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I'm in process of planning a trip to SA next year and I'm wondering if I can hunt there with my .25-284? Thanks! John Farner If you haven't, please join the NRA! | ||
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The only potential issue I'm aware of would be the brass headstamp (indicating the cartridge) not matching the rifle's cartridge/chambering designation. I had my cartridges inspected last August when I went through the SAPS process at the Johannesburg airport. -Bob F. | |||
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yes....RSA has some very stupid laws.....such as one cannot buy 30-06 ammo unless he can prove he owns a 30-06. You could conceivably have issues if your gun is atamped 6.5-06 and your ammo is stamped .270 win. Don't think you'll find someone that understands wildcats either.....Home made rocks are smarter than some folks at the airports. Further I understand that 7 MM is a minimum caliber for Kudu, Gemsbok, wildebeest, zebra and such. Get confirmation of this from your outfitter before you leave for Africa. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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I definately agree with vapodog. Some real rocket scientists there writing RSA Firearms Permits. One of the guys that went to RSA with me in 2000 used his 6.5-06 for everything from Kudu and Zebra down with no problems. Rules may have changed since then. Check with your PH. NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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You always can just stamp the barrel .284. Then your brass would also say .284 When you come home then stamp 25- in front of the .284. I wouldn't bring a wildcat to africa. In case your ammo gets lost/stolen. You won't be finding .25-284 ammo over there. Mink and Wall Tents don't go together. Especially when you are sleeping in the Wall Tent. DRSS .470 & .500 | |||
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I have hunted in the RSA twice with a .30-338 and had no problems. But who knows these days with all the accursed BS going on in South Africa as it involves getting firearms in. I think I would play it safe and not take undue chances. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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The whole lost ammo thing is over rated but the SAPS are not. It will be a total coin toss as to whether you can get your ammo past them. When I went in 04, all they did was count rounds. No one checked the caliber stamping on the brass or rifle. Too bad, I would love to take my .338-06 again. LIFE IS NOT A SPECTATOR'S SPORT! | |||
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Toomany Tools, In 'principle' you can bring into South Africa any firearm that you legally own - except some semi auto and all fully automatics. The list of 'calibers' available to the SAPS to use as a guid does include quite a few wildcats, but maybe not your .25-284, yet this should not cause any problems. But as someone said it may be a coin-toss if you get or don't get any problems at SAPS. The "lost ammo" aspect is overrated, but if your friendly airline does loose your .25-284 ammo, in South Africa you will have a bit of a problem. But then you can always use any one of my fine and accurate firearms to continue your hunt. I will gladly do all the arrangements for you to get a pre-issued SAPS 520 form, then there should really not be any problem at all. Andrew McLaren Professional Hunter and Hunting Outfitter since 1974. http://www.mclarensafaris.com The home page to go to for custom planning of ethical and affordable hunting of plains game in South Africa! Enquire about any South African hunting directly from andrew@mclarensafaris.com After a few years of participation on forums, I have learned that: One can cure: Lack of knowledge – by instruction. Lack of skills – by practice. Lack of experience – by time doing it. One cannot cure: Stupidity – nothing helps! Anti hunting sentiments – nothing helps! Put-‘n-Take Outfitters – money rules! My very long ago ancestors needed and loved to eat meat. Today I still hunt! | |||
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I wonder what all those hunters with old English double rifles do about the headstamp issue. None of those are marked with anything that would match a headstamp. Who of us here, has had a refusal of entry? 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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