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Back from RSA with Sand River Safaris
07 June 2005, 06:13
ga sixgunnerBack from RSA with Sand River Safaris
Just got back from RSA and Sand River Safaris. Very successful hunt. Using a 375JDJ Contender pistol I killed a 52"Kudu , a 32" Eland, Zebra, 2 Impala, a 16" Blesbuck. Was treated like a king the only bad part was the plane ride and the 4 hour wait at the Jberg airport to clear our guns.
08 June 2005, 21:33
ga sixgunnerdon't know how to post pics but I could email them to someone if they would like to post them for me. Thanks
09 June 2005, 00:44
Lhook7Sounds like a great hunt. I really like the eland picture, most of the ones I see only show the head and horns, so you can't see how big they really are.
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09 June 2005, 03:42
PalmerNice trophies and good pistol shooting too. Congratulations.
ALLEN W. JOHNSON - DRSS
Into my heart on air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.
A. E. Housman
09 June 2005, 08:53
Roland1Very nice trophies and excellent shooting.
Congratulations,
Roland
10 June 2005, 04:00
bwanamrmCongrats on some nice trophies. That .375JDJ is a handful but it looks like it did a job on your animals. What load were you shooting and what ranges?
On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died.
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch...
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Life grows grim without senseless indulgence.
10 June 2005, 07:13
ga sixgunnerThe load used was 52.0 grains of AA2520. The bullet was Sierra 250 grain GameKing. The Kudu was shot at 180 yards. Eland at 140, zebra 120, impala 125 & 80, blesbuck 60. All shots were one shot kills. The kudu ran the farthest and that was only 40 yards. Most everything else was 15 yards or less.
