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.303! Rule Britannia!

A cooler box full of icy cold black labels.

Have spent some time with a 458 model. There is quite a few things lacking. As mentioned above, the light weight barrel, combined with a slim synthetic stock makes for an unpleasant rifle to shoot. This particular one was also lacking open sights as a back up. Personally I wouldn't be rushing...

Smacked one last month with a 9.3x62, base of the neck and was perfect. Use your 375, it will be fine.

@Tintin I was there briefly on the Saturday, just for a quick look and to stock up on brass. Wish I had joined in after seeing how much fun it looked.

Welcome! It was great to see and handle some Rigby rifles last week at the International Big Game Rifle shoot here in Darwin last week.

It’s been five years since my last trip to Africa when I hunted in Zimbabwe so was very eager to get back. Landed in Joburg on the 3rd of August after a long couple of flights from Aus. Stayed two nights at the Sunrock Guesthouse in Kempton Park which was great. Took a day to visit Safari...

There is a few pics in book and online of parks guys during Rhodesia days carrying them. Was none left in the armoury of one of the big parks offices that I got to see in Zim a few years ago.

Great deal!

Beautiful rifle. Shame the bolt is on the the wrong side though! Hows it shoot?

Any good gun shops or hunting shops to visit? Will be there in a few weeks also.

Sounds like a job for you!

Looks unreal. Well done!

It always amazes me the remote places you see them. Quite a few have fell to my 416 Ruger when they appear at the wrong time on buff hunts

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He carried a FN with some modifications for most stuff, for the pseudo work he carried a Yugo M70. The shotgun wasn't carried for pseudo work.

@EDELWEISS on a side note re shotguns in Rhodesia. A certain regular Selous Scout and PH who i spent a lot of time with in Africa and Aus, told me a few times of carrying a cut down Franchi semi auto 12g. It had been a personal sporting gun which he cut down for use in the hundo. Carried it on a...

1/4" shock cord. Seems to be perfect, easy to set them up and holds then together like a rock, then pulls them back in nicely when carrying.

Awesome! What are you chasing? I'm going with Ka Maoto Safaris 6th til 11th. Just a short trip this time but very pumped, first time to SA for me!

I cant for the life of me manage to get a picture to upload sucessfully so here is the link: https://www.tasturningsupplies.com.au/walking-stick-connector/

Thanks! Just my local hardware, they conveniently had the 1" oak dowel in the right length in stock.

They don't seem bulky, but would be no issues going 5/8" either. These are only being used for practice here, definitely wont be lugging them to Africa in August.

Thanks! I made them myself, they are 1" diameter, Joined with threaded brass fittings that are much the same as commercially made ones use.

Grab a copy of the Woodleigh Reloading book, very worthwhile if you own a .416 Ruger.

Thanks for sharing. Shame re the state of the country. It has some great mining prospects as well.

Glorious rifle. Worthy of any collection. Now its time to load some ammo and take it on safari!

Great deal!

Toyota Landcruiser 79 Series. Hands down, no questions asked. Or a Hilux in a pinch.

What's the attraction to them over the 174gn for plains game? I tried a box of the 215gn, shot pigs, donkeys and a few scrubbers with them. Didn't notice any significant difference over the 174gn other than drastic change in POI.

Welcome

Some of my earliest memories are watching my dad go for an afternoon stroll on the farm with a .22 shooting rabbits. Eventually I was allowed to try shooting the old single shot .22. Hundreds of rabbits and a few foxes later I moved up to a .222 and started on the pigs and foxes. At 19 I took my...

Which state are you moving to? I'm having a .500J built at the moment.

You can fly it with you and do it that way as well, may potentially save you some $$$ on shipping.

Easy enough to do. Line up a good dealer in Aus to handle the import process then be patient. Happy days.

Combination of wet stone and the Spyderco Sharpmaker. The Spyderco is amazing on pocket knives but goes well on big knives too.

Needed a new set of sticks to practice with before the next trip. Very happy with how they turned out so thought I would share. Two piece construction Tasmanian Oak Ostrich leather

Pictured is my Gecado 7x57. I find it interesting as I cant find another similar online or anything anywhere. I have owned it a few years now and believe it spent the last few decades in the Northern Territory of Australia. There is little info online other than that Gecado was part of G.C...

Lovely rifle.

Unreal! Great stuff.

Ah gotcha! The unknowns of buying a half finished project definitely make it interesting.

Was that the 500J project with the Wiebe bottom metal that was floating around a few of the sales websites for a fair while?