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Anyone taken a Buffalo with BP?
03 May 2008, 05:02
L. David KeithAnyone taken a Buffalo with BP?
I'm curious if any of you have hunted the world's Buffalo with black powder? (our Bison excluded) Other than Jim Shockey's Cape Buffalo, I'm not familiar with anyone doing it. I'm thinking about taking one in Australia. Appreciate any thoughts.
LDK
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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting 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#212108409Natal: 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#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back 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."
Shockey has taken Austrailian buffalo as well.
04 May 2008, 23:20
namibiahunterquote:
Originally posted by L. David Keith
I'm thinking about taking one in Australia.
I might want to do that as well for a trophy bull. What caliber would you use? I'm thinking of a .58 Hawken cap gun with buckhorn sight and brass front blade.
For culling I'd like to take my Marlin .45-70 guide gun.
Namibiahunter
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05 May 2008, 17:02
degoinsJim Gefroh has killed buffalo with an 8 bore flintlock of his own making and so has at least one of his customers.
DRSS
05 May 2008, 20:16
cooperjdgreg ritz of T/C took a cape buff with his encore on a show i saw. 150gr of powder, but i'm not sure which bullet he used.
08 May 2008, 08:43
L. David KeithThis summer (July) I'll be at the big sports/hunting show in Birmingham, Alabama. My neighbor will be our own wapiti7 from NM. I'm looking forward to checking out his Ultimate Muzzle loading bullets. I know he's into long range M/L shooting (300 yds+) but are his bullets up to the test on a 2,000 lb Buffalo? I want to know, as I might take a .50 caliber to Australia. Early season (july/august) is the time for Archery and M/L hunting as you can get within bow range of bulls due to the heavy foilage.
namibiahunter; .58 would be a good choice on Buffalo I would think. I use .577 in 1863 Springfield and 1855 Enfield for Deer. Really just punches a nickel size hole through them. Need a modern minie ball and not those Civil War minie's we cast out of pure lead...
LDK
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/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting 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#212108409Natal: 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#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back 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."
26 June 2008, 20:58
greatbasinHere's a few people who have done it, according to SCI.
Rank Name Score
1 Jim Shockey 122 4/8
2 Don Ware 118 6/8
3 Andres de Cabo 114 3/8
4 Roger Raglin 114 1/8
5 Leonard "Kip" Carter 113 6/8
5 David A. Gumucio 113 6/8
6 H. Bradley Martin 111 4/8
7 Richard J. Kop 110 6/8
8 Jim Shockey 110 2/8
9 Don Ware 109 3/8
10 Jim Shockey 108 5/8
#1 Lets give credit where it's due. Thats a brute...regardless of the weapon used.
