Recent content by Alan D P

I must be the rogue... I love my .416 Rem. I've taken cape buff (no issues), and most large game down from that with it. I also like the .416 Ruger, but no experience with it. The .416 Rem. has been around for a long time, and is still in the runnin' for a dangerous game preference...

Terrific artwork (cape buff)!

I too would buy .416 Rem. It's a great caliber with manageable recoil, to me. Handloading is quite easy too. Ammo is/has been available for this caliber, almost universally. Swift, Barnes, Hornady and other bullets for reloading are usually available.

I haven't seen any area in S.A. that's not fenced in some fashion. That said, I now accept the fact that hunting a [i.e. 10,000 acre] high-fenced property is free-roaming and the animals have the same advantage as in "no-fence" property, if there is such. Even Greater Kruger's vast 8,000 sq...

No, I didn't hunt inside Kruger, but adjacent to Greater Kruger. No size restriction where I hunted, but saw few bulls with fully hard bosses.

Thank you.

Posted a little later in this thread. I should have done so earlier... sorry.

Thank you.

I used my Winchester 70, .416 Rem. with 400 gr. Swift A-Frame.

Thank you.

Sorry I failed to a post photo to accompany my message about hunting with Dieter Prinsloo, Mattanja Safaris.

I recently hunted cape buffalo with @MATTANJA HUNTING SAFARIS, PH Dieter Prinsloo. My hunt was very successful by day four. PH Dieter is very selective in choosing a bull to harvest. He insists on an "old" bull no longer with the herd, those past breeding dominance and therefore, hanging out...