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  1. Serbian Hunter

    Remington closing plant in Ilion NY after 207 years

    As somebody who lived in socialism for almost half of its life I can confirm that this wouldn't happen back then.
  2. Serbian Hunter

    Arrow build for Cape buffalo & Giraffe

    Obviously your bow was probably better tuned that mine. What is the weight of your arrows and which broadhead you used?
  3. Serbian Hunter

    Arrow build for Cape buffalo & Giraffe

    In 2015 I travelled to RSA with a plan to take a buffalo cow with a bow. Due to late license issuing I was forced to take the buff with a rifle yet I had a chance to test on cow arrow penetration so I can share with you my experience. I couldn’t find in Europe any decent heavy weight arrows so...
  4. Serbian Hunter

    Flying through Paris with rifles?

    Two ys ago I traveled Belgrade - Paris - Jobourg with 14h layover time and I also wanted to vist Paris. I done it without any problem with no need to make some kind of announcement to authorities. Just left the airport, had a great time at Paris and came back on time. Like every time I travel...
  5. Serbian Hunter

    7mm 08 for Eland

    I dont understand why anybody should be ready to pay thousands of dollars, travel thousands of miles and yet voluntarily risk to go back home without trophy of his life. Bringing light-for-the-game rifle is one way to do it. Is 7-08 capable of taking eland? YES! By all means but I hope that your...
  6. Serbian Hunter

    How will the looting in Durban impact SA hunting?

    Jorg. I doublechecked last night and you were absolutely right (KZN, not a Cape). Sorry for sharing this before I checked and if I caused additional worry at your side.
  7. Serbian Hunter

    How will the looting in Durban impact SA hunting?

    A friend of mine live north of J-burg (ex military, now in security) gave me that info. Rustenburg still have all they need (food and fuel) but going twds Jburg situation changes. In addition: https://www.groundup.org.za/article/food-supply-675000-people-cut-after-durban-food-bank-looted/
  8. Serbian Hunter

    How will the looting in Durban impact SA hunting?

    Some of the biggest food warehouses in Cape are burned down, many trucks on the highway also which will definitively initiate food shortage in days to come. Re-establishing full supply chain will take some time. One of petrol refineries is preventively shut down...
  9. Serbian Hunter

    How will the looting in Durban impact SA hunting?

    "The police minister just announced that an entire sea freight shipping container of live ammunition has been looted in KZN." Not good at all. Hope that looters wont manage to steal some fully autos from police/army warehouses...
  10. Serbian Hunter

    How will the looting in Durban impact SA hunting?

    Real problem will start in the moment crowd break in some police or military warehouse. It might be the breaking point. Hope it wont happen
  11. Serbian Hunter

    Zdravo Mark! Verujem da si sa ovih prostora (Hrvatska?) Pozdrav, Igor

    Zdravo Mark! Verujem da si sa ovih prostora (Hrvatska?) Pozdrav, Igor
  12. Serbian Hunter

    Blaser K95 Stutzen question

    Resting rifle on hard surface is never good idea. You always can use your palm, glove, hat,...K95 is very light rifle therefore it's POI is shifting depends from where you rest the forend. I can have one hole group with my K95 (7x65R) just at POA but only if I rest rifle at same spot (I always...
  13. Serbian Hunter

    Buying a game farm Again

    You are right Mark about the loans but having in mind risk level related to this kind of investment I would go w/o loan. We have saying "stretch as much as your blanket is long" because I can not afford to have drought plus bank knocking on the door every month. One disaster at the time I can...
  14. Serbian Hunter

    Africa Hunting and a Marlin .444!

    Great, now I like .444 even more! :)
  15. Serbian Hunter

    Buying a game farm Again

    First I like to thank you all who giving so many insights in no time! From many reasons I prefer NAM over RSA (in short: less populated (RSA is 1.5X size of NAM with 20x bigger population), better farm prices, less treat for white farmers, less criminal, cheaper life, better personal...
  16. Serbian Hunter

    Buying a game farm Again

    I believe that there is no hunter in a world who left Africa without thought of buying a hunting farm somewhere on that continent. I know that that topic appeared many times on this forum and I read many comments coming from obviously knowledgeable people with mutual message – don’t do that! I...
  17. Serbian Hunter

    Africa Hunting and a Marlin .444!

    I took warthog and huge waterbuck with .444 Marlin and I was delighted with the results. I used 320grs hard cast bullets (I think it was Cast Performance WFN GC). Waterbuck was particularly interesting - I was forced to take a neck shot just few inches bellow the ears since animal was hidden in...
  18. Serbian Hunter

    Reliability of single-shot rifles

    I would rather go for K95 and key reason for that is great mounting system and easy to strip bolt/lug system. Also this is one of the most beautiful and elegant rifle but this is my subjective feeling. Rimmed calibers are best choice for break action guns with good reason especially if you are...
  19. Serbian Hunter

    Heym 7x64

    Zastava is factory here in Serbia (former YU) and Sestoppelman is right, receiver you are referring is in production from 1969 till today. Name of that model is M70 which explains a lot. That action was often used by some western gun producer as a base for their very expensive models (I recall...
  20. Serbian Hunter

    Heading to Namibia in a week

    Rarely but sometimes can happen that your luggage wont be at your plane and you cant afford to wait day or two for your gun to come with next plane. To reduce the risk ask guys at info desk in Ethiopia if they can confirm that your luggage incl gun is loaded at your plane. Just in case Enjoy in...
  21. Serbian Hunter

    Broadhead for Eland

    Aside of broadhead, FOC and arrow weight are very important. Also bear in mind that shaft should be narrower that broadhead's body. I took one buff cow (estimated 1400lbs) with rifle and just for sake of curiosity I put an arrow from 22 yds through its shoulder/hearth prior to taking a photo...
  22. Serbian Hunter

    8 x 57 Mauser

    Nice and mild caliber very popular in ex-YU and Europe. I had great results with Hornady Interlock 195grs on wild boars using N550 powder, OAL=78.5mm reaching Vo=805 ms and Ek=4100 Joules. Just love it!
  23. Serbian Hunter

    My Covid vaccination experience

    Serbia imported first quantities of vaccine at late Dec 20. In next two months we had possibility to chose one of 4 available vaccines made in US, EU, China and Russia. We even had enough shots for everybody who applied online, no matter which country he is coming from at no charge. I end up...
  24. Serbian Hunter

    No prob. Any time, it can save you some time and components :) Feel free to contact me any time...

    No prob. Any time, it can save you some time and components :) Feel free to contact me any time if you think I can help Take care
  25. Serbian Hunter

    This is the powder I used for buff. In case of 3031 seems that compression is more challenging...

    This is the powder I used for buff. In case of 3031 seems that compression is more challenging than pressure. I stick to compression of 110%. Perhaps some faster powder would give you more. This is a max so pls work slowly up to level of 1800fps (426grs) or 1850fps with 405grs Cheers
  26. Serbian Hunter

    Hi TT I am glad you found some useful info in my posts. Hard cast WFN with GC will do the job...

    Hi TT I am glad you found some useful info in my posts. Hard cast WFN with GC will do the job fine. I trust Veral Smith (owner of LBT company) - I believe that he can provide you with some finest HC bullets. Many companies are coping his design. I can help you from here in developing max loads...
  27. Serbian Hunter

    Cow buffalo question...

    I took buff cow with Marlin Guide Gun 45-70 and it was more than enough gun. I dont believe that one buff makes me experienced buff hunter and dont give me rights to claim which cal/bullet perform well and which not but my believe is that energy transfer and hydra shock effect are far less...
  28. Serbian Hunter

    Cow buffalo question...

    Same adrenaline, same chance that things can go wrong. Enjoy in every moment, those are life changer :)
  29. Serbian Hunter

    10mm auto new pistol which one?

    As somebody who prefers steel over plastic I was very reluctant to try Glock in 10mm AUTO. Finally I bought two 10s - Glock 20 Gen4 and Ruger SR1911 Target. Ruger have beautiful line with way better sights, not to mention trigger, perfect fit, 5" barrel...all those details should guarantee...
  30. Serbian Hunter

    South Africa vs. Namibia?

    I hunted twice in NA for a 5 weeks in total at two farms and 3x in SA for 9 weeks at 8-9 farms. Not sure if its enough to build 100% exact picture but those are my key points: NA have bigger farms (I hunted at 15.000 and 22.000 acres and they were considered as small for area of Northern...
  31. Serbian Hunter

    What is it about European cartridges in North America?

    Pls allow to one European hunter to remind you of one of best caliber ever - .45/70 Govt :) I prefer more eclectic approach, trying to get best of both worlds. Some of European calibers I will chose any day over US calibers: 9.3x74R, 7x65R and 6.5x57R (rimmed cal for my single/double shots) and...
  32. Serbian Hunter

    Hunting boots

    Those boots will do the job but if you are planning to go in Africa more often pls mind few things: 1. There is a lot of dust and sand so leather would be easier to clean that any other material 2. Stalking is name of the game so look for soft and silent sole 3. Lot of torn and sharp rocks can...
  33. Serbian Hunter

    Speed too slow, help!

    If I am not mistaken, you haven't mentioned what was your OAL. I done some calculation in Quick Load using OAL = 3.34" and seems that your load is bit over max and calculated velocity is 3.037fps which is some closer to what you got
  34. Serbian Hunter

    Handgun bullets in a 470 NE?

    I think that's a great idea how to get cheap rounds and have more practice from basically expensive gun/ammo combination! .480 Ruger have .476" diameter and .470 NE .475" so difference is just 0.05mm. It will be no problem especially if you are looking for plinking loads but I would rather...
  35. Serbian Hunter

    Knives I made for myself

    Tnx! :) I just another small project - was sick & tired of bagging others to make holster as per my needs (FA .454 Casull with Aimpoint H2). As pretty stubborn person, I decided to make one for myself rather than sit & wait. Here is my first gun holster and I am very proud of it. Sure, I made...
  36. Serbian Hunter

    Future of international hunting

    Don't forget COVID. This was a game changer which affected whole intercontinental tourism. African hunting farms can not survive without US and EU hunters. In discussion with few farm owners from NA and SA I understood that international hunters paid their 2020. hunts in late 2019. but because...
  37. Serbian Hunter

    SOUTH AFRICA: Beware Of Self Proclaimed Professional Hunter Tinus Lindeque

    CRS, Many thanks for the offer. I have been in SA and Nam 5 times already and I met some really fine PHs. As the matter of fact, Tinus is the only bad experience I had in Africa
  38. Serbian Hunter

    Comment by 'Serbian Hunter' in media 'Winchester Model 94 Big Bore, 375 Winchester'

    Beautiful classic! Have you used this gun in Africa?
  39. Serbian Hunter

    Knives I made for myself

    Gesch, I am glad you like it! Those are my first blades I ever made. Not a scandy and this steel is mainly used for saw blades and lathe cutting tool. Hard, easy to sharp but can corrode but it's not to important for me. My thinking is - if I can oil my gun after hunt why I shouldn't do the same...
  40. Eland's Hart

    Eland's Hart

  41. 9.3x62 Bullet Performance

    9.3x62 Bullet Performance

    I used both 9.3x62 and 9.3x74R with 286grs Nosler Partition for plain game hunt incl 800Kgs eland and I was very satisfied although I have to admit that I shot eland 3 times with no exit wound. Also I recovered bullet from Oryx. Tested in water jugs I can confirm 36" penetration - more than...
  42. 9.3x74R Bullet Performance

    9.3x74R Bullet Performance

    I used both 9.3x62 and 9.3x74R with 286grs Nosler Partition for plain game hunt incl 800Kgs eland and I was very satisfied although I have to admit that I shot eland 3 times with no exit wound. Also I recovered bullet from Oryx. Tested in water jugs I can confirm 36" penetration - more than...
  43. Serbian Hunter

    Knives I made for myself

    Perhaps I am bit too picky - need 13cm blade but not too tick, mosaic pins, very deep leather holster, tough but easy to sharp carbon steel... the only way to get what I want was to do it myself. I used COVID lockdown to buy some great blanks on internet and learn basics about leather sawing and...
  44. Serbian Hunter

    9.3X62 for Cape Buffalo?

    I used both 9.3x62 and 9.3x74R with 286grs Nosler Partition for plain game hunt incl 800Kgs eland and I was very satisfied although I have to admit that I shot eland 3 times with no exit wound. Also I recovered bullet from Oryx. Tested in water jugs I can confirm 36" penetration - more than...
  45. Serbian Hunter

    SOUTH AFRICA: Beware Of Self Proclaimed Professional Hunter Tinus Lindeque

    Thanks a lot for a support. Just wanted to share this info with you in order to prevent this guy to scum somebody else from this forum. Yes, he is also member here, I even found some picture of my buff and bullets amongst his posts Stay healthy
 
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