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Hi Canuck,
Yes, that .510/450gr GSC HV at 2654 fps was a reduced load, but still the most spectacularly successful bullet failure I have ever seen.
At 105 grains plus filler, it was 10 grains of Benchmark less than the maximum of 115 grains/2835 fps MV for that bullet.
No muzzle brake with the light load, to protect the ears of the PH and videographer. Wink

I saw the clip of Chester The Molested replayed on Bwana V's video camera view finder. He got it!
When it can be viewed on the big screen with stop action or slow motion, I might be able to tell if I grazed his brisket skin,
between front legs, or maybe off to his right side, my left.
Was the shot pulled, jerked, or wobbled to the left or just a few inches low?
Chester was 150 yards.
The first buffalo was 90 yards.
He only went about 25 yards after the shot.
That is a fast kill for a heart-lung-broken-shoulder.

If that bullet had been an FN solid instead of an HV, it would have exited, but would not have killed as fast.

The cape buffalo I shot in Botswana was shot nearly identically (humerus, heart, lungs, at about 75 yards),
with a GSC FN .416/380-grainer at 2509 fps MV , exiting the far shoulder.
That buffalo bucked only once, not so vigorously as the double-buck-lunge of the clip above.
It also went fully 50 yards before dropping, instead of only 25 yards. Wink
 
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"Ron Shooting a Buffalo" video clip:
Notice the little calf trying to mount his Mama just before his Daddy was struck by lightning right beside him?
That calf thought he was a BIBAMOFU, eh?

The final stalk:
To crawl on hands and knees or to scoot on butt?
That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler to suffer a thousand stings of vegetation and rock on hands and knees, or on butt and hands?
To drag your toes behind you or push your heels ahead of you?

I carried gloves in my cargo pockets.
I should have had some knee pads there too.

I like dangling my slung rifle beneath my chest and crawling on hands and knees. I am more comfortable, a lot faster, and just as stealthy that way.
However, I kept bumping into PH Sir Paul's back with my head if not watching out.
Even a fat old man can hand-and-knee crawl faster than a butt-scooting fit young PH half his age.
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"Ron Shooting a Buffalo" video clip:
Notice the little calf trying to mount his Mama just before his Daddy was struck by lightning right beside him?
That calf thought he was a BIBAMOFU, eh?

The final stalk:
To crawl on hands and knees or to scoot on butt?
That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler to suffer a thousand stings of vegetation and rock on hands and knees, or on butt and hands?
To drag your toes behind you or push your heels ahead of you?

I carried gloves in my cargo pockets.
I should have had some knee pads there too.

I like dangling my slung rifle beneath my chest and crawling on hands and knees. I am more comfortable, a lot faster, and just as stealthy that way.
However, I kept bumping into PH Sir Paul's back with my head if not watching out.
Even a fat old man can hand-and-knee crawl faster than a butt-scooting fit young PH half his age.
hilbily


I am with you on the crawling vs butt scooting. Last year in Tanz was the first time I ever did much butt scooting and I only did it because I was borrowing Saeed's rifle (and quite thrilled to do so!) and did not want to place it on the sandy ground. At home my rifles are slung, and I do as you prefer. One thing about Africa though...despite the sand, the ground seems much harder, and hard on the knees, than the ground at home!

I just finished reviewing your other clips (picking away at them due to crappy connection speed at home). Wayne did a good job with the camera, and Saeed did a real nice job putting together a nice sized sequence!

The zebra was an impressive shot, and the zebra running toward you guys was a great finish for the camera. Smiler

What a great hog too. I can see how you misjudged the first shot. The follow up was very cool however.



 
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Hi Canuck,
Yes, that .510/450gr GSC HV at 2654 fps was a reduced load, but still the most spectacularly successful bullet failure I have ever seen.
At 105 grains plus filler, it was 10 grains of Benchmark less than the maximum of 115 grains/2835 fps MV for that bullet.
No muzzle brake with the light load, to protect the ears of the PH and videographer. Wink


Interesting....I would have expected a full house load with that reaction. In 2006 I took 3 buff with the 470 Mbogo and 500gr SAF's at 2500 fps and the reaction from those buff was not as impressive...even on the follow up to the spine on one of them.



 
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Interesting....I would have expected a full house load with that reaction. In 2006 I took 3 buff with the 470 Mbogo and 500gr SAF's at 2500 fps and the reaction from those buff was not as impressive...even on the follow up to the spine on one of them.



Practice, gentlemen, practice.

That is what you need to do to get buffalo to drop in their tracks clap

It is not the size or weight of the bullet that does.

I am absolutely convinced that those buffalo would have dropped just as fast if I had used a 308 Winchester.


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Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am almost through making the final video set of our hunt this year.

I had a bit of a hiccup because something must have gone wrong with one of our video cameras, and I was not able to read some of the tapes.

So the only solution is to try to capture the video using the camera that produced the tapes.

So Isent the tapes to Alan in Zimbabwe, and spoke to him this morning that he had received them, and was able to capture the footage.

He is sending the footage back today, so as soon as it get here I will try to finish the rest of the project as soon as I can.

This year I thought I will do 2 version of the hunt.

One is on normal DVDs that one can play on the TV set, and one set in 1440x720p high definition that one can either watch on his computer, or connect the computer to his HD TV to watch.

Last year we sent out several hundred sets of our hunt, so I am going to ask those who wish to have a set of this year's hunt, to send me a PM - no email requests please - only PMs.

With your mailing address, and which version of the DVDs would you prefer to have.

I am going to process your requests on a first come first serve basis.

I will post informatiosn when the project is finished, and teh shipping has started.

I hope you enjoy this year's safari.

This is going to be our belated Christmas gift to you.


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PM on the way, and thank you for doing this for us.

Merry christmas

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Saeed, PM sent, thanks again for sharing your adventures with all of us.
 
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PM sent Saeed. Many thanks and warm regards

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PM sent Saeed.
Merry Christmas

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PM on its way,Saeed.Thank you.


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PM sent. Looking forward to seeing your videos, they are enjoyable and well made.
 
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I am a bit surprised on the choices I am getting.

So far;

12 of you requested the HD version.
33 have requested the DVD version.

It looks like there going to be 5 parts to this year's safari.

I have included quite a few clips of wildlife and scenery as well.

Parts 1,2 and 4 have been copied and ready.
Part 5 should be ready tomorrow.
Part 3 is partly done, Imam waiting for the footage to come back from Alan to finish it off.


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(Canuck)Interesting....I would have expected a full house load with that reaction. In 2006 I took 3 buff with the 470 Mbogo and 500gr SAF's at 2500 fps and the reaction from those buff was not as impressive...even on the follow up to the spine on one of them.



Practice, gentlemen, practice.

That is what you need to do to get buffalo to drop in their tracks clap

It is not the size or weight of the bullet that does.

I am absolutely convinced that those buffalo would have dropped just as fast if I had used a 308 Winchester.


So I will be fine if I stick to .375 and .395 caliber rifles henceforth.
That's a good thing since I am getting old so fast.
Only a stunt shooter or a PH needs anything bigger. tu2

Speaking of Professional Hunters, Sir Paul Olivier sends a remarkable photograph he snapped on an early morning boat trip,
down the Malagarasi River,
Tanzania, November 2010,
with holiday season's greetings to all the members of accuratereloading.com:



Thanks, again, Santa Saeed.
 
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Practice, gentlemen, practice.

That is what you need to do to get buffalo to drop in their tracks clap

It is not the size or weight of the bullet that does.

I am absolutely convinced that those buffalo would have dropped just as fast if I had used a 308 Winchester.


LOL. Well, there is no way I am going to argue about that. Big Grin

And you know, I try to practice as much as I can. I put 6 bullets in one buffalo last year! rotflmo I should have told Paul and Wayne that I was just trying to get as much practice as I could. Big Grin

Cheers
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A PM was just sent. Thank you very much for the service. This is my fist post ever.
 
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I have just received the captured tapes back from Alan, and would try to finish this project in the next few days.


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PM sent. Thank you very much Saeed.

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PM sent. Thank you Saeed.
 
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pm sent, thank you Saeed
 
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PM sent, and another big thank you!


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Saeed,
Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing tu2


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Apparently some of you are wondering if my hunt report is finished.

No, by a long shot.

I have many more photos to go through, and videos as well.

Also, Dubai beingt what it is, a melting pot of humanity, we are being invited to Christmas parties starting from early December, and ending sometime in January!

The only person I know who is happy about this is Walter. This apparently fits in with his idea of life.

Non-stop partying with plenty of food, especially dessert!

Yesterday I finally managed to finish the video, ending with 6 DVDs.

I have tried to leave as much of the actually trip, showing the whole safari, not just the hunting bits.

Again, Walter has complained that I have removed too much!?

I have so far received requests for the follwoing:

36 sets of the HD version
76 sets of DVDs.


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Saeed,
Being the all-around superhuman that you are, I trust you will survive the holidays and get your Santa Claus chores done too.
All the good boys and girls, and bad ones too, are counting on you to survive the ordeal, even having to "ordeal" with Walter. Wink

I am suffering too, and I do not even have to "ordeal" with Walter.
I have year-end professional responsibilities to get caught up on, due to having been laid up with "major surgery" two months before taking off another month for "major safari."
I had the worst of years going there for a while, until you turned it into the best of years.
I am rehabilitated now, and I owe you more than I can say, let alone repay.

Best,
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I finally managed to cut a few more clips to post for your enjoyment.

I am in the process of uploading to our server right now, but the connection is a bit slow, and the files are quite large due to the HD content.

You got to laugh at this.

Earlier today, Walter, his wife, his son, and his wife came over.

Walter's son's wife was looking at some of our old hunting photos, and saw one where Walter had his head in a croc's mouth, with me holding the upper jaw open.

She asked her husband "Is that croc alive?"
He answered "No, it is dead!"
She said "You never know with these two!"

I suppose me and Walter should take that as a compliment!


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Yes you should! Don't you know that the two of you together are "one of a kind"? Big Grin By the way we're all looking forward to more pics and clips! tu2
 
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I have added a few more videos.

It might sound as if we were in a raging war from the number of shots we fired at that buffalo we hunted on Mount Gelai. The last few shots were fired at him while he was on the ground. But due to the bad visibility, we did not want to take any chances, and kept firing as long as we saw movement.

We hunted that small patch for a day and half, getting to almost touching distance with buffalo, but never getting a chance to see one for a shot.

Also, you might notice that we could see the buffalo from the top of the mountain, and under normal circumstances I would have shot him from there.

But, again, due to the extremely bad visibility, I did not want to take a chance at a long range shot where we have to go and look for him in an area like that.

One would have to step on the buffalo before seeing him.

Walter heared our story, and saw the video, and decide that we ARE mad.

Apparently this has removed any inkling he had tha5t we might, just might, have a tiny bit of sense in us.

He said "You three are getting worse every day! Absolutely, completely, BRAINELESS!"

I said "Very true. Otherwise we would not have you as our friend, would we!"


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Sheikh Saeed, the video link of the Buffalo is not working. Thank you for the other videos.
 
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Sheikh Saeed, the video link of the Buffalo is not working. Thank you for the other videos.


Thank you for letting me know this.

I have fixed it.

It should work now.


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I am a bit surprised on the choices I am getting.

So far;

12 of you requested the HD version.
33 have requested the DVD version.





Saeed:

I know my computer will play the DVD version. I am not familiar with what it takes to play the HD disk. Can you help me with this decision?

Thanks.

D.


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DVDs have a maximum resolution of 720 pixels. And any DVD is playable on desktop machines as well as DVD drives in computers.

The HD version is in HD, at 1280 pixel resolution. It is foremat as the video clips I have posted above.

Any computer with Windows will play them, as they are in .WMV format.

You can also play the HD WMV verwsion on your TV set if it has a connection for your comnputer.

Some of the latest laptops have an HDMI connection, which is specifically made for connecting to high definition TVs.

I hope this answers your question.


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Thank you for sharing your safari with us. Great photos and video. tu2 Once I started looking I couldn't quit. Your videos put commercial versions to shame. Some chores got neglected today! Smiler
 
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PM away and thanks again for your generosity. For some of us this is as close as we will get to an African hunt.

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Perfect. Thank you.

I will request HD version.

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Sheikh Saeed,
That was a spooky scene, before and after the buffalo raised his head and bellowed his final ... after the ninth shot!
Eeker
The multiple insurance installments were well paid, the final premium into his neck at close range. And still he raised his head and bellowed!
Eeker
That was the toughest bull I have ever seen.
And he was breathing air at 9000 feet.
Incredible. His carcass had multiple lethal hits and still he continued.

If you had not been using the all around best "African Sheep Rifle" ever (aka "African Mountain Buffalo Rifle"), your .375/.404 Jeffery,
things might not have ended so well.
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I have added 3 more video clips.


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Incredible report and even more incredible photos!!

Thank you very much for sharing them with us.


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