I'm heading to Eastern Cape in August. Three skulls from 2023 are still at the taxidermist in Port Elizabeth (not entirely their fault). I'm hoping to bring them back as checked baggage if doable. Anybody tried this? It's a gemsbuck, impala, and springbuck. The gemsbuck is a respectable bull, impala is borderline excellent, and springbuck is borderline acceptable. I already have two gemsbuck, four springbuck, and three impala. Probably should not have messed with this batch but the...

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Hell Folks
Looking for some advice as I wanted to carry my suppressor for my upcoming hunt to RSA in next few months, looking at some options to get my rifle permit etc, came to find out suppressors are banned in RSA for hunting purposes too.

Looking for some advice as this will be my first time trying to take it there for my wife to use it for our hunt. As I know a lot of you folks have traveled with them there.

I have been watching some safari youtube videos lately. I for the life of me can’t identify this double seems like it’s Austrian or German wondering is anyone knows it’s on lex strauss he carries it often. Has a cross bolt an some “different” angles to the rear of the receiver.

OK, so this may be a dumb idea I had recently when reading the thread about why someone would not want to do an elephant hunt. A little background, my wife is wonderful and is happy for me to go to Africa whenever I want to hunt, her only request is that I not shoot an elephant or any of the big cats. She fully understands and agrees with the conservation aspect of hunting them, she just adamantly doesn't want me to be the one hunting them. So I will respect her wishes and go hunt all I...

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Purely from a scientific standpoint:

It’s well recorded that a slower hardcast 430gr .458 bullet such as 1500fps will penetrate much deeper than a 2100fps one, for various factors, bullet deformation and fluid dynamics being the most obvious.

However when considering a hard target such as a buffalo, how deep would the bullet need to penetrate to be considered effective and would a fast bullet penetrate to this depth and at the same time also impact more energy vs a slower bullet that...

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