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26 April 2013, 02:56

Biebs

Bellers to the Caprivi

The Bellers are off to Namibia tomorrow for an Ele hunt with Karl. A bit of a shaky start...Frank locked up his 577 DR and had to send it back for repair. He decided to whip up some 416 Rigby reloads for his Heym Express Magnum bolt rifle, but got a case stuck using some new water-based case lube and broke the shell holder. Looks like he'll be taking the 416 Blaser, unless something happens to that between now and the morning :-)

26 April 2013, 03:04

LionHunter

Bad news about the rifle issues. I've had gun and scope issues before leaving for africa in the past, but fortunately got them worked out in time. I always have a back-up rifle available.

I just received my 500NE back from Merkel after a rush fix on the triggers. We leave in 5 weeks for Ele w/Karl in the Caprivi as well.

Will be very interested in reports on this hunt. Wishing them a great safari and a big Ele. Karl took a beauty just a couple days ago. Well matched ivory estimated in the 60# range.

26 April 2013, 03:14

Biebs

Mike, you'll have a great hunt. One of the few hunts I've done where an open-sighted double is the best choice of rifle....the Merkel 500 will be perfect.

26 April 2013, 03:27

pagosawingnut

Mike and Frank,
Have a wonderful trip. Be safe and give us a great report when you get home.

26 April 2013, 03:34

Safari2

quote:
Originally posted by LionHunter:
Bad news about the rifle issues. I've had gun and scope issues before leaving for africa in the past, but fortunately got them worked out in time. I always have a back-up rifle available.

I just received my 500NE back from Merkel after a rush fix on the triggers. We leave in 5 weeks for Ele w/Karl in the Caprivi as well.

Will be very interested in reports on this hunt. Wishing them a great safari and a big Ele. Karl took a beauty just a couple days ago. Well matched ivory estimated in the 60# range.

Good pic of this bull on Karls Facebook Page.

26 April 2013, 04:36

butchloc

with that luck i am now understanding why my ears were burning. at least it's good to know that frank has a couple of other guns to chose from

26 April 2013, 08:34

Frank Beller

I got the Blaser R93 lined out just this afternoon. I had a box of North Fork flat point solids in .416, & at 50 yards they produce one hole groups in my Blaser .416 Rem. When I get the elephant, I'll text some pics to Retreever & he can post them. I also will be trying for another hippo; I shot one two years ago in Dande North, it sank like a perfect brain shot, but we never saw it again. Just for the record, after trouble with the double, I wanted to take my new Heym .416 Rigby, but had the bad luck with the reloading. That rifle shoots amazingly well. I may have to buy another one just like it in .375 come January at the DSC show. Well 'nuff said, wish me luck, & I'll post a hunt report when I get home.

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26 April 2013, 09:05

crbutler

Well, hopefully you used up all your bad luck...

Best of luck on Jumbo.

26 April 2013, 14:20

Rich Schultz

Good luck Frank..... Walk slow and shoot straight!!!!!

26 April 2013, 15:32

CCMDoc

Good luck Frank!
It will be a great safari I'm sure.

Tell Karl to keep that 100 pounder hiding behind a tree for our return

NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003

Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow

26 April 2013, 16:10

JudgeG

Sandy wants to know if we can I pick y'all up at the airport?

Have a great trip!

26 April 2013, 16:29

Mike Smith

Go get em guys.

26 April 2013, 17:21

Die Ou Jagter

Good luck my friend.

26 April 2013, 18:04

WV2WY

Didnt Frank have the same problem with the 577 earlier?

Good Luck Frank!

26 April 2013, 18:24

Labman

Frank & Mike - Good luck on your hunts with Karl. I'm booked with him for an Elephant starting May 23rd. Make sure you leave at least one for me.

Frank - If you have a case stuck in your die, RCBS makes a tool that will remove the case. I forgot to lube a case once and I got to test it out. Worked fine. If you happen to have a 1/4 x20 tap and appropriate drill bit all you need is the cup from RCBS that fits on the end of the die. You can even use a makeshift cup made from a bunch of steel washers. If you're interested, PM me and we can talk on the phone. I should be able to talk you through the process.

26 April 2013, 21:20

Dulcinea

Good luck my friend!

26 April 2013, 21:39

LJS

PM sent Frank. I have 416 ammo in Pittsburgh.

26 April 2013, 22:12

Acer

Gee, seems like Frank could just open up the armory and select something suitable for the job. Not like he is stuck with an old single barrel H&R to do the job...

Best of luck! Heard elephants are easier to hit than antelope.

27 April 2013, 02:45

LionHunter

Labman-

Sounds like yours will be the safari with Karl immediately proceeding our arrival on June 2, so you must leave two bulls for us, please!

Have a great safari and you have a PM inbound from me.

It appears there should be a steady stream of Caprivi Eles falling to AR Ele hunters over the next few weeks!

27 April 2013, 03:36

Bill73

Frank,
have a great hunt

27 April 2013, 04:43

Jungleboy

Wow, sounds like half of AR is going elephant hunting with Karl!
Good Luck to Frank, Tom & Mike, hope you all have safe, great safaris & bring
home giant ivory.

This is one of the problems with AR, you find a sweet hunting set-up
like Karl's, post a positive hunting report & now he fills up & there
is no room for you anymore!

http://forums.accuratereloadin...761081471#8761081471

Good for Karl, he is an excellent, hard working PH who deserves this.
Everyone have a great safari!!

27 April 2013, 06:27

CCMDoc

quote:
Originally posted by Jungleboy:
Wow, sounds like half of AR is going elephant hunting with Karl!
Good Luck to Frank, Tom & Mike, hope you all have safe, great safaris & bring
home giant ivory.

This is one of the problems with AR, you find a sweet hunting set-up
like Karl's, post a positive hunting report & now he fills up & there
is no room for you anymore!

http://forums.accuratereloadin...761081471#8761081471

Good for Karl, he is an excellent, hard working PH who deserves this.
Everyone have a great safari!!

Couldn't agree with you more on everything you've said - Karl is first class.

Good luck to all!

NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003

Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow

29 April 2013, 03:07

PD999

quote:
Originally posted by Acer:

Gee, seems like Frank could just open up the armory and select something suitable for the job.

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