Equipment List:
Tikka T3 Lite in 7mm Remington Magnum
Remington Managed Recoil 140 gr ammo
Safari Arms 175 gr Swift A-Frame ammo
Karsten’s Custom Cheek Rest
Limbsaver Recoil Pad
TAB Gear Sling (thanks Seth!)
Harris Bipod (for sighting in mostly)
Vortex Viper 2.5-10×32 PST Scope (MRAD version) (thanks Tim!)
Zeiss Conquest 4.5-14×44 AO Rapid Z 800 (backup scope in case the Vortex went TU)
DNZ One-Piece High Mount
Posted in: Hunting
thenouveaujaeger 
August 8th, 2015 → 2:01 pm
[…] As this blog has first alluded to, then hinted at, and then outright mentioned, going to Africa to hunt has been a long-term goal of mine. I have spent a good portion of the last six months preparing for a Plains Game Safari I won at a charity benefit auction back in 2012. Acquisition of hardware, permits, tickets, ammo, and the practice to make sure it all worked together, consumed most of my weekends. Marita Du Plessis, the manager of the Wiets Ranch was my primary point of contact in South Africa. She connected me with riflepermits.com, which I highly recommend if you plan on bringing guns to South Africa. Ettiene Coetzee, my PH gave me several gear recommendations which I took into consideration when I prepped my hardware. […]