Great photo.

Thanks.

Proper, if 500 NE or above :-)

Gorgeous....

Damn. I thought I was in the classifieds for a moment and my heartbeat went up a bit. Great rifle and you had a great hunt with it!.

Fantastic photo!

Proper if .400 or up.

Dutch

450 3 1/4

Fabulous photograph. Thank you.

Great cartridge and caliber.

Cheers, Chris

IMO, killing an elepant is a properly placed solid with anything from a 375 on up, and placing that bullet correctly is pretty easy at under 25 yards and usually less. I've mostly aways used a 450-400 and never felt the need for more, although I used a wonderfully accurate Searcy .470 for a couple of years and found it to be as good...
Recoil should be the determining factor for each of us, it seems to me so few actually know their recoil limits and the old adage that one never feels recoil while shooting at game is oh so true, but if you flinch on a target you will flinch on the shot you didn't feel on game! end of that story..a flinch is a flinch!

I believe a PH should be carrying a 470 or more if he can handle it, I have seen some that carried big doubles that couldn't handle the recoil..Always a good idea when you go shoot in, to ask the PH to do the same in a polite way. Can't hurt a thing.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
.Always a good idea when you go shoot in, to ask the PH to do the same in a polite way. Can't hurt a thing.

And most will tell you their ammo is too expensive.

Well said, Ray. I totally agree.

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

An absolutely lovely and classic rifle. But, Jim, tell us the truth about the photograph. I wager you fell asleep soaking up some rays and your lovely bride placed the rifle on your back and took the photo.
Cal

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Originally posted by cal pappas:

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Originally posted by Frostbit:

An absolutely lovely and classic rifle. But, Jim, tell us the truth about the photograph. I wager you fell asleep soaking up some rays and your lovely bride placed the rifle on your back and took the photo.
Cal

Still haven't gotten over the Shootaway bench rest double post eh?

It hurt deep, Jim but I'm working through it with my therapist and some meds.
Cal

Beautiful!
And thanks for the great laughs!

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Originally posted by lavaca:
Damn. I thought I was in the classifieds for a moment and my heartbeat went up a bit. Great rifle and you had a great hunt with it!.

They say "everything is for sale at the right price". In this case......I'm not so sure.

Damn Jim but that rifle looks familiar.

That's an awfully nice rifle! Congrats.

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Originally posted by BigBBear:
Damn Jim but that rifle looks familiar.

I bet it does. It's at my Smith's he is going to polish out some of the stock surface scratches. Should look pretty skippy when done.

Cheers
Jim

I didn't know my Ipad had text/photo/voice conversion recognition capability.

I could SWEAR that I heard a tiny metalic voice cry, "Take me hunting again..."