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Swift should relocate to Botswana!

J Alain Smith is also very entertaining in his own way. Unfortunately his content is slow to market as he doesn’t hunt as often as Andy. Growing up I enjoyed Under wild skies with Tony Makris and Uncle Johan Calitz . “shoot more , shoot more often!” Sadly this got canned when Disney bought ESPN.

Piet- how’s the rifling at the last 25mm of the crown? The best way to test is to take a bullet and see if it can fit into the crown. If it can go all the way to the cartridge brass then the barrel is shot out. Sadly I had to resleeve a Rigby .303 that was in this condition. It was basically a...

I managed to find some .458 3 inch brass that is unstamped and I can get a guy in Pretoria to head stamp 416 T on them for me. What length should I cut them to before I run them through the press?

Andy Buchanan with TIA is currently my favorite and his formula of show casing different areas and new PH’s/ Outfitters keeps the show fresh. It’s not the same old guy shooting the same old buff in the same old areas. He’s also a supper nice guy , humble and hard working.

So I hav So I decided last year to Build aTaylor as I had a stocked action . Then in December I managed to buy a Douglas barrel in 1:12 twist . After reading this tread I rushed to the shop in Pretoria and bought a factory crimp die. They have 2 left! Thanks for the tip!

Howa in either 6.5 Grendel or .308 win. There are quite a few aftermarket stock options to customise to the little ladies taste. I’ve seen pink camo… My daughter shoots the Grendel bit will upgrade to the .308 next season. I recently sold a 7x57 brno to a friend who bought it for his slight of...

This is a top class camp! I may be biased since I supplied some of the kit when it was built but it really is 5 stars.

1.Holland .375 2. Pre 64 .375 3. Musgrave .375 ( ph rifle and my go to rifle) 4. Custom built .375 Truvelo (client gun) heavy barrel and stock this very shootable with reduced recoil. Also have 4 x .375 Mannlicher rifles (9.5x 57) .416 Taylor at gunsmith 458 Lott and 4x 404 J’s 2x 505 Gibbs...

Wood , bolt and safety not original Orbendorf Mauser. Also Mauser used a different scope mounting system. They never drilled and taped. Also serial number too high for an action with Wafenfabrk marking . This was stopped after WW1 .

“The last time I spoke with Abraham Lincoln he told me not to believe everything on the Internet” Joe Biden..

And the reason why there are no privately owned or ranched Buffalo in Botswana….

N No Piet I don’t! By chance I had the copy next to my bed as it had an interesting article about the 500 Jeffery. There was also an article in Magnum by Koos Barnard where he uses egg white as a filler. He also used lemon juice for some purpose. All this talk got me in the mood to do a stock...

Piet- I have used Plush red furniture oil (during lockdown when every shop except pick and pay was open) which you should also get in Zambia. I agree with the gents above- strip the stock with paint remover and use the back of a hacksaw blade to scrape anne old varnish off. Oil can be removed by...

This was the only one my local shop had in stock and it must have been sitting on the rack for some time since the price was surprisingly low ! It is the biggest one they make. I also have smaller ones for my .458 Lott and .375. (Pachmayer).

Added this kick ezee slip on which makes LOP 15 inches.

Welcome to the club! Now bring that to Botswana and help us thin the National herd!

July is my best time of year in the Kalahari! Ice cold dawn and burned orange sunsets. Good luck !

Nice Jaco! Botswana keeps producing! If this doesn’t make you want to book with NKWE what will?

Uncle Harry’s Rigby was built on a Brevex M400 action in 1958 or thereabouts.

Pierre launched his book over December and it soon sold out. I’ll ask him if he plans to do a reprint.

Pierre’s new book African small game cartridges sold out in about a week.

Well said!

Also looking for a die set if anyone has please.

Are these all sold?

These were the best of the best. The next generation have lost the skill largely due to the fact that tracking is no longer a daily requirement.

These guys aren’t San Bushmen although I’m sure they are pretty good.

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Where are you based? I have 2 404’s for sale

Run this on my .505 - so far so good. Have an older model on the .458 Lott but I’m having my doubts about that one..

Did you full length resize the bass or only neck size?

Carbon deposit from a candle or lamp also work as a guide as to where to remove wood.

Said rifle is now safely in the USA…

Shop around there are so many good used guns around that may only require a stock job to get it to fit your frame. I would look at .375 H&H , 416 Taylor,Ruger or rem mag. All more than adequate for buff and croc.

I’ve used the lower jaw as a toilet seat for a bush toilet.. not sure if that counts? If you have the space it makes an impressive entry display.

416 Rem for client 458 Lott for PH.

Movie was a classic back in the day - it was the pre cursor to Gods must be crazy. Same guy . I believe it was made in 1979.

Very nice collection sir. I may have some more info regarding the Carl Labshagne rifle. I believe that it may be one of the few Brevex 500 actions ( yes they do exist) which was built by a South African Gunsmith called Bill Richie. BTW Doctari’s (Dr Kevin Robertson) 505 was also built on the...

Hydrogen peroxide- neat! It undiluted.

The last three hunting seasons I’ve been using two jackets from 5.11 . Got them both at the Vegas store one in Olive and the other in grey camo. The latter is my go to for walking Stalking in the thorns or thick bush. The olive one is my “evening” jacket around the fire it has ample pockets and...

Welcome Adam- did t you write the article about one of your trackers that had the panic attack after believing that the evil spirits in the area were on to him? You revived him with antihistamines as I recall…

I don’t own a double so can’t comment on speed shooting vs a bolt rifle but two weeks back when doing a shoot with the Botswana wildlife guys I managed 5 shots in 11 seconds. Targets were placed in a decreasing distance zig zag formation with target 1 set at 50 m and center then 2 at 40 m to the...

Lon next time you’re down South try Wildman in Centurion they have saved the day a few times..

Midland doubles are very rare . I looked at this rifle and almost bought it however I bought three other rifles on that auction so ran out of budget. The engraving looks like the rifle may have been in India. I agree with Dewalt in that is is a gun to be used more than an investment piece so if...

Which area was this?

You must be close by to Jeff Rann?

Another option if you can find one is the Vektor actioned rifle. They were made in .404, 500 Jeff, 416 Rigby , 375 ( the Landrover series had the Reimer Johansen action)

Classic Arms auction83… Rigby .416 up for sale.