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Great adventure! Memories to cherish for years to come!

My new LH Rem 700 358 Win will see field time this fall for moose and elk. Deer season should see me packing the Model 88 in 250 Savage in the thick timber, and the 6.5 PRC or the 270 WSM for open terrain (both LH X Bolts). All 4 of these rifles need to be hunted and take game.

Best Antelope: 257 Roberts Best Whitetail: 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser/6.5 Creedmoor Best Mule Deer: 270 Win Best Caribou: 280 Rem Best Elk: 338 Win Mag Best Moose: 338-06 A Square Best Mountain Sheep/Goat: 280 Rem Best Black Bear: 358 Win Best Grizzly/Brown bear: 9.3x62 Best all Around: 300 WSM

Gotta love it when everything comes together! 😁

Yes, the nyala is a beautiful animal. It will be shoulder mounted. The rest will be European mounts (skull and horns). We will also get flat skins tanned from the springbok, impala, and kudu. We actually saw quite a few nyala bulls, and I got the 3rd one seen, which turned out to be the largest...

Sounds like a good time had by all! Glad to hear good things about the 338 RPM! Were you able to recover any bullets?

I forgot to mention that we were able to recover 3 bullets from these animals; the nyala, the kudu and the warthog. All other bullets completely passed through the animals. Forgot to include the ammo's factory listed specs: BC 0.353 SD 0.271 Muzzle velocity 2936 fps Energy 3456 ft. lbs @ 100...

My nyala: The 1946 Jeep, Corsa tracker Molumme and tracking dog, Nitro:

Susan and I made home from Africa last night! The trip covered over 33,000 miles with 3 days travel from NEBC to the Eastern Cape province of of SA, and 3 days to return home...with 15 hours of driving and 22 hours of flight time included during each 3 day period. We spent 6 days hunting, one...

Congrats on a very mature sow!

Currently have 5, 2.5-8's, 4 with the B&C reticle. 3 are on my Model 88's (250 Savage, 7mm-08 and 338 Federal), and 2 are on my wife's rifle's (250 Savage (duplex) and 6.5 CM). Great scopes! Rugged, reliable, and a good blend of lower power for brush hunting, while enough power for longer shots...

Well, finally took the new 358 out to the range to try it out today, while Susan spent more time with the 6.5 CM getting ready for the trip to Africa next week. Was a beautiful day today! Sunny and 14 degrees C, with very little breeze. Shot only factory loads after zeroing the rifle at 100...

As stated above, this is the friction adjustment on the older Vari X scopes, and yes, the numbers were more for reference than moa type adjustments. Close, but not exact. Trial and error and shooting verified the adjustment of the scope. And as stated, they held zero very well. Not every...

Hard to imagine what you couldn't kill cleanly with 180 gr 30 cal bullet at 2900 fps!

A lot of great advice here! Great handling rifles that you shoot well is top priority. Pair it with good optics that will provide a good field of view at extremely close range, while allowing for precision out to 300 yards, if needed. Pair these with a cartridge loaded with a good bullet that...

You don't want to know what they are worth here in the far north! Hope you grabbed them!

"I'd rather be down to two or three rifles, and have this hunt, than to have twenty rifles." Been downsizing the rifle collection to help with hunt expenses...only a couple of weeks til we (wife and I) head out for Africa! And then the Father/Daughter hunt in Colorado for archery antelope and...

I hear the elk hunting in NM is better than in AK... And they have gemsbok and Audad for exotics to hunt in NM too! Might not be the same as brown bear and Dall sheep, but still interesting game to hunt!

I have shot 416 Rigby's, and l really prefer my 416 Taylor. The 416 Wby is just plain...more. All the more power (pun intended! :LOL: ) to those who have and enjoy the Bee! Since I'm unlikely to use it on the Big 5 (or 7), it is better suited to our North American game with 350 gr bullets...

Had fun with the Winchester 1885 High Wall in 6.5 Creedmoor today! 3 shots to get it sighted in with the Federal Premium 130 gr Terminal Ascent ammo, and then shot a 3 shot group @ 100 yards: 2911 fps and a .599" group! SD of 13.6 fps Best group out of it today was with the Nosler 140 gr...