Curious to know how much ammunition you carry with you when after Buffalo?

And what do you use to carry it - full belt or pouch etc

Any fans of the butt stock ammo holders?

Hi GBax

I have been caught in a few situation far from the vehicle stranded without bullets, so now I have 2 in the double 10 in my belt and 10 in a poach carried by my tracker,

I am not a big fan of the stock ammo sleeve for buffalo because it takes too long to retrieve, reload and shoot compared to a belt poach,

Rather more than less

Hi,

I use a C2 cartridge holder from Murray Custom Leather. I've tried a few and really like these. They hold the cartridges securely and they are easy to get at.

I've also used the butt holders from the same supplier and I like these too. I load 4 in the rifle and 6 in the pouch. I give one of the trackers a second pouch with another 6.

I figure if I needed more than the 10 rounds I carry I'd be running fast enough to catch up to the tracker with the extra pouch anyway!

Cheers

Daniel

I used my belt carrier for softs & my buttstock sleeve for solids to keep from getting mixed up if things got hairy.
Thankfully only needed 1 TSX to get the job done.

For a double rifle, try the Keith Double Duty from Trader Keith. I have two of those (four rounds) for quick reloads. Then a slide with six more.

gbax

I like simple and the buttstock ammo holder fits that bill. Your extra ammo and the gun are always together and there's no heavy ammo belt to pull your pants down.

Mark

Yup, running with your pants down could be a problem.

Texas Huntco makes a nice 10 round and 5 round cordura nylon/elastic web that I find useful. When leather gets wet from sweat, or whatever, it made too much noise rubbing against my leather belt when going into a blind.

Dutch

For .405 WCF and .45-90, I load the rifle and then carry softs and solids in this big bore ammo carrier; it slips onto the belt and can be worn front, back, or side as desired. 405 ammo in pic below:

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Originally posted by crshelton:
For .405 WCF and .45-90, I load the rifle and then carry softs and solids in this big bore ammo carrier; it slips onto the belt and can be worn front, back, or side as desired. 405 ammo in pic below:

Which kind of brand/producer is this ?

I have El Paso (https://www.epsaddlery.com/) make me ammo slides for my rifles.

What i do is have an extra belt that has my ammo slides on it and i carry solids in it when hunting Cape Buffalo. I will load a soft for the first shot (hopefully that is all it will take) and the slide is filled with solids.

As mentioned if that is not enough ammo you are in serious trouble.

Now if you plan to mix your soft's and solids rounds in your ammo slide, finger nail polish is the way to mark the base of the shell to determine if it is a soft or solid. Pick a color that will jump out at you and use it. It will not affect your ammo usage.

Stock ammo sleeve with inside packet
Excellent invention. Will not leave house without that.
Like Mark said, gun and ammo together.
Bolt rifle - 4 in magazine, five in pouch belt and five in zipped pocket on the pouch.
Extra few in your packet and off to hunting you go.

I have a leather wallet type carrier on the belt part of my fanny pack that holds 10 and usually at least 5 more in a pocket of the fanny pack plus the 5 in my rifle so a total of 20 are with me at all times. I like to be prepared because I shoot a puny little 375

I charge the magazine- 3 in 375H&H, 5 in my 404J. and carry 10 more on a leather belt carrier. I've seen ammo come out of the elastic carriers, so I stick with leather.

Having put 14 rounds of 450 Dakota and 458 Lott into a Buffalo that WAS NOT shot improperly, I carry at least 10 extras.

I have a 15 round culling belt made from one of my elephant hides and also use the butler Creek Alaskan slings with 4 shell loops. Years ago I had a canvas culling belt made in Zim which I have also used. 10 round slides work when two are worn and I have those also made from ele hide.

As some have mentioned, a box of ammo back on the truck is useless if you are miles away and find yourself in a gunfight with big hairy thingies. You better have ammo on your person and know how to load from whatever you're using. Because of that I am not a fan of buttstock shell carriers as I consider them too slow during the moment of truth.

Whatever you choose to use, please practice reloading from it until you can do so quickly without taking your eyes of the big hairy thingie.

Stock sleeves are total trailer trash. If you can't afford a culling belt then stay home. Mark Sadie says your pants are always falling down.

Norwegian,
It is a triple K .45-70 belt slide as in this link.
http://www.cowboyshootingstore...Slide_p/trpk-737.htm

Since the bullet tips protrude, it is easy to push the cartridges up for removal.
However, with the magazine capacity of my 1895 and 1886, I have never had to rush during reloading.

I am of the belief that no one ever had a bad experience from having too much ammunition. Here is my system, which has always worked for me. I realize it is a bit of overkill.

My .416 uses detachable magazines that hold four down. So, as soon as I leave the gari I top it off, four down, one up -- softs. I carry two spare magazines with 4 each -- one softs, one solids. They fit neatly in an old surplus double grenade pouch. And, I have a 10 round slide on my belt, stoked with five each, solids and softs -- less the one I used to top off the rifle in the first place.

Have I ever needed 13 softs and/or 9 solids? No, but I've never run out of ammunition either.

I like the detachable magazines. I can reload much more quickly, and/or change between softs and solids, as the need arises.

Never had a problem with my pants falling down either.

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Originally posted by Dutch44:
Texas Huntco makes a nice 10 round and 5 round cordura nylon/elastic web that I find useful. When leather gets wet from sweat, or whatever, it made too much noise rubbing against my leather belt when going into a blind.

Dutch

+1

I have a number of 12 round culling belts made by Jim Wear (Heym) from hippo, rhino, elephant, or buffalo that I regularly use for my DGRs. Each belt also holds flashlight, leatherman and knife sheaths. Or, I use the 20 round Italian leather "Tony Makris" culling belts from Trader Keith's. The tracker also always carries my small fanny pack in his pack with my camera and an extra box of ammo. Being prepared is always my motto. I too, have NEVER had my pants fall down.

I have 3 rounds in my rifle, have 2 Uncle Mike 10-round holders on my belt.

In the truck there is an addition MTM box of 20 rounds.

That is how we start off.

As the hunt progress, I might have less on my belt, as I generally do not replenish them unless I have quite a few empties there.

I have a nice belt from Holland Sport/Bros (depending on the era of ownership, and believe both entities have gone the way of Kenyan hunting). It has flaps, but they are easily folded inward to ease access. This is coming from a non-DG hunter.

Although I might be trailer park, I do have a buttstock holder on my 1885 .300 H&H. Dick Murray made it. I think that's a great combo, but not a DG setup. I love it here in Texas.

African Game Industries will likely make what you want. I still want them to make a custom bird belt for me, but I need to find the birds. I can't blame the dogs, unfortunately.

Thanks for your views folks.

I have order a leather and canvas belt slide that takes 10 rounds. And i'm afraid to say also a 'trailer trash' butt stock holder.

We'll see how i get on with the stock holder when practicing - its only cheap so can be binned if I don't like it.

That will allow me to carry 21 rounds - fingers crossed it will only take one.

Murphy's Law is alive and well regarding ammo needs. You will certainly need all of the extra ammo you can carry when you don't have it......