Recent content by JimP

I hunted with Frontier Safaries north of Port Elizabeth a couple years ago. They offer a number of packages for plains game. I did their 10 day 12 animal,which is the best deal but they also offer a 7 day one.

A nice thing with sending the dial out to Leopold is that you can put any elevation and temperature in for your dial that you want. Same with a ballistic program, at least on the one that I have. I can set it for any temperature or elevation that I am likely to hunt in.

I'd get the load that you are shooting shot over a chronograph and then run it through a ballistics program to see just what it is doing with a 100 yard zero out at 300 yards. Then make a decision. For DG you might even zero it at 150 yards, but you can play with that on the ballistics prgram.

I'd still sight it in at 100 and set the dial up for longer shots

I'd just zero at 100 yards and forget about the dial. The CDS scopes are really for long range shooting. I have one on my 25-06 and will shoot out to 600 yards with it. Sighted in at 250 yards it's dropping around 4+ feet at 600. That's where a CDS shines where you don't have to use Kentucky...

Sounds like a quite interesting time. A year ago I went looking for some hunting bullets for my 44 and 357 and all I could find were the Hornady XTP's, and was skeptical of them performing like a hunting bullet should. I have hunted big game here in the western US with a pistol for over 40...

Big question is, where are you hunting? It does no good if you are hunting in the northern part of South Africa and someone recommends one in Port Elizabeth.

Spring is hitting full force. I haven't been up to Coffee Pot for a few years. I need to get up there and do some fishing. Did you hear about the bus that got stuck up there after they tore the oil pan out? This was a few years ago after Glenwood Canyon was shut down due to landslides that...

You can't bring in ammo unless you have a rifle to use it in. No rifle, no ammo.

On both my trips to South Africa I really didn't worry too much about either my rifle or my ammo, I figured why should I worry about something that is out of my control. I had decided that if one or both didn’t show up that I would just use the outfitters rifle and ammo. I'm a believer in not...

It should be available on a number of streaming services, I'd just do a search for it.

I personally believe that the most versatile scope out there is a 3-9x40, and that's why 3 of my big game rifles wear them. I have popped the heads off of grouse at 5 yards and shot elk at 600 yards with the rifles that they sit on.

Congratulations, now for the hard part.

Yep, I still have some carbide for one.

I've been shooting through Leopold's for over 40 years, don't see any reason to change. For a 06 with the ranges that you mentioned I'd go with a 3-9x40.