Travel
Four years ago, my family took the Delta 200 route from the states to Africa, suffering through 16 hours from Atlanta to Johannesburg before overnighting and catching an Airlink flight to Windhoek. Even in premium economy it was rough on my 6'3" frame, and it took me several days to adjust and feel fully functional. It's one thing I committed to doing differently on this trip. And so, I did.

One benefit of going solo, or at least only paying for one, is my...

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On the "Pay it forward-free" thread, someone had some cracked 505 Gibbs cases, and someone asked for them for his cartridge collection. I asked if it was a good idea to have a separate thread for cartridge collection where we could exchange cases/cartridges/dummy rounds, etc to enhance our collection and the response was positive.

Like the "Pay it forward-free" thread, let's post on here extra cases we have that we do not use or if they are no longer usable for us collectors to add to...

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Hi all,

For my blaser r8, I've been developing a load for cape buffalo using 270 grain TSX and initially, RL-15.
However, they stopped selling the powder halfway through my trials.

I switched to varget and have some favorable groups just under 3/4" at 100m with a vx6-hd 1-6x.
At this point, as the safari date is rushing toward me and it's starting to get too hot in Texas for trials, I'm going to try to increase my development speed by augmenting with some of these new AI tools.

Thought...

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I am a planner. My first trip to Africa in 2024 was booked 2 years in advance. My second trip is already booked and I do not go until June of 2028. So.... I am already thinking about a 3rd trip in 2029. Both trips so far have been to South Africa. The first trip I took 8 different plains game species. On my second trip I have on my list a Cape Buffalo and 5 more plains game species. For my 3rd trip I am kicking around the idea of Leopard. Leopard is the one animal that I see a fair amount of...

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The USA has labelled both Canada and the EU as threats to their "National Security" in order to justify new duties declared by their military Commander-in-Chief on the international trade of steel and aluminum. So I suggest that USA made products such as firearms and ammunition should be sold exclusively within the USA so Canada and Europe can help our esteemed neighbour defend themselves and improve their national security. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that Canadians and Europeans...

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