I have a predator extreme that I bought off of a friend. The airline gorilla handlers got a hold of my tuffpak on my safari back in August and my first shot to check zero in Africa and something in the eyepiece broke. When I got back to the states I called customer service (Burris) and had a...
Totally agree with trekking poles. I have some serious back and leg issues due to nerve damage and I’ve used poles for years to help with balance. I had a $$$ set of black diamond poles and took a tumble with them on some pretty steep and rocky terrain and bent one to un-useable, have a cheap...
Welcome from TN. I am in the process of getting ready for a custom build. I picked 30.06 because you can find ammo anywhere in the world and will take pretty much everything except for dangerous game. I reload and have everything from 22 LR to 458 Lott and landed on the 30.06 for the full custom...
Great read and pics! It’s great to see youngsters getting into the field and enjoying it and Grace has a future in outdoor writing. Can’t wait to get my grandson over there in next 2 or 3 years, again Tino and outfit are top notch.
Steve, nice write up! Makes me feel like I’m there and can’t wait to get back! I’d highly recommend a hunt with Trophy Game Safaris. I went with hammer group in 2018 and calendars just haven’t lined up to go back with them. I’ll be going back next year in August.
May have left in tumbler too long? The process I use is to tumble in a medicine bottle with steel BB,s and HBN. I did a batch once and walked away and forgot about them for about 3 hours. They came out black…
I built one about a year ago and went with 1:6.5 twist Pac-Nor, that way I can shoot about any bullet I want but mainly did it for the faster twist rates required by many of the mono bullets.