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Just back from my Safari with Brooklands Safaris. Had a good hunt and a great trip. We had quite a bit of rain, the bush was very thick and green. No major problems, No problems getting guns into SA or Zim including my handgun. In fact there seems to be some good news from the South African Police Service. I will post that story first and many others as I get time. We drove between the Safari camps and I got to see quite a bit of the country, including small towns and Bullawo and Harare. My 450 No2 did its usual great job, however the real suprize was the 9,3x74R Chapuis double, but then I am getting ahead of my self.  DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | ||
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Welcome Back! Now where are the pictures?   Seriously -- I'm glad you had a good trip and got back safely. ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Welcome home! looking forward to hearing all about your trip. And your traveling between towns! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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Welocme back, Can't wait to hear about your trip. I'm off to Zim in 24 days. Like to find out how you handled currency issues, etc. And of course how your hunting went. .-Steve --------  www.zonedar.com If you can't be a good example, be a horrible warning DRSS C&H 475 NE -------- | |||
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Tony: Again, I enjoyed the flight over with you. It seems like I've been back 5 years! Give me a call on my cell. I've erased yours for some reason. I can't wait to see pictures and hear the story of the 9.3x74. If you search, you'll find my "story" at Ernest's Story of PAC hunt Looking forward to your call when you can! JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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Tony, Gald to see your back...enjoy retirement... Mike  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Welcome back and I also look forward to your report and pics! 465H&H | |||
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Tony, Welcome back home! Looking forward to you pics and details of your adventure! | |||
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Welcome back. IT's good to know that things are still ok for hunting in Zim. As long as we can keep a "pulse" in the industry, the wildlife there has a chance at surviving. Looking forward t the stories and pics. jorge USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Tony: Great to hear that you are back safe and sound. Looking forward to the trip report, pictures and seeing your video when it's done! 577NitroExpress Double Rifle Shooters Society Francotte .470 Nitro Express  If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming... | |||
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Welcome back Tony! Lookf forward to your report! Charles, give some time! He just got off the plane! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Patience is not one of my virtues, but I was just kidding! ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Alright guys let's give the guy 24 hours of rest after such an exhausting hunt  ...Then let's hound the crap out of Tony for stories and pics...  Mike | |||
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Hell, tony doesn't need any rest, he's just teasing you! He can't wait to tell you what you want to hear! Welcome home Tony, I'm just like everyone else, I'm finding it hard to wait, myself!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Glad to see that you are safely home. I won,t hound you for the PICTURES and REPORT, YET Semper Fi WE BAND OF BUBBAS STC Hunting Club | |||
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This outta be good! Welcome home! Lee DRSS(We Band of Bubba's Div.) N.R.A (Life) T.S.R.A (Life) D.S.C. | |||
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Tony, glad you are home safe and had a good hunt.  As for us "waiting" for your storys, we've been waiting the whole month you were gone.   Spill the beans when ever you are ready. We egerly await.  Hog Killer IGNORE YOUR RIGHTS AND THEY'LL GO AWAY!!! ------------------------------------ We Band of Bubbas & STC Hunting Club, The Whomper Club | |||
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Tony, Dear God Man, give us the details and how the doubles performed! Mike -------------- DRSS, Womper's Club, NRA Life Member/Charter Member NRA Golden Eagles ... Knifemaker, http://www.mstarling.com | |||
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The U.S.A. welcomes you home. Now, put your rifles where you can see them FROM YOUR KEY BOARD AND START TYPING!!!!!   Jack OH GOD! {Seriously, we need the help.} | |||
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Good to hear that you are back safe and sound. Also good to hear your trip was great and your hunt went well. JPK  Free 500grains | |||
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Tony, Great to hear you are home safe and sound!!!!Now where are the stories!!! Doc52 B. Searcy & Co .577 NE Double Rifle Shooters Society "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote!" Benjamin Franklin 1759 | |||
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Been checking everyday for a week. Glad to hear you are home. Can't wait to hear the details. Prayer, planning, preperation, perseverence, proper procedure, and positive attitude, positively prevents poor performance. | |||
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