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jimbo1972 replied to the thread What’s the latest on sticks?.I threw my carbon stable sticks in my suitcase. Only about 8 inches long and barely over a pound -
After building plate alloy boats & gyrocopters - this is a cheaper hobby.
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jimbo1972 replied to the thread Why a .338 WM in Africa?.Beware of Ruger No1 in 338. I have owned a half a dozen No1s and it was the only one that I couldn't get to shoot 6 inch groups. I asked...
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jimbo1972 replied to the thread What one scope could you hunt anything with…..I'm a Leupold guy and own all of their hating scopes. For the 375 I would go with VX6 2-12 CDS Firedot. For any other rifle I would go...
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jimbo1972 replied to the thread Let’s be honest….accuracy off the sticks.I tried several different types of shooting sticks and found Quad sticks made the difference. I took game from 20 yards to 420 yards...
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jimbo1972 replied to the thread Good Gun Deals This Week.I was going to post this one here but I decided at the last minute I needed a 338 win mag to replace the Ruger No 1 a friend of mine...
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jimbo1972 replied to the thread Good Gun Deals This Week.I’ve owned several Ruger no 1 with most being good a few being exceptional and one being a dog that I couldn’t get to shoot for love or...
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jimbo1972 replied to the thread What do you do when you fill your package early?.Frontier Safari's https://frontiersafaris.com/
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jimbo1972 reacted to nosleep$'s post in the thread What do you do when you fill your package early? with
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What outfitter did you use? -
I just got my invoice for shipping home a Zebra rug, Impala skull mount, Red Hartebeest skull mount, and Blue Wildebeest skull mount...
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jimbo1972 reacted to AZDAVE's post in the thread 375 H&H with 300 grain Nosler partition for Black Bear with Like.
Take your 375 and go have fun! WE all tend to overthink things . Don't complicate your decision.
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jimbo1972 reacted to MS 9x56's post in the thread 375 H&H with 300 grain Nosler partition for Black Bear with Like.
I like your philosophy. I want an exit hole on everything I shoot. That was the main reason I stopped using a 243.
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jimbo1972 reacted to rnovi's post in the thread 375 H&H with 300 grain Nosler partition for Black Bear with
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I’m thinking you could hunt a Prius with that combo! -
jimbo1972 reacted to ftrovato's post in the thread 375 H&H with 300 grain Nosler partition for Black Bear with Like.
Great combo for most anything....
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jimbo1972 reacted to Green Chile's post in the thread 375 H&H with 300 grain Nosler partition for Black Bear with
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I'm hunting in SK again this spring for black bear. Took a 7.5 footer last year with a 500 S&W lever gun. Because the brush is so...