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HUNTING AFRICA copyright 2002 Jim Dodd Booking the Hunt In earlier chapters we looked at some basics: budget, travel, firearms, and where to go and generally what to hunt. So far I have been doing the work, and you have just been sitting back and reading the magazine. I did recommend that...

I have been acquiring White muzzleloading rifles for the last two years, and I now have three that are excess to my needs. Any interest in a M97 .451; M97 .504; and an UltraMag .504? All are used. thanks...jim

Welcome to the site, always glad to see another California shooter...jim San Diego

Thanks for the report. I have field checked some Vortex optics at a past Media Range Day at SHOT. They offered me some loaners, but when I sent them an email after the Show that was the last I heard from them. The thing I love about Leupold's service is they deliver. I don't know about these...

Yea, I like the .375s too. RR1, I would like to try the .375 UM one of these days as well. Just now I recycled my .376 Steyr and .375 H&Hs for a .375 Ruger. jim

Guy, You are welcome, and your choices are great ones. jim

Please break it and return it for repair so we can see how they do. <---humor jim

HUNTING AFRICA copyright Jim Dodd 2002 BRNO M602 .375 H&H with Brockman GenIII iron sights on 24" Lothar-Walther barrel Today the voices told me to clean all the guns In the first articles in this series I told you how to figure what your hunt will cost, and described what traveling will...

bear, As I recall the F was a model designator, and IIRC was the next in the series. Those rifles were chambered for newer higher pressure cartridges, mine was a .358 Win. They generally shoot well unless somebody has boogered the muzzle cleaning the rifle. Re-cutting the crown will fix this. jim

Thanks guys! My wife and I were talking this week on which country and which outfitter we like to hunt with again, or maybe we would go off in a new direction. I don't think we came to a conclusion, at least she didn't tell me we did. ;) jim

The numbers below are a bit out of date, but they are good for comparison purposes...jim copyright Jim Dodd 2002 Jim, what is an African safari going to cost me?” I get that question a lot from hunters who are looking to book a first hunt to the Dark Continent; it is often the first...

African Hunter is good (I am not neutral as I write for the publisher). You can also subscribe to Man/Magnum. jim

I had a couple of Nitrex optics to take a look at. They are Japanese built for the ATK folks, not the cheapest not the high end either. I used to shoot my .220 Swift with a Weaver K10, and the Nitrex was at least the equal of that scope and probably better. jim

DrMike, Good going on the moose! Have you tried any heavier bullets in your Win M70 FW .270 WSM? thanks...jim

HUNTING AFRICA copyright Jim Dodd 2002 Getting There is None of the Fun I say that because international travel means sitting in an airplane seat, eating airplane food, enduring the travel bureaucracy and generally being uncomfortable for an interminable period of time. Its saving grace is...

Thank you, gents. Some of the conditions have changed, but the general comments are still good. You can hunt a black rhino if you can pony you the $100,000 of so for the trophy fee. If the moderators are cool with it, I will post more...thanks...jim

RR& JM, Thanks, the M48 would be "interesting"!...jim

This is one of a series of articles I wrote for African Hunter in 2002. if folks are interested, I can post the other articles as well. I retained the copyrights, so no problem. HUNTING AFRICA (c. Jim Dodd 2002) Where to go and What to hunt there Southern Africa Safari Countries Imagine...

Ron, Check out Rich LaRocco's hunts.net website. Once uopn a time I worked for him selling hunts, and he is a good guy with some excellent outfitters. jim

Have they auctioned any Nosler rifles?...thanks...jim