Handloads?

[Catahoula]

I'm planning my first hunt in South Africa for next year. Everything I've read says ammunition must be in its original packaging. I'd prefer to use my own handloads. How do you guys handle this? Any legal issues? My hunt will be for plains game with my 30-06. It shoots fine with factory loads, but in my 30+ year hunting career, I've never taken a big game animal with factory loads. I'd like to continue this trend!

 

[BRICKBURN]

You are fine taking reloads.
http://www.africahunting.com/threads/packing-ammunition-for-flight.15898/#post-123726

 

[BRICKBURN]

http://www.africahunting.com/threads/importing-handloaded-ammunition.13901/#post-114752

 

[Catahoula]

Thanks! That is the information I was looking for.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Glad to help

 

[JimP]

Without reading the articles if you are using different head stamp cases for your reloads that what your rifle shoots such as 30-06 stamp for a 25-06, don't.
Just make sure that the head stamp for the round matches your rifle.
I took 60 rounds into SA this last May in plastic boxes inside my locked ammo box and they never did look inside the ammo box.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

Just got back from my trip. BA looked at my ammo boxes and weighed them on the way out. Nobody gave it another look thereafter. Still the headstamp advice is good. Just make sure you're using some MTM boxes or such made to carry ammo type boxes. The idea is they don't want the ammo bouncing around in a zip lock bag or something like that.

 

[Divernhunter]

We took only my handloads when we hunted SA. They were in the MTM type plastic boxes inside a TSA locked pelican case. There was also a couple of factory boxes due to the room for packing it. One case for each of us. They did not even bother with the ammo. All ammo was in brass headstamped for the cartridge used. We took 338win mag/30-06 and 257Roberts.

 

[Catahoula]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the info.

 

[lcq]

Declared mine and all they did was check the serial number on the rifle. What you could do is visit the local range and pickup discarded boxes in your caliber if you want to be extra special safe. We all know there is the law and the law according to some clown with authority but without the brains to go along with it. Chances are your ammo won't be looked at.