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Originally posted by Socrates:
Doesn't the tip of the nose go up and down, and make a very difficult target as they charge????

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It does!!!!!!! Now that makes for an interesting target, NO?

Actually the nose doesn't bounce as much as you would think. The Cape Buffalo charges with his eyes open, and he never takes his eyes off you once he starts.As Ray says his eyes are as open as they will ever be, with a large amount of the "WHITES OF HIS EYES" showing!

Most bovines zero in on you, then at about five feet from target zero, the close their eyes, and down their head to make a cross slash with one or the other horn. The Cape will hit you square with the Boss, and twist his head as he tosses you. The twist will cause the backward sweeping horn tips in under your ribcage as he finishes the toss. After that he is the boss man, for sure, and unless he has tossed you into a tree, you are finished. Guns, calibers, PF, CRF, bolt, or double matter not!

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Originally posted by Socrates:
With a rifle, if you get two shots, I can see why people want 577's...

The funny thing is people don't give lions enough respect. They are so damn fast you can barely move, much less get a shot off, if they get close to you, and charge. I'd much rather have a buffalo coming then a lion...

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SOC, I fully agree with you on the LION! I describe the Buffalo because I have no first hand experience with LION,or Elephant. The African lion is the one animal that strikes primevil fear in my soul. You're correct in your opinion on which would be the best to have charge from close quarters, if there is anything good about any charge. Where the lack of respect, with lions, is most evident, is with the lioness, after the Lion has been hit, and is down. In a pride,with the females, you are likely to get a multiple charge, and that would be my worst mightmare! Buffalo usually will run even when hit at close range, with the charge usually only durring the follow-up, and rarely do you get any kind of charge, and more rarely, a multiple charge!

[ 08-17-2003, 04:11: Message edited by: MacD37 ]

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The 627 V-Comp was the revolver used by the world's most famous wheelgunner - Jerry Miculek - to set the most recent handgun speed shooting records. In an unbelievable display of speed, accuracy and dexterity, Jerry did the following: eight shots on target - 1.00 seconds; eight shots on four targets (2 per target) - 1.06 seconds; and six shots, reload and six shots on target - 2.99 seconds!
I'm most impressed with the last. That's moving.

Let's see the guy do that with a lion coming after him;-)

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