The past weekend we attended the Firearms Festival at Ellisras. This was the 20th year that this festival has been held.

It is also one of the highlights of the Big Bore Association of South Africa (BASA) as we arrive on the Friday afternoon, pitch camp, make fire and have a good time talking hunting, shooting and big bores.

Appart from the Big Bore range there were the following ranges:

- Proamm (PMP) grouping competition
- Chasa field shoot
- Caly Pigeon
- Pistol range
- Pin shooting
- 22LR
- Big Bore Range


The day was opened with a black power shot from a replica of the three inch canon used at the Battle of Blood River in 1838.

The day was completed with a team competition called Boer vs Brit were teams of 4 shoots falling plates against each other with the team who puts their 16 plates down 1st winning.

Team Double Trouble with double rifles won the event (BASA Boys)

My run on the Big Bore Range with the 460G&A

https://youtu.be/OTYXS-iNzyo

Photos of the day's events.

https://gidphotosafaris.pixies...svuurwapenfees-2017/

We will again be there in 2018 to make the 21st year of the festival even better...

Looks like a lot of fun. That moving lion target is really something!

Excellent photos, as usual, Gerhard! My PH for my upcoming trip is in one of those photos. Waiting to hear back from him to see how he did.

good as it gets

great shooting

Thank you for the feed back gentlemen.

Brandon is the PH you are talking about maybe Jono?

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Originally posted by Gerhard.Delport:
Thank you for the feed back gentlemen.

Brandon is the PH you are talking about maybe Jono?

Yessir.

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Originally posted by Brandon.Gleason:

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Originally posted by Gerhard.Delport:
Thank you for the feed back gentlemen.

Brandon is the PH you are talking about maybe Jono?

Yessir.

He had a great run with the double on the Big Bore Range as per his usual standards.

I am guessing you used a four-wheeler or a truck to pull that steel skid plate with the lion Targets on it?

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Originally posted by JCS271:
I am guessing you used a four-wheeler or a truck to pull that steel skid plate with the lion Targets on it?

We make use of a charge box to simulate a charge with a target coming in at 8 meter per second.

You can have a look here for more info on the charge box

http://www.colinpatrick.co.za/training_products.htm

we are looking for one of those charge box things to buy stateside

any one out there with a contact

way too much fun to leave to the Africans

one of those things any self respecting redneck brings home in his roll on