Last year I posted on this forum requesting some help to plan my first ever African safari. I was overwhelmed with the amount of people that provided valuable information and advice on all things hunting Africa.

My species list chopped and changed more times then I can count, the area I wanted to hunt and of course, trying to work out how many days I would need.

At the the start of 2026 I booked a 10 day safari in Kwazulu natal, hunting all free range low fence properties where I managed...

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It Begins
This will be a journal of my first trip to Africa, and reflects on my experiences hunting with Matwetwe Safaris in the Limpopo Region of RSA. For those of you who prefer a shorter read I'm going to provide a set of cliff notes, but as is my preference, I'll provide a more detailed report.

Summary:
A summary of what happens when a transplant Australian decides to hunt Africa, buys an auction hunt (had met the outfitter), second guesses himself and eventually decides to...

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This is not intended to be a negative thread and I do request that it doesn’t degenerate into any arguments or rudeness to one another like some recent topics I’ve read.

There are obviously lots of great things about hunting Africa but were there some things that you were apprehensive about or thought you may not like?
How did this pan out?

Some things may have been a non issue and soon forgotten, others perhaps you did in fact not enjoy.

Maybe it was the safety of where you were...

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I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I am a native South Carolinian, residing in the Northern Piedmont region of the state. My interest in firearms has ebbed and flowed over the years as to just what shooting discipline garnered my attention at the time, but I have always been a rifleman at heart. I do still actively shoot the Sporting Clays shotgun game but my interest in finely crafted rifles, especially German, Austrian, and European bolt guns and single shot rifles is always...

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I figured I’d start a thread for some current projects everyone is working on. Help other guys get some ideas rolling and just a drop spot if you don’t want to make a dedicated thread.

Right now my current projects are:
Restocking a No.1 458 Win Mag (first time)

Building out an AR-10 in 308 for hog/deer
Constant tinkering with my go to AR-15

Planned projects:
The “Dixie Safari Rifle”, basically taking the Model 70 from my grandad and making it a DG style rifle for the...

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