Jesse's was recommended...took a look and thought I'd join you. Live in sunny Southern California and have been to Africa twice...both times to Zimbabwe. Hope I can make a contribution and I know I'm not to old to learn something new.
Thanks guys...love to talk about guns and hunting. I've been hunting since Truman was President and dreamed about Africa when I was given a copy of Ruark's Horn of the Hunter when I was a teenager...finally got to go after my sons finished grad school and law school.
First trip was a Ranch hunt in Zim that was only modestly sucessful but the second was the trip of a lifetime.....leopard, buffalo, sable, kudu, warthog, impala, lots of baboons on that trip...the highlights of that trip were dropping a big buff in his tracks and sustaining a leopard charge after the only bad shot I made the whole trip.
I used to have several safes full of rifles but decided to settle on two (at the time) and now is shoot a Lazzeroni 9.53 HellCat (.375) based on the short Patiot case and a Lasseroni Patriot (.308)...both of which exhibit almost varmint-rifle type accuracy when I do my part. I recently bought a little custom bolt-action cannon chambered in .450 Marlin. I don't know what I'll use it on but I think it is whispering "wild hogs" in my ear.
I'm retired from the USAF and have hunted extensively in Alaska (stationed there for 4 years), some in Canada and a few trips in the West. Grew up in Pennsylvania but now live in sunny Southern California.
When I get a chance I'll post some photos.
