Recent content by Big5er

I will be going next weekend to the African Sporting Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina... any advice on what to look for what to ask etc. I want to work on my Cape Buffalo trip as well as something sooner for my daughter and I on plains game. Any advice appreciated...

Uncle James.... I like guns too! :tired:

I have an option on a Franz Zodia O/U two barrel set in 300H&H and 20 g. I have done some research on Zodia and despite there not being much available have come up with the following: Obviously part of the Furlach guild but went OOB in 1986; generally high quality guns but the barrels are not...

just magnificent

Thank you Mark

my point was many of those comments I have read against the 460 claim issue with disintegration of an expanding bullet at those velocities. Or is this really not an issue with the correct bullet?

After reading much here and elsewhere about velocity and bullet form retention as being a real issue with higher velocity rounds such as 460 Weatherby it occurred to me.. why not just shoot solids from shot #1 rather than using them as back up for shot 2 or 3? I am new to this of course so...

Its hard to say anything disrespectfull of Teddy. We owe him so much.

this answer to this question may be obvious but as I am planning my dream trip I will go with the old belief that there is no such thing as a stupid question. I have noticed in the many pics of trophy buffs an extreme difference in the "countenance" of the buf's face if I may phrase it that...

I have my eye on a Sauer 3000 drilling in 12G double over 30-06. I am interested in sending it to Briley to have a choke system installed. I was wondering the pros and the cons. Will it affect the value? It is currently F/M. Thanks.

this account brings out a point I have wondered about over the years and one that seems to manifest itself whenever a PH, client or tracker is mauled. The point being in the above scenerio the other "guns" in the party seem to freeze when the attack occured. I ask those professionals on here...

didint TR carry the 450-400 for the big DG?

I have no experience with big bores.. but i can tell you i grew up shooting. I lived on a large farm in KY. I know how to shoulder a firearm and have no old "football" injuries. I am not a wannabe hunter.

just north of Winston

thanks for your reply Big5