Gentlemen

I just came back from Argentina where I was hunting with Juan Pozzi.

We hunted wild boar, hogs, Ram and goat.

All game was taken with the .500 Jeffery or my cold steel trail master.

This is a picture of the wild boar that I shoot with a 535 grn bullet at 2400 fps.



The intry wound


And the exit


The .500 Jeffery is a great all round calibre and the effect on all the game shoot was more the enough. To compensate for the lack of gun all shots where placed high in the shoulder. All game dead on impact.


Cheers,

André

Congratulations on a successful trip!

Did you compare performance of Woodleighs to monolithic hollow points?

Also, can you post a pic of the knife you used?

Thanks!

500graines

I used the cold steel trail master 10 inch.







Unfortunately I only shoot with the Woodleigh SN and did not get a chance to test my own bullets
This was due to the fact that my wife s pregnancy was not going as planed and I had to leave early from Argentina. She is feeling better now

Cheers,

André

Andre,

Best wishes to your wife and thanks for the pics.

Have you considered a bayonet lug for the Heym so that you don't get your hand dirty next time?

Andre':

Most excellent! Thanks for sharing. I have taken 300 pound Russian boars in Tennessee with .35 Whelen rifle, .44 RM revolver, and Cold Steel Boar Spear. I have not gotten the courage up to take one with Bowie knife alone.

I found that the .35 Whelen flattened a pig pretty well, so don't doubt that your .500 Jeffery was more than adequate!

A blow-by-blow account of the knife fight with the boar would be appreciated. Did you gallop up on horseback, grab its tail and stab downward between the shoulder blades? Please tell more!

Rip

The story on the boar hunt is posted under the wild boar and hog section.

Cheers,

André

Very cool André!

I'm glad to hear that you wife is feeling better, and hope that the rest of the pregnancy goes well.

Andre, well done!. Alas, that´s why I shoot them hogs in the neck....otherwise too much waste of good meat.
I regret that you had to leave so soon and hope that your wife is feeling better.
Also I´d wish to meet you but couldn´t find a hole in my agenda.
Regards

Very nice pictures, André!

I love Dogo Argentino!

Hi Andre,
Best wishes for your wife.
I was looking forward to hearing about the performance of your bullets but it sounds like you had enough fun to make a return trip. Great pictures.
Take good care,
Dave

Andre,
excellent job!!

and with my namesake caliber

jeffe

Nice pics and nice work with the .500 J

Great job, my best compliment to you, your gun, your knife and your courage.

Best wishes to your wife

Ciao

all I can say is that that is very impressive on all accounts--glad to hear the wife is doing better--congrats--chris

Andre

Glad you had the knife. After all if the "small" "inadequate" .500 Jeffrey didn't drop them, the knife would be the last line of defence.

PS If you and your wife have a son, are you going to call him "Jeffrey"?

Andre,
I noticed something in the pics.. and my wife did as well...

the pics of you with the animals, well, your blood is definately UP!!!

jeffe

i have several 375hyh ,458 custom ,4570 but the heym of andre is superb .we proved and shoot it alot i can only said thats wonderful its a pitty that we dindt have time to prove it in a bushbull cebu.juan

THE YOUNG BOY IN THE PHOTO IS MY SON JUAN FRANCISCO POZZI AND HIS DOGO LANHUEL LANHUEL MEANS DEADLY IN AN INDIAN LANGUAGE.JUAN

Looks like fun,

If you ever get over to the US drop me a line and we'll try to duplicate this in Texas. We hunt hog's January to September.

please keep us informed on your wifes condition. I hope all is well.

Greg

André: congrats on a nice hunt. All the best to you and your wife.

How does the Apel (?) scope mount hold up? It seems to be a light scope, but still.

Gentlemen

Thanks for all the nice thoughts regarding my wife.
She is feeling better and the baby too. They will take my daughter out on the 27th of April

The mount is a EAW XS mount made especially for big magnums like the .500 Jeffery and the like.
The XS from EAW is bigger the the Magnum pivot mount.
I took the scope off many times in Argentina when people had to try the rifle and when I put it back on the rifle is still right on the money German engineering at its finest.
You can get the mount at New England custom guns and other fine gun dealers.
The Heym is made with this mount in mind.

Cheers,

André

Great pics, thanks for sharing. All my best to your wife and your baby!

Regards,
Martin

next time andre will hunt with me in the impenetrable at very close range the wild cebu is very dangerous and a lot of people was killed .nainitial can say somtehing about his.juan the best of this hunt that andre now is my brother of arms and i invite him and all his family to hunt with me in a big ranch in el chaco

andre here im with marcos and cristian we just returned from hunting boars we saw a lot of tracks some huge my son is with us we hunted in the rain all the day and get stucked in the mud with the 4x4 tomorrow we will hunt again.juan

Juan

You need new tires
BF Goodrich All Tarain will do the job in the mud and also drive well on the road.
They also make a Mud Tarain.

Keep up the good hunting and the exelant asados

Cheers,

André

andre here im with juan in the hospital i have a big headache i get wet in the ranch and now im feeling bad we saw HUGEEEEEEEE TRACKS IN THE RAIN .CRISTIAN ANDREO

Christian

I hope that you feel better soon
Keep up the good knife work.

Cheers,

André

cristian was all wet in the rain last week end he has only a cough but he wants to be in the hospital... hes ok he feels bad when he has to work but when hes hunting nothing stops him.we are hunting a lot we have some people from alaska a lot of people camefrom alaska .juan

andre is the cz 505gibbs in the market here in argentina it isnt in the gunshops .ill buy a 458lott do you think the stock will crack without bedding.juan

Juan Jæger

ROB or JEFFEOSSO wil know this for a fact.

Cheers,

André

ANDRE YOU KNOW IM A FAN OF CZS I HAVE CZS AND MAUSERS BUT NOW I WANT TO BUY A 505 GIBBS OR A 458LOTT TO BE USED US A GUIDE GUN ,BUT I HEAR SOME CRACKED STOCKS SO I WORRIED .FIRST WHAT YOU RECOMMEND ME THE 505 OR THE 458LOTT SECOND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE STOCK REMEMBER THAT A WORKING GUN IS USED EVERYDAY.JUAN

ILL USE THAT RIFLES IN CULLING CEBUES IN THE NORTH AND FOR WATER BUFFALO.JUAN

Juan Jæger

If you want sa good rifle you will have to pay $$$ to get it.
Fact is that a CZ is a goos rifle but as a tool for profesional use I would get it customizes or get a custom rifle.

Get a barreled action and have a goog gunsmith make you a .505 Gibbs.

The 458 lott is a good caliber but can not be compared with a .505 cal.

Cheers,

André

ILL TRY TO BUY BOTH OF THEM BUT I DONT KNOW IF IT WILL BE POSSIBLY HERE IN OUR NEXT HUNT IN THE IMPENETRABLE WE WILL PROVE THEM WITH THE CEBU

Andre' I'm suprised ! I would have thought any red blooded wiking would have done that piggy in with ye ole battle ax!

he kiilled some boars with knife hes real crazy running with his knife a yelling among the dogos next time we can try a combat axe like the laghana axe or a viking axe.juan

ANDRE MARCOS IS CONSIDERING BUYING A CUSTOM MAUSER 1909 IN 458 WITH 20 OR 22 INCHES OF BARREL WHAT DO YOU THINK .I HAVE ONE OF 20 INCHES AND NOW ILL BUY A 458LOTT OR A 505 GIBBS.JUAN

andre im in the middle of the bush near mar chiquita lagoon with 7 hunters from alaska 2 of them phs we have been talking about you and your rifle they use 375hyh,raul one of the guides killed a puma and a bigger boar in the river where we took the photos all is with mud and its raining .un abrazo juan we are invited to hunt alaska

andre boss kongoni wants to know about the hunt of feral rams and goats you can tell tehm they are a pest here so its very easy to hunt .juan

Juan
I talked to a Mike at CZ who said that is dose happen. He recomended Having it glass bedded, crossbolted, and another recoil lug. Many on this site agree. That is what i intend to do. Here the 505 is about twice as high as the 458 lott. That is why many buy it. I hope I get to try it out where you all hunted.
Gene