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I just received this press release from Cor Bon. 22 loads from 375 Flanged to 577 Nitro Express. COR-BON introduces new line of safari ammunition: Expedition Hunter™ "Expedition Hunter™ was engineered to take down Big and Dangerous Game, HARD! The Expedition Hunter™ is available with COR®BON's own modern DPX®, lead free X-panding™ Bullet, or the traditional, world renowned, Woodleigh bullets. Both of these proven bullets have the penetration to take down large thick skinned game. If you're hunting in the Rocky Mountains, barren grounds of Alaska or the Savannah's of Africa, Expedition Hunter™ is what you can depend on for your next adventure. We've also designed the box with two plastic re-sealable, five round field packs; totaling 10 rounds of knock down power. Plus a handy tear-n-go field ballistic chart is included for your pocket or shooting bag. Designed and engineered for the discriminating hunter who demands nothing but the best; who recognizes distinction and the importance of excellent quality. COR®BON believes that the Expedition Hunter™ is your trusted ammunition for your next Safari. Ammunition available in all popular calibers. Visit our website www.corbon.com for more details." Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | ||
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What, no 375 H&H?! ... Blasphemy! ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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Rather expensive too. 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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Sevens, Sorry, my mistake on the .375, it should be Flanged. I will edit the original post. Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | |||
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It seems they have no .458 Lott Ammo? Cheers, Hans | |||
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Alan, I talked to the Cor-Bon guys at their booth at this year’s NRA meeting in Charlotte and they told me that the ammunition was coming out by midyear. I asked them what they would be offering that would beat what is currently available and if their prices were going to be competitive with Hornady. The response was that it would be “in the upper ranges” of cost to which my response was that if they don’t compete head to head with the Hornady offerings I doubt they would sell much. I wish them luck but at $296 for 10 rounds of 577 Nitro I don’t think they will sell much...even to the well heeled clientele. I thought they told me they would be using Norma brass for the loads but don’t remember for sure. Paul "Diligentia - Vis - Celeritas" NRA Benefactor Member Member DRSS | |||
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Good luck at basically triple the price (470NE) of Hornady Dangerous Game Rifle Ammunition...... | |||
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While I dont disagree with the need to be price competitive, there is also a quality play to be had. Corbon has a solid reputation in the industry for high performance, quality ammo. If I were not a handloader and had a 577NE double, spending 300 bucks for a box of ammo would be a small price to pay if I were going on a $40,000 elephant hunt. I wish them luck but agree their market will be small. ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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I like cor bon ammo and their price is not uncompetitive with other ammunition of similar quality - Superior, Norma or the new Barnes DG ammo. I have used their handgun ammo and had clients use it on lion. I will buy more- it is worth it Now, it may not be the stuff you buy for an afternoons range session (I load my own) but compared to the cost of a hunt... | |||
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Hans, Actually, there are two loads for the .458 Lott, a soft point and a solid. Expedition Hunter™ 458 Lott 500 DPX® Expedition Hunter™ 458 Lott FPBS Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | |||
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This is COR-BON filling a need that does not exist. They are not being price competitive and perceived quality has nothing to do when compared with any other ammo that works. Twice the cost for half the number of rounds? I don't think so, thank you very much COR-BON.  Perhaps I am simply not a "...discriminating hunter who demands nothing but the best; who recognizes distinction and the importance of excellent quality." to whom COR-BON is marketing this overpriced ammunition. When I killed world record animals with Hornady handgun ammo, the animals never complained about my lack of discrimination in selecting Hornady ammunition: they all were one shot DRT. Likewise, I doubt my 2011 Ele will complain about a lack of "...excellent quality." in the Hornady 500 NE DGS I plan on using. Hornady works; at half the price for twice the number of rounds. We should all be supporting Hornady for providing excellent safari grade ammunition at a great price point. Alan, as the USA editor of African Expedition Magazine, can you tell us if you have solicited advertising from COR-BON or if you intend to do so? Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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I would love to have them as an advertiser, but I would love to have Hornady too. So far, neither have stepped up.  I thought this was an interesting development that a big pistol ammo company was launching a line of safari rifle ammo. But yeah, it doesn't hurt to try and get the attention of a manufacturer during these times. If you have any better ideas about how to keep publishing, I'd love to hear it. Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | |||
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Well, you might send COR-BON a copy of this thread, but I wouldn't recommend you send it to Hornady.  Mike ______________ DSC DRSS (again) SCI Life NRA Life Sables Life Mzuri IPHA "To be a Marine is enough." | |||
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Mike, Yeah, it might behoove us to keep Hornady in the dark about all this, or they might get the bright idea to double their prices.  Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | |||
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Cor Bon's had a .375 300 gr. TSX load out for some time. My partner used it to great success in Tanzania last year. Very accurate in his old Browning Safari Grade. | |||
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God Bless Steve Hornady!!!! | |||
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