Recent content by Brian

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We have an extensive shooting facility In Kamloops, BC, Canada for all disciplines including pistol shooting and archery. Herds of deer happily live in peace on the sight, This photo is taken by my son yesterday at the range. The deer have become used to the gunfire. Outside the range property...

Toby458 and others, I recently sold the .577 NE single shot, with both stocks and 50 loaded rounds to an avid hunter in the USA. It will have a happy home but I miss it already. I will be using my TC Encore .50-110 for buffalo now. It has It has proven to be a DRT cartridge/bullet with the...

Green Chile, You always post some good points and some of your opinions are different than mine. That's the best thing about these forums. The variety of view points make it interesting and I learn a lot more than if every poster had the opinion. I get value out your post and I thank you. Brian

Gentlemen, I thought that my "Cowboy up" expression would be OK. I meant it in the best possible way. It was an attempt to be humorous. Oops! No offence intended. Brian

If I was a PH, I would much rather have a client show up in camp with a .458 WM that he can handle well, instead of a client who shows up with a .375HH that he can handle it well. I believe that in the cape buffalo hunting culture there is a "glass ceiling" for the limits of recoil tolerance...

Yogi Berra said something like "90% of baseball is mental, the other half is physical."

Good posts! Brian

You are right, recoil is straight physics. The way that each shooter deals with the recoil is different. For example, do you resist it or welcome it? We learn this in different ways, maybe through martial arts ( boxing) or maybe through mediation. (Welcoming it) This is not new or esoteric...

Toby458, Excellent penetration but I found the .375 to be too small diameter for solids fo any kind. I have used solids in .500 and . 577NE for buffalo and like them. Must be a wide flat Meplat of about 67% bullet diameter and shaped like the CEB Safari Solid designed by Micheal458. With a...

Toby458, Well said. I love light weight rifles too. I have a few TC Encore barrels. One is a MGM 50-110 Winchester barrel that I load to just south of 500 NE. ( 410 grain CEB Raptor at 2,100 fps ) I put a my own "tank" muzzle brake on it. Kinda' ugly but it is nice and easy to shoot and it...

Red Leg, Thank you for posting. I see that we both have strong opinions about the 375 for cape buffalo. The majority of buffalo hunter and those who want to hunt buffalo will agree with you. ( Some may not go along with a couple of your comments above.) The .375 the most popular cape buffalo...

I have learned that if you ever want to start a good conversation/debate, just post something about the .375 on cape buffalo. ( chuckle.) There are always lots of opinions on the topic. The more one gets into details and facts on the .375 the more obvious are it's limitations. That is why the...

BJH65, "it''s all about shot placement" I wish I thought of that. ( Just trying to kid you.) Thanks for your post. Brian