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I will be carrying handloads on the trip to Zim. I've always carried ammo in original factory boxes. Obviously, I don't have factory boxes to match the ammo (450/400 Bell cases). Whats my best option to stay out of a jam? Should I put the ammo in a hard case(unmarked)??? | ||
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Print a label and stick it on a plastic ammo box. That is what we have been doing for many years with our wildcats, and have had no problems whatsoever. | |||
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I once had a gate Agent asked me if I was traveling with "self prepared" ammunition. Now there are absolutely no regulations regarding factory versus reloads... So I looked her right ion the eye and say "no" Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. 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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I had my 470 NE in a green Case-Gard 50 in RSA. No problems. Rich DRSS | |||
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long ago when traveling to a match the ticket agent wanted to see the ammo. (this is like 40 years or so ago) i had handloads in plastic boxes & she wanted original factory boxes. calling the supervisor i explained and he turned to here and said that i was the manufacturer and they could go in anything i put them in. | |||
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I do as Saeed does, and I have likewise had no problems whatsoever. Which is as it should be, since that practice is fine under applicable rules and regulations. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I've never taken a factory round to Africa and never had a problem. I put my ammo in both original factory boxes and plastic boxes designed for ammunition. Tom Z NRA Life Member | |||
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The reason they ask that question is because they misunderstand the rules. The rules relating to ordinary (smokeless (classified as highly flammable)) ammo are that every round must be in manufacturers packaging OR any other container that ensures no single round can come into contact with any other round. The rules relating to BP and BP substitute (classified as explosive) is that it may not travel at all and then has an additional sentence that says something about not even in self prepared ammunition. They often get the two confused and think the self prepared rule applies to ordinary ammo when in fact it doesn't. How's that for a useless piece of information! | |||
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