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Does anyone have experience with the .475 Turnbull on African game? Thanks, jfm | ||
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I saw Tony Makris on Under Wild Skies shoot Cape Buffalo in Botswana this week with a Winchester Model 1886 in .475 Turnbull. DRT. I believe that Craig Boddington has done the same only in Moz.  | |||
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Hi JFM Dave Scovill ( an outdoor writer from Arizona ) hunted with me in 2009. He used a 475 Turnbull on buffalo, hippo and elephant cow in the Omay. It worked really well on a frontal with the tuskless, dropped the buff at 60 yards, and being a great shot, brained the hippo at 90 yards open sight! I met Doug Turnbull at SCI, and commented on it! Mart martinpieterssafaris@gmail.com www.martinpieterssafaris.com " hunt as if it's your last one you'll ever be on" | |||
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Here is a link to their gallery. 475 & 470 Turnbull I've had the pleasure of shooting a Turnbull rifle. Craftsmanship was outstanding! Great rifle to shoot! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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A 400 grain bullet at 2200fps doesn't exactly leave a lot to be desired. Pretty much equal to a .450-400NE, but with a bigger diameter bullet. I've never been a lever man. I hunted with an uncles open sighted 22lr for groundhogs when I was a kid. It had novelty, but never grabbed hold of me like the side by sides did. Now that's love!!!!!!!!!!! That said they look outstanding and I wouldn't hesitate to get one if that was my thing. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Got one in the works!!! JW | |||
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Doug's company produces some fine rifles, and he's a nice guy to boot! Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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STOP TALKING ABOUT THE 475 TURNBULL!!! I've had a desire simmering for one for some time, and have managed to keep it in check until now. | |||
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he has a nice hat toooo | |||
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I had Turnbull convert a Marlin 1895 to the .470 Turnbull and color case harden the receiver and lever. Their work was outstanding. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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jfm PM sent Prince Murphy | |||
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