Hopefully going to Africa next year. Planning on using my 6.5x284 with 143ELDX for plains game. Kudu, Sable, Warthog etc. My wife will be using her 30.06 with 180 grain Scirocco ll. Planning on using my Ruger 375 for Buffalo. Your thoughts please.

I finally found another 405 win 1895 to hunt with for big game .I already had a 405 win 1895 Teddy Roosevelt model but its too pretty to hunt with .I found this one had 110 rounds of ammo some of it is buffalo bore 300 gr .It has the front site changed to a firesite and has a skinner peep site on it .I hope I can use this peep site if not its getting a rail and a scope on it .I want to add a barrel band sling swivel and rear sling swivel and stud and a nice sling .I want a very nice looking...

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Dear members,

I am headed for my second trip to Africa next year, this time with my wife and another couple. I am planning to take a rifle with me, and I would like to avoid any issues. I know I could reach out to Afton lodge, or so and arrange some help with clearing the rifle. The problem is that I am cheap and I would rather spend that money on additional hunting or even tipping the trackers etc. Is it really that precarious to take care of the rifle importation upon arrival? If so, how...

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I have a number of Ruger Hawkeye rifles from 300 WinMag to 416 Ruger

They come with the Ruger LC6 trigger which Ruger calls light crisp

The triggers have a good break, but they are a little heavy

I’ve been replacing the trigger spring with one from Ernie the gunsmith

All you have to do is take the rifle out of the stock push,push the trigger pivot pin out. Take the old stock spring ,out put the new stock spring in.

Drops the pull 1 to 1.5 pounds

As a left-handed shooter, it's kind of surprising that I only have one 7mm rifle in my safes (a compact Ruger RSI in 275 Rigby) since various manufacturers actually offer a pretty good selection of LH rifles in this caliber. The most common choice for a southpaw is the 7mm Rem Mag & I think I developed an irrational bias or indifference against this round when I was younger. Because my friends & relatives all hunted in the kudzu & vine-laden thickets of the southeast, no one I knew had a...

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