Just got back from a week in NT (Australia)buff hunting.A week of mixed fortune.Hot as hell and as humid as a sauna.
First outing with the 500 Nitro double.
First buff ran several kilometers with a few 570 gn Wood.s in place-finished up soon enough but messy.
Projectile tests on dead bull showed good mushrooming on a chest shot with a soft-but not complete penetration.Solid whistled through both shoulders.
Next bull copped a 570 soft in the shoulder,went down then regained his footing and went to bolt.
At this point I was tired of pissing around and (despite the PH's reservations) opened up with Wood. solids.They struck like the Hammer of Thor!The next shot hit the bull VERY hard,the next dropped him like a rabbit hit with a 222.Unfortunately another very large bull wheeled around behind the target animal and a solid that had gone through both shoulders of bull number one penetrated bull number two breaking the nearest rib,traversing the chest,breaking but not penetrating the far rib.We found it the next day during the autopsy looking in perfect condition except for the rifling marks.Both animals died within 60 seconds of the shooting stopping,about 20 yards apart.You would have to have seen it to believe it!
Animal weights as estimated by PH at the end of this incident-buff one 650kgs,buff two 850 kgs.
Final impression-with the 500 on big animals use solids,the Wood. soft are too soft but the solids are great.
Softs are for limp dicks in this diameter rifle.
But be prepared for the extra trophy fee sting.
Will post pics of projectile ASAP.In the meantime here are the two buffs after being dragged together with the Landcruiser.

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Good to hear..

More pics-this was the mates buff shot with a 338 Win,225 Barnes

sweet.. wish I had been there with you

jeffe

Australia & NZ is the one place on earth many Americans want to go and spend as much time as possible.

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Originally posted by fla3006:
Australia & NZ is the one place on earth many Americans want to go and spend as much time as possible.

Yes it is. Would have loved to have been there.

Wombat, when you mount your two bulls on the wall. You need to put "The Bullet" in a frame between them.

I too, would have liked to have been there.

Hog Killer

depends on the construction of the soft........im going to be using 600 grain pp woodleighs in my 505 and guys have shot buff hippo and body shots on elephant with excellent resuclts......


i use only solids for any elephant hunting be to each thir owen.

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Originally posted by fla3006:
Australia & NZ is the one place on earth many Americans want to go and spend as much time as possible.

Ausralia and New Zealand are two places. New Zealanders are good at Rugby, Aussy has better looking shielas.

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Originally posted by oldun:

Ausralia and New Zealand are two places. New Zealanders are good at Rugby, Aussy has better looking shielas.

Now that's good info!!!

Nice bulls, congratulations on a great hunt. I hope to hunt buffalo, banteng and scrub bull in the Great Outback myself one day...definitely on the wish list!

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oldun: Australia and New Zealand are two places.

I'm a bubba for good reason!

before you move, sell me most of your guns, all of the handguns, and autoloaders, etc. The aussie and kiwi govts. make Canada and the UK look like gunowners paradises.

Rich

PS: saw too many vietnamese kids riding these "monsters" around rice paddies like a show pony to appreciate "hunting" one.

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!