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Bent Fossdal
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Posted this under African travelling, but slow response...maybe You Guys can be of better help?

One often hear of the problems going to Africa with cartridges lacking correct head-stamp. How big is this problem? Who is the problem, customs or guides? Does this consern all hunting, or just large game .375 and up?

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Bent Fossdal
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I did a search under the Africa Hunting Forum. The country that kept comming up was Botswana. I have check with my PH and he said not a problem in South Africa.


As usual just my $.02
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The problem w/ African countries is you never know from week to week what will happen. If you travel w/ a wildcat & the wrong headstamp, you may get that one new guy trhat checks & says no. Probably not worth the risk, but I love hunting w/ the oddball stuff. thumb


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I took a wildcat to Africa in '99 (Zimbabwe) without difficulty.

If they were to give you a hard time, I would just ask them (politely) to see if they could speak to someone at the Ministry (the Ministry of Whatever), and give them 2 US currency twenties for the cost of the phone call (because calls like that are expensive). That usually fixes most any problem like that.

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Ah very smooth Garrett. I still would probably not chance it unless I had a backup rifle along. Wink


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Originally posted by N. Garrett:
I took a wildcat to Africa in '99 (Zimbabwe) without difficulty.

If they were to give you a hard time, I would just ask them (politely) to see if they could speak to someone at the Ministry (the Ministry of Whatever), and give them 2 US currency twenties for the cost of the phone call (because calls like that are expensive). That usually fixes most any problem like that.

Garrett




Haha, I thoght that was the correct solution!

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Bent Fossdal
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hello: From what a friend who hunts Africa tells me, the headstamp check is to ascertain that the cartridge meets minimum caliber requirements. And, the best source for this would be to ask your
Safari Oufitter who will have all the answers.
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I had no problem taking 338-06AI ammo with 30-06 headstamp through RSA to Namibia last year. Perhaps I was lucky. All they wanted to know was the total number of rounds for each weapon.
 
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