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When I hunted elephant in that area with CMS two years ago, the elephant hunt was all done the first day. So after that I was hunting impala and wildebeest with a .416. It worked OK, but if a 9.3 was available instead, it would have been nicer to carry and nicer to shoot. I greatly prefer...

I don't hate any of them, but choose not to use any cartridge with a belt - except of course the .375 H&H. That one gets a full endorsement. I suppose the .416 Remington is OK too, I never owned one, but I would prefer the Rigby.

I sold all my Rugers so now I'm down to only one, a Kreighoff Hubertus in .30R Blaser. It's a keeper! During its first season at home I took a couple of young of young animals with it. This year I used it to take a young mule deer. Wonderful rifle, accurate, well balanced, elegant.

I also had a very good management / free range buffalo hunt experience with Mokore, in the Savé of Zimbabwe and another hunt in Mozambique Coutada 9. Both areas highly recommended! I also suggest getting some experience with buffalo before hunting elephant. That worked best for me anyway...

Welcome to the best internet forum for African Hunting! A great place to learn and share! and yes, lots of Dangerous Game and Double Rifle discussions, you'll fit right in

My good buddy Vance is one who comes to mind. He is a skillful and accomplished student of the outdoors. He developed his shooting skills as an archer, and became a very successful one. He shot competitively on the Canadian National team as a youngster, and represented Canada internationally...

Can anyone of the MAGA crowd explain to me how international treaties and deals currently work? I was under the obviously mistaken and erroneous assumption that international treaties with another nation were honourable and binding contracts negotiated in good faith and agreed to by both...

A lot of Americans I know don't actually know what's going on between the US and Canada right now, and just how seriously Canadians are taking this. So, against my better judgement, here's a timeline to explain why we're here, and why we're angry. Nov 30th, 2018 - The United States, Canada and...

Ha! It took three days until it hurt enough for me to see a doctor and get x-rays done, ( my wife says - no brain no pain!) I'm very fortunate that I've been able to function quite well since it was put back together. The doctor said i'd almost certainly develop arthritis in the damaged head of...

On a winter trip I fell off a snowmobile and left my leg attached. Don't do that. I split the tibia lengthwise up into my knee and ever since I have a couple of stainless steel screws holding my knee together. I don't like kneeling much any more.

I've twice flushed lions at close range while unknowingly stalking the same game that the lions were hunting. One while stalking buffalo and once when stalking eland. No harm came to either of us.

Street art in Mexico...

So it seems most here are judging S&B's offering of a new, economical, available, and welcome addition to the world of medium bore rifle ammunition by it's "failure" to address a niche need for a bullet suitable for hunting thick skinned dangerous game. So what! I say good on them. And wish them...

Traditional bolt action rifles are far more complicated than the R8! They require twice as many manipulations of the bolt after firing. - "Traditional" push up, then push back, then push forward, then push down. - R8 - Push back, then push forward. Done. :)

After a couple weeks of -35°C to -40°C we finally got a break today. Just above freezing! And beautiful. The view from my driveway. There were fourteen mule deer on our driveway yesterday. They're in town foraging for what they can get, and many are starving. Finding a few winter kills already...

I use a standard Mitutoyo digital caliper in combination with the Hornady headspace gauge. I use the Hornady "E" bushing, 0.420". I think it's a better fit for this cartridge than the smaller "D" bushing, since it lands nearly mid way on the shoulder of a 9.3x62 case - just where you want to...

Pretty good article, and the WWF makes a reasoned case for its policy supporting the legal hunting of polar bears. What’s not to like?

I've owned four drillings, still have two of them. My favourite choke combos are as previously suggested 1/4&1/2 or second choice 1/2 & 3/4. I doubt it is worthwhile to order anything different than the standard factory offering of 1/2&3/4, Unlesss the gun is not proofed for steel shot at 3/4...

I think the Blaser R8 is one of the very best of the technologically superior current, modern, bolt action repeater hunting rifle designs that is gaining many fans for its superior operational performance and repeatable excellence. I think the Mauser 98 is one of the very best of the...

It's so nice to see a new manufacturer enter this market! Congratulations to S&B! And a flippant comment .... there is a big mean Cape buffalo on the package, so it must be good ammo for hunting buffalo, right? ;-)

The original bolt shroud and safety is sold and gone. The M70 style safety on the new shroud did need to be fitted. The trigger is factory original.

Nope, 1951 model, original model 21 bolt and trigger. Changed the bolt shroud & safety, which was the typical M21 safety not the ZG47 style.

To add to the "something new" comments, I have a factory original Brno 21H 8x57S with a very unusual combination of round knob bolt and single trigger. Almost all the Brno 21/22 rifles I've seen have double set triggers, and only a very few were made with a round knob bolt properly inset low in...

No concern. Beaver pelts are only worth about $20 if prime and properly prepared. It takes a lot of time and effort to properly prepare a pelt. Beavers are a declared nuisance in our local municipality due to the flooding their dams do in fields, road culverts, and associated lands. The...

Today's project was feeding my cute little Winchester M92 .357 magnum with the cheapest, most capable home made ammo possible. First I cast a bunch of bullets using the wonderful Lyman 358156 mould. Alloy was scrap wheel weights, scrap lead pipe, pure tin, and some precious Lintoype. Added gas...

here's a picture of my "original" stocked Brno 22F and a brochure from the company ...

The Brno 21 & 22 rifles are quite common in Canada. Wonderful rifles. I own two presently and have had three others. Mine are 22F ( short barrel, full stock) in 7x57 and 21H (longer barrel, half stock) 8x57S. I'm pretty sure your rifle has an after market stock. Nicely done, but it does not add...

Yes, There was. ".35 Whelen Ruger 1S 225 Nos BT" . Powerful rifle, heavy enough bullet, BUT... I chose to take a very poor shot, elk was looking back over its left shoulder and I thought I could drive a Nosler Ballistic Tip through the rumen and on into the lungs. Wrong. Bullet expanded quickly...

My .22 Hornet rifles are both made by Anschutz, built on the match 54 actions. Very accurate, but with slow twist barrels and short magazine length. I use only traditional Hornet bullets in mine out of necessity, no long sleek plastic points unfortunately. I've never used them for tiny ten...

After all this praise for the cartridge, I may need to dust off my Brno 21H 8x57IS and go slay something with it again. I like the rifle and cartridge, but after using it for hunting just one elk it sits neglected in my gun rack for years. From what I recall it liked a 200 gr. Nosler Partition...

This is what I've killed 30 Saskatchewan elk with. Cartridge didn't seem to matter much actually. A good quality bullet that expands and digs deep without fragmenting too much is important in my opinion. Nosler Partitions and Accubond, Norma Oryx, Speer Grand Slam, Barnes TTSX, RWS H mantel...

If I ever had a "List" I'm pretty sure it has been more than filled. I've been so fortunate to have had the opportunities I have enjoyed. At an early age, I wanted to hunt our local Saskatchewan Canadian game - all our waterfowl, small game and both whitetail and mule deer. Check. Then my...

Brilliant summation, I'm afraid. Andrew says it better than me. Andrew Coyne..... “Nothing mattered, in the end. Not the probable dementia, the unfathomable ignorance, the emotional incontinence; not, certainly, the shambling, hate-filled campaign, or the ludicrously unworkable anti-policies...

If the opinion of a hunter who has only taken one buffalo with a CPS and one giraffe with a 9.3x62 ( Norma oryx) counts for anything, I think the 9.3 mm CPS would be nearly ideal for hunting giraffe. Good penetration AND good wound channel.

You don't need the power of a .375 to kill our Saskatchewan bears but it's a great cartridge choice anyway. Like you, I used a .375 on North American game to gain more experience before eventually using one for African game. Elk, Moose, Whitetail Deer and Bear. I have only shot one bear with a...

Roger, perhaps I misled you with an unclear or incomplete comment. My 7x57 (rimless) bolt action rifle is a Brno 22F. Full Stock, 20" carbine barrel. Wonderful rifle. I brought it into this conversation because there is no difference in the dimensions of chambers or cartridge cases between 7x57...

Beautiful rifle! I predict you'll like it a lot. If you don't mind another suggestion, you may want to drop the Barnes 175 gr. TSX from consideration. Barnes bullets work best driven fast, and the 7x57 although made to shoot 175 gr. lead core bullets, is not well suited to the 175 gr. copper...

Thanks for the warning! Such problems can happen with any manufacturer, and it is wise to do a quality control check yourself. ` This incident reminds me of a problem I had with Hornady bullets years ago. Their 150 gr. .308" Spire point bullet #3031 was the problem that time. I had one stick in...

I went back through my records, and it seems my memory was a bit faulty so I must post a correction for the velocity I measured of the S&B factory load. Actual velocity of the S&B load is higher, I was confusing it and the Hirtenberg load. Measured Velocity is as follows from my two 7x57R...

This is the only hand load I have used much in my 7x57r rifles: Norma case, REM 9-1/2, Horn 175psp, 44.5gr H4350 3.04”loa, 2385fps from either of my rifles 25” barrel. I haven’t shot a moose with it yet, but I would if given the opportunity at typical bush hunting range. I have shot a moose at...

Before you stress yourself about the supposed deficiency of -10% velocity with the rimmed cartridge, consider this perspective. I have two 7x57R rifles, a Merkel and a Krieghoff. I have used them for local game only, but found them entirely adequate for our big northern whitetail deer, mule...

Thanks for the advice everyone! Many good tips and ideas to try when I get to shoot my new acquisition. However, now I have another challenge. The drilling arrived in the mail and upon inspection it’s in wonderful condition. Fits me like a fine bird gun and has superb balance and handling. But...

I just like to look at them, all lined up and ready to go hunting!

Hoytcanon, good to read about your experience with the Sierra 300 gr. bullet. This afternoon I loaded 100 .375H&H cartridges with these, and was wondering what they were good for. Seems I should take then hunting, not just shoot targets.

-30°C this morning. A good day to burrow into the basement and do some more reloading. My new Merkel Drilling 20ga over 6.5x55 Swede just arrived, I'm impatient to take it out and shoot some test loads.

I've used VVN140 in .308 for standard 165 gr. loads and for light bullets 220-235gr. in 9.3x62. No surprises, no concerns. Velocities were about what was predicted by the VV website load data.

Yes, I got lucky and found a couple boxes of old Remington Cor-lokt RN .308" 180 gr. Any time i've seen them used on game they've performed very well.

Taking advantage of our very cold winter weather to hibernate in the basement and load up a big batch of ammo. The last couple days produced 500 x .308 Win., some loaded with 168gr. target bullets and some with 165 gr. hunting bullets. I also loaded 100 old -style 180 gr. RN bullets today. Not...

Yes, that shot with a shotgun slug was too high to even enter the chest cavity. Probably took off one of the spinous processes that extend vertically from the spine. that causes a certain amount of temporary shock. Certainly the slug didn't hit the spinal cord. I'd expect the same general spot...

I've seen the often repeated comment about a bullet hitting "above the lungs but below the backbone" so many times during discussions like this. There is no such thing. It's impossible. There is no void in the chest above the lungs, if there were the deer would be walking around with a...