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In my country 3,4% of the population age 16 and above have a valid hunting license. This level has remained about the same for several decades. (we have to pay a yearly fee for a hunting license, therefore the numbers are quite accurate). The ratio of female hunters is increasing. 7% of the...

The waterpiping in a typical home are pressured to between 2,5 and 4,5 bar (ATM) Therefore if you want your watch to be able to withstand the pressure coming out of the water faucet in your kitchen or bathroom, you want the rating to be at least 5 bar (ATM) and preferably way higher to have a...

"Current production" makes this quite a challenge. Two or three decades ago hunters in my area would own something like a Land Rover 110 or Range Rover Classic and use it as their only car. It would take the family to church on Sunday, mom or dad into work monday-friday as well as being the...

Priority one: Find a stock that fit her perfectly. Priority two: Make sure she likes the look of the stock.

Some anti-hunters have gained positions of power and learned to use the media to further there agendas. This happens on local and national levels throughout the world and it happens at the international level such as the UN. What you can do to counteract All hunters can help the hunting...

Do you want German: https://www.sinn.de/de/Instrumentelle_Uhren.htm https://www.stowa.de/uhren https://www.damasko-watches.com/de/aktuelle-kollektion/modelle-ohne-manufakturkaliber/?p=1 or Swiss: https://www.midowatches.com/en/watches/collections/ocean-star.html...

The R2 1,7-10x42 has been "sold out, new deliveries expected soon" in my area for quite a while. I know, because I wanted to buy one. I own a MEOPTA MeoStar R1 1,5-6x42RD that is amazing, not just for the money but in general. The reticle and red dot have worked very well for me for general...

Same for me and for the same reason. Sometimes, especially in damp, cold, wet autumn, I will store my shotguns disassembled so I can oil the barrels freely. I do lack a proper fixture in the gunsafe for for this approach, so it is always at the risk of something tumbling and scratching...

Some cloth straps come with a detachable buckle. The fabric can then be cleaned in the washing machine along with your other laundry. Fabric straps that go uncleaned for months become disgusting, maybe not to the wearer, but to people at a progressively longer and longer distance to the wearer ;)

For the last 2-3 decades I have been able to login to the banks self-service system over the net and make a SWIFT, SEPA etc. transfer to a bank account in another country, in a minute or two. This is pretty standard across the world these days. The US being the one glaring exception. If you...

Inspired by your recommendation of those two books, I went looking and found one of them locally second hand. So far it looks promising.

Set up a couple cameras to film yourself from the side and from above, preferably on a high frame rate Engage the services of an experienced rifle instructor

Those two films are candidates for the "Anyone else Butcher?" thread: :) https://www.africahunting.com/threads/anyone-else-butcher.78573/ Corruption and mismanagement is a sad state of affairs that hamper more societies than one might think. It is sad to see societies and wildlife suffer due to...

Non-lead bullets are lighter than lead bullets. Therefore the optimal rifling twist rate is different for non-lead and lead bullets. It will be interesting to learn if those two manufacturers mentioned in the first post, have discovered something else that can improve performance. Their...

I practice with a scoped CZ455 in .22LR On a typical year I fire at least twenty times more .22LR than centerfire at the riflerange. My local riflerange has a "running wild boar at 50 meters" designed for .22LR, it is splendid practice.

I used to hunt with a 1,5-6x42 with both eyes open at 1,5x. I was very happy to hunt this way. However that is a very different experience than a true 1x. With the 1-6x24 I now own, at 1x I see a view like there is no scope, only there is a red dot dangling in my normal view. If I turn that...

I was the fourth person to watch your video - according to youtube ;-) A question: When you were using that 1-6x24, did it work for you to shoot it with both eyes open at 1x or did you rarely use it at its lowest setting? A secondary question: How close to 1x is your 1-6x24 in reality? If I...

After messing with a few roe deer on a kitchen table, I installed a solid hook in a ceiling beam in the middle of the kitchen, within reach of both a table and a sink. That has generated the best return on investment by far, of anything I have done hunting related. The deer is suspended by a...

After having a shotgun fitted to me by a competent professional, I am replacing or modifying the stock on my other guns so they too will have the dimensions that are ideal for me. It has improved my shooting quite a bit. I have been satisfied with the "pachmayr old english" recoil pads. They...

YES A centerfire rifle such as .308W generates around 155-165 dB depending on the type of ammunition etc. https://earinc.com/gunfire-noise-level-reference-chart/ A good suppressor removes around 35 dB https://www.blaser.de/en/produkte/blaser-schalldaempfer/blaser-over-barrel-schalldaempfer/...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-halts-exports-most-civilian-firearms-90-days-2023-10-27/

I have suppressors on all my rifles. Where I live I need no special permit for a suppressor, as long as I legally own a rifle they fit. I would hate to be without them. They reduce the recoil which improves my accuracy. I prefer the so-called "telescopic" type, which means the threads are...

Leica Magnus 1-6.3x24i has an eye relief of 90 mm / 3.5 inch I bought one a week ago and took it to the shooting range for the first time this morning. In my search for a new driven hunt rifle scope, I did not come across any model with a longer eye relief than 95 mm / 3.7 inch...

Which European languages do you read? The wast majority of books and films will not be in english. "Boganis Jagtbreve" by Wilhelm Dinesen, first published in 1889 and continuously in print ever since, is the book to read on hunting in Denmark. It is still quite relevant, hunting traditions...

My local rifle shooting range offers: Running Wild Boar at 50 meter with .22LR Running Elg (Moose to those in the US) at 100 meter with caliber of your choice That range is located in a city with approx 1,5 million inhabitants. Out deer hunting, half my shots have been to animals in motion...

That is a very informative set of pictures. Surprising to see the bottom of the turrets being the limiting factor. That was news to me. Surprising to see such wide gaps between objective and barrel even with a so called "low mount". Do you make use of a raised cheekpiece to get your eye...

Some actual numbers This screenshot shows the file sizes and download times for the images on a typical picture rich thread on africahunting.com Filesizes for the pictures are between 1 and 2 MB pr. image with loadtimes between 35 and 75 seconds. For comparison, the filesize of the...

These authors have not yet been mentioned: 1936 - Bror Blixen - Nyama 1937 - Karen Blixen - Out of Africa 1955 - Jim Corbett - Tree Tops

There is a chapter on the 7x61 Sharpe & Hart rifles by Schultz & Larsen in this article. The rifle will most likely be a Schultz & Larsen model M60, which is a variant of the M54, made for the US market. https://revivaler.com/schultz-larsen-rifles/

Goodness gracious, closed bolt and hands on top of barrel! Perhaps a "fashion model" or an actor posing for an advertising photo and no on on the photoset were proficient in firearms use?

I am very happy with the Carl Zeiss Victory RF 8x54 I bought a few years ago. They make them in 42 mm and 10x as well. I consider them an affordable purchase, because I am unlikely to ever replace them, and therefore the purchase price can be amortized over a great many years

Logging in can take 5 minutes some days. It did just now. The pages can be looooaaaaaadiiiiiiiiinnngggg for several minutes at times. It the case just now. I've observed that pictures posted in the threads are often wastly-many-many-many times larger than than they need to be for web viewing...

The introduction to the film, put me off early on: 1:30-1:39 ".... he became involved in anti-poaching efforts, particularly stopping the HUNTING of rhinoceros"

I own and have owned so-so optics, quite good optics and world class optics I have sold some so-so optics. I have scrapped some so-so optics, because they were so so-so that I could not bring myself to pass them on to someone else. I have been quite happy with some quite good optics, but also...

Never do that around me. Its a violation of one of the fundamental rules of gun safety: never point a loaded gun at something or someone you do not intend to kill.

Tell them that you would be delighted to meet them again, but that the meeting has to take place away from the other outfitter, since you do not cooperate or do business with the other outfitter.

An expanding projectile has an impact velocity range, within which it expands well. In general the current generation of "lead-free" projectiles have a higher optimal impact velocity range than current generation lead-projectiles. Therefore if you want to, or are required to by law or the...

Suppressors for hunting rifles have become legal where I live, within recent years. I now use suppressors on all my rifles and would be sad if I was forced to shoot without them. The most recent purchase is a so-called telescopic suppressor. That is a suppressor that slides over the muzzle...

I recently purchased an Elliot Brown Holton Nivo for hunting, hiking, fishing etc. It was surprisingly hard to find a 3-hand watch, in a dark low reflective coating, with a timing bezel and decent lume, that is at the same time presentable at hunts. The movement is a dirt cheap "swiss" Ronda...

We have huntable Sika where I live, but they are elusive and not very numerous, so have not had a chance at them myself. Are you happy with the Meopta Ballistic Hunting Turret on the riflescope? I am considering the same model for myself.

I have used the MSR Trailshot for a couple years on hiking trips. The main concern in the areas where I hike are "E. coli and friends" - ie. wildlife, livestock and human waste in the water. The filter is very small, very lightweight and very slow. The hose enables me to sit or kneel by a...

I can recommend this book to anyone interested in hunting, safari and farming life in East Africa around the time of the first world war.

All my hunts locally where I live are non-trophy hunts. I hunt for the meat, the experience, the company, the sport (in the british english sense of the word) and for the pleasure of getting out of the city and into the countryside for a day or two. For me a nice pair of antlers etc. for the...

My choice for hunting in Northern Europe: .22LR .270WIN 9x3x62 (12 bore shotgun)

Driven hunts on red dear, fallow dear and wild boar are major events in the calendar of many hunters in Northern Europe. During a driven hunt, a low magazine capacity can be a serious limitation. Ideally you want a large capacity magazine in the rifle and spare magazines to hand. The normal R8...

If these numbers are accurate, the new offering is quite a bit heavier: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/02/how-well-do-armys-new-guns-perform-thats-classified-soldiers-will-carry-more-weight-less-ammo.html

What is the weight of the SIG XM5, of the SIG XM250 and of a single 6,8x51 cartridge? Actual numbers is needed to do comparisons like: "weight of rifle plus 100 rounds in magazines" across the calibers and weapons. The various articles online are surprisingly silent on the actual weight.

I have a MeoStar R1riflescope that I am happy with. The image is sharp and very bright. The red dot is adjustable to be useful all the way from night to bright sunshine. It is like one step down from Zeiss Victory and friends (which I also use), at half the price or even less. Remarkable...

"The best" is a choice between Leica, Zeiss and Swarovski. The binocular part of the product is quite different between the three of them. For a start they use three different prism designs: Perger-Porro, Abbe-König and Schmidt-Pechan and they apply field flattening to vastly different degrees...

There are so many wastly different laws and regulations around the world, its hard to come up with a truly "global answer". For instance in my corner of the world, lead projectiles are about to become banned by law for hunting, but will still be legal for use on the shooting range, and will...