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I am truly amazed that men of such vast safari experience who face fearsome thick skinned wild animals can utterly fall apart and be so thin skinned when they read mere words on a page. SCI, NRA Life Member Warm trails and blue skies! | |||
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Man! If you take what Saeed said as an insult, your skin is thinner than a politician's morals. Around here, the kind of response you received from Saeed was more in line with a cuddle. Stick around for a while, and I am sure you will be able to enjoy an honest to goodness thrashing that will cross the insult barrier. Now, an insult would be something like this:
But I am certain you do know where the ladies room is located at Joberg. See? That would be a rather mild insult. Or this one:
They are supposed to go into your rifle and not inserted where your head seems to be stuck. Less subtle, with an edge, but an insult. If you need more examples, I am certain we can assist you in your quest for discernment. SCI Life Member DSC Life Member | |||
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Seems like a good place to ask: Would the TSX be a good bullet to use in a .45/70 on buffalo and elephant? "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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Only if chambered in an S2 Safari... | |||
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I assumed that went without saying... "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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Adrook, That photo you posted is not a group, that's one bullet hole! | |||
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I use 300 grain silvertips handloaded in my 375 H&H. They have accounted for Elk (2 shots second not necessary), deer all 1 shot, ground squirrels beyond count some more than one time (necessary), a gemsbok (1 shot), a blue wildebeest (2 but only first was necessary), a nyala (1 shot), african porcupine (1), chacma baboon(1+ 2 for fun), Cape Eland (2), bushpig (1), african wildcat (1), limpopo bushbuck (1), Brown Bear (2 only 1 necessary, Muskox (1 per ox), Polar Bear (2 only 1 necessary), multiple ringed seals 1 each, Western hartebeest (1), Nigerian bohor Reedbuck (1), Lord Derby's Eland (1), Harnessed Bushbuck (1), Western Roan (1), and 2 Big Dog, olive baboons that were asking for it (1 each). No animal has been hit and lost knock on wood, although I missed 2 clean (not counting ground squirrels): 1 limpopo bushbuck and 1 Lord Derby's Eland. So the question is was this a long string of flukes? I am a Heretic I guess. | |||
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Haven't these been discontinued for many years? At least not listed at MidwayUSA, Natchez or Graf's. Only the newer plastic tipped CT variety which are not at all like the original Winchester silvertip. | |||
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Hi Jim, Now that's funny but porque' do I get the title of thin skinned when the other guy calls people names when they disagree with him? I was a thousand miles away from that level of emotion. My feelings are not injured. I just asked him to let me have some air and I expressed concern that we were annoying other people with our pointless exchange. I don't enjoy annoying people unless they deserve it. Regarding the Ladie's room, when I was in high school, I had this Italian girlfriend who was, shall we say, "an early bloomer" and we...........Ooops, this belongs in the Playboy forum, not this forum. Sorry, my mistake. I had a senior moment and got my forums mixed up. Regarding keeping ammunition in one's exhaust pipe, wouldn't that be a bit dodgey if you needed to recharge your magazine in a hurry? I'm trying to visualize the mechanics of it all. I appreciate your brand of humor. You're good at it. Cheers. Ard. | |||
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Scott, Me too. Ard. | |||
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LionHunter, I was planning to use the Alaska window of the forum for my Alaska experiences. I truly apologize for offending you. From your men's room comment I thought you were someone I could throw sarcastic humor back and forth with. My mistake. My apology is sincere. I will not bother you again. I will not type any comments to any of your future submissions, even if you poke a stick in my cage. Keep well. I mean that. Ard. | |||
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Hello Africa1, Who do you think you are waltzing in here and talking a load of bloody BS like that. "The World is round". Yeah...right. Suuure it is Mister. Those of us who have any sense at all know the world is flat. So watch your tounge around here or we'll call you a wannabe safari hunter. The other wannabe safari hunter, Ard. | |||
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Hello Bill, After these 3 pages of discussion did you get enough info to help you make a decision?
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The new Barnes TTSX (tipped) bullets are currently only available in 6mm-.338 sizes. Hopefully Barnes will make them in a wider range of calibers in the future. Below are two groups I shot using the 168 TTSX bullets in my Ruger M77 Hawkeye .300WM and my Syeyr-Mannlicher Model M .30-06. Both show pretty darn good accuracy. | |||
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Apparently, that's not the point of starting a thread. Start a thread asking about the best bullet for a .375 H&H in Africa, and all the experts on how many guinea pigs, woodchucks, and ground squirrels they shot with a really money-saving projectile crawl out of the woodwork. And there's nothing anybody can do about it. Are we supposed to believe that it's some sort of Ripley's-believe-it-or-not category of beyond-belief fact that a 300 grain silvertip can kill a springhare? Apparently so. Are we supposed to believe that certain someone who shot 15 coyotes and then went to Africa and shot a baboon when he tells us that bullet ought to work on elephant? Apparently so. I don't agree. But, hey, don't listen to me. Apparently I haven't visited the men's room at the Jo'berg airport enough times to have an opinion about whether or not the number of ringed seals or muskrats someone's shot with a cast bullet has f@$ all to do with the best bullet to use as a lion load while lopping that last critical, make-or-break $10 off the cost of your hunt. PuhLeaze continue to feel free to read between the lines. When someone starts a thread asking for opinions from those who've "been there, done that" about .375H&H solids and softs in Africa, he really deep-down is begging for an opinion on the best type of rock to use with his slingshot on dassies. Only bean-counting archery hunters who've never left the arctic need apply. I just visit AR as a form of therapy. To remind myself why I've never remarried, in case I'm on the verge of forgetting. | |||
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After reading the excellent posting on how to post pictures, I'll give it another try. http://i154.photobucket.com/al...2_2.jpg?t=1232913176 http://i154.photobucket.com/al...3_2.jpg?t=1232913279 | |||
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The rifle is a wood-stocked pushfeed Win M70 made in the late 80s with a Leupold Vari-X II 3-9x40 scope in Redfield turn-in mounts. Cheers, Andy | |||
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Some hilarious stuff here! Thanks to the comedians, you know who you are! | |||
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A few more of these comedians, and we will start charging for admissionn | |||
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Grumulkin was wise all along. He'll have the admittance price from the $$$ he saved by NOT using the Barnes bullets. Smart cookie. | |||
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Adrook, 10-4. Ard. | |||
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Bill, I was dissapointed in the Dead Tough in my 450 Dakota. I would much rather use the North Fork, Swift, or TSX in your .375. As our host Saeed has proven over 100 times, the Barnes does not mind a bit of extra velocity or rotational velocity in 375, so dont be shy about loading it up to its potential. The TSX "leaded" my barrel much less than the original Barnes X. If you search my posts you will see many pictures of the bullets mentioned including the A-Square Dead Tough. Andy | |||
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This is more evidence that Barnes bullets don't expand. This was the exit wound on a Steenbok that took a Barnes XLC X-bullet through the lungs. The hunter, seeing the words "solid copper" on the box of Barnes bullets he was reloading understandably assumed they were solids. Also, in the enthusiams and heat of battle he neglected or rather forgot the advice of the PH to shoot it just behind the chest. Fortunately, he used a very good taxidermist. This is a Steenbok that I, taking my own advice not to assign magical powers to premium bullets, took with a relatively cheap crappy Hornady bullet right behind the chest. Notice the difference? I have nothing against premium bullets. For those challenged with the subtleties of all this, another example would be the killing of a fly. I could use a fly swatter or I could use a premium bullet from a 460 Weatherby Magnum. In both cases the fly would probably die. I have another confession to make. Right now on my reloading bench I have a stockpile of probably $600 to $800 worth of Barnes bullets. Subscribing to the philosophy that it's more important to put a bullets where it belongs that what the bullet is made out of, I use them where they give a significant accuracy advantage. I would also use them where I was using a marginal cartridge for a big game animal. | |||
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Just as a point of interest and nothing else, 1 of my neighbors lived in Africa for 14+ years and he shot 9 cape buffalo with a 30-06 and 150gr silver tips and he sais shooting them behind the shoulder he usually found the bullet under the hide on the other side and they ran about 100 yards and died. | |||
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