of the activities you did with your non-hunting spouse? We're planning to go there in October and trying to find some activities for my wife.

I have the Christensen Arms Mesa in 6.5, I think they are becoming some of the best of the shelf rifles.

Bass mostly, but I'll bring in what ever bites the kind.

I was on a plane to Iceland when President Trump came out and said that they were closing off all traffic from Europe. Boss and I couldn't decide if I should work from home when I get back, by the time I got home the office had closed down and been closed ever since.

I saw an article posted on another forum post saying RSA will probably not open until November for US travelers. I thought I saw somewhere else that there was going to be a meeting within RSA gov't with the hunting organizations lobbying for an earlier opening. Has anyone seen anything similar...

That kinda stinks, I have my trip planned for October. So close.

I've done two rifle builds with Carbon Fiber, both using Manners. I'm disappointed by Manners lead time taking several months to complete, and I don' even want to think of the situation now during COVID, but they do deliver a really nice product. If I build another rifle I would like to try AG...

I've bought wood from Cook Woods a few times. Never disappointed with what I received. I ordered knife scales once to make 1911 grips, I received a phone call from the company explaining each piece I was ordering. I never got around to making those grips, but still have the blanks.

With everything being under a state of Lockdown, I've been taking some time to fish in the pond in front of my house.

I like to use the foam ear plugs that are connected to each other with hard plastic band. I keep them around my neck until it is time to shoot. https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Banded-Style-Hearing-Protector-90537-6DC/202560022

Awesome post. I'm supposed to go to Stompiesland in October, fingers crossed that it still happens now.

Finally able to find and order some RE 22 on Midway USA. Still can not find any H1000 out there on the market.

A lot of people really like RE 22 and H1000. I have an order in for H1000 and will try and grab RE 22 when I have a chance. It looks like everyone grabbed as much gun powder due to recent events but if anyone knows of any available powder in the Northern VA / DC area let me know. None the less I...

So I did my first road of load development and got some interesting data. I'm an engineer so I did make some nice tables, but I'm waiting to get some more data points. For 180gr Nosler Partition w/ H4831: 66gr 3.1 FPS - SD 0.97 MOA 2622 FPS V-AVG 68gr 8.3 FPS - SD 2.31...

I planned on it, but I couldn't find any in Cabelas this past weekend.

I'll definitely try it out in revision #2.

Thanks @375 Ruger Fan . I saw this last night in my research and was going to use that to start. Now that I have a second opinion on it that it is a good starting point I will use this. Thanks again.

Thanks Ridge walker. When I run out of the Nosler Bullets and I don't get what I want, I'll try Barnes next. From reading this forum, I'm surprised no one has said anything about A-Frames.

I'm just jumping into reloading and wanted to see if anyone has any load data for 300 win mag: Bullet: 180gr Nosler Partition 200gr Accubond Powder: Hodgen 4895 Hodgen 4831 Primer: Federal 215M Additional information: Twist: 1:10 Barrel make: Christensen Action Make: Defiance

I'm way up in Northern Virginia.

I looked into Shooting sticks. Although not the same, I've been shooting off a Pig Saddle and tripod for a few years. I actually took a 6x6 bull elk from it a three years ago. 412 yd shot.

I'm glad you had a good experience with Stompiesland. I have a trip planned to go there this October.

I know, now that I got my wife to okay this trip (still kinda amazed she is going) I'm trying to get a Cape Buffalo hunt in the 5-yr plan. My wife went from begrudgingly coming on this trip to watching Cape Buffalo hunts with me on YouTube.

It really is crazy. I spent 2 hours readying just hunting reports yesterday. It's almost as good as hanging out by a camp fire.

Good Morning all. I've been glued to this forum ever since I decided to take a trip to South Africa this up coming October. There will be six of us going on the trip, my parents, my wife and my two brothers with my wife and mom not hunting, however I think I might be able to convince my wife to...