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8 Bore Safari  Hunting in very thick lush green cover. Left to right, Johan Hermann, myself and Jeff Smith.  He was bull number 27 on day four.  He was a great old warrior who fought to the end.  I am very proud of these.  My best shot, brained at 35 m, I was very pleased, my PH Johan Hermann of Rigby Big Game Safaris is beside me. More details to follow. | ||
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Wow! Very nice, John! Congratulations! Wonderful trophies! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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You are a man of my heart John  As classic as hunt in Africa with a doublerifle can become. Did you settle with the 1200grain conical bullet?. What velocity?  DRSS: HQ Scandinavia. Chapters in Sweden & Norway | |||
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Wow... There aren't enough superlatives for that ele and buffalo taken with an underlever 8 bore hammer gun! Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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Absolutely outstanding!!!   I hope you have or will post this in the African Hunt Report section for those who don't venture down here. I am sure everyone would enjoy seeing these! NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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Very well done. | ||
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Excellent, really good to see the gun being used for what it was made for. Well done on a great set of trophies. . | |||
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You lived my dream. Wonderful photos. I look forward to hear more about the hunt. I remember your posting about the gun and your plans. That all sure worked out well for you. I just keep going back and looking again and again ... thank you. PS. For those who missed John's prior post: http://forums.accuratereloadin...511014041#7511014041 Not only an old under lever double, but black powder loads. | |||
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I'll be hunting with Johann in June. I hope to have as good a hunt as you. | |||
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Outstanding, great job with a truly classic rifle! "The difference between adventure and disaster is preparation." "The problem with quoting info from the internet is that you can never be sure it is accurate" Abraham Lincoln | |||
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8 Bore Bullets  Left to right; # 1 1270 Grain loaded to approx 1400 fps.. #2 1270 gr recovered from neck area of Ellie, fired in at approx 5 yds, Ellie was on his side and trying to get up entered through brisket, weight 1248 grains. #3,1270 gr my first rd, broad side through ribs at approx 45 yds, recovered under skin on further side, weight 1224 grains. #4 1150 RN bullet. #5 1150 gr recovered inside Hippo skull, weight 1032 grains. This bullet may have been close to 1600 fps! All loads were black powder 11 dram and 11 dram +. Safari was with Rigby Big Game Safari's, Phalaborwa, SA. PH was Johan Hermann | |||
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Wel Done!!!!! DRSS "If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?" "PS. To add a bit of Pappasonian philosophy: this single barrel stuff is just a passing fad. Bolt actions and single shots will fade away as did disco, the hula hoop, and bell-bottomed pants. Doubles will rule the world!" | |||
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Very Nice!!! | |||
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It does not get any better than that IMHO!!! Congrats to you!! DRSS | |||
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YOU DA MAN!! Great that you would do it with a double and even better with a 8 bore. Really nice elephant, big body and big tusks! | |||
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Excellent in every way ! NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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How did you get those sticks of dynamite on the airplane? | |||
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Awesome. Thanks for sharing! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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John- very cool, congrats! What did those tusks weigh?-Rob Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers to do incredibly stupid things- AH (1941)- Harry Reid (aka Smeagle) 2012 Nothing Up my sleeves but never without a plan and never ever without a surprise! | |||
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The heck with the tusk, tell more about the 8 BORE!!!! Stay Alert,Stay Alive Niet geschoten is altijd mis Hate of America is the defeat position of failed individuals and the failing state | |||
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Wow!! I feel better about taking my 10 bore Paradox Double with me next spring. Rich You are my new hero! | |||
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Here it is for the second (and final) time: http://forums.accuratereloadin...511014041#7511014041 | |||
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