Recent content by Brian

Thanks for a good story well told! I appreciate the photos too. Priceless experience with you son. brian

You are very consistent. I give you that. You say, A proper controlled expansion bullet from 300gr 375 through the hart(not clipping) or just above the hart and through both lungs.....dead buffalo.....," I say, Yes I agree but sometimes it takes a while for them to die. I used the 375 on...

Gentlemen. Hunting cape buffalo is a game of specificity and details, not general theories and conjecture. Examples 1. Lots of people say, Don't take the frontal shot". What frontals shot are they talking about? The one that most people take where they completely miss, at 50 yds, the 4"X 6"...

While this is a very important consideration as far as I am concerned I am going offer an unusual suggestion/plan that I don't think anyone would ever follow. I am not making light of the question, I am going to honestly tell you exactly what I would do if I could do it all over again . I hope...

Yes! A .375 on all kinds plans game. What an awesome cartridge for PG, and the wide variety of bullets available! Decisive clean kills, trajectory of a 30-06, the cartridge cycles through a Mauser bolt action like butter. However, like you point out, a good bullet in a .500 on a cape buffalo...

Hi Bryce, Yes, I am very interested in your answer, the more specific, the better. Thanks, Brian

You know that I am not a fan of the 375. for cape buffalo. ( there are lots of hunters with much more experience than I who do very well with the .375 especially if the muzzle velocity is up around 3000fps and the bullet is a first class mono-mental.) IvW, I am genuinely interested in the...

When I was younger I liked those weights. "Both the 45/400's feel dainty now" I like that.

Good summary, For me it goes like this on hunting cape buffalo. Your milage may vary. 1. Calibre. Life begins at .458. You don't notice the recoil in the field. 2. Shot placement, This is not a variable or consideration for me. The bullet goes in the "boiler room", heart/lungs. That's it...

A man like you would love the .577NE, but you already have all the bases loaded with your .500's. "Sunday... 46 rounds of 500 and 505..." Yikes! Just for the record, I always loaded my 12 pound .577NE moderately and undisturbed cape buffalo hit with a 700 grain Peregrine Bushmaster bullets...

Exactly! Thank you for saying it. When you need to get a wounded, wound-up, cape buffalo on the ground, you'll be grateful if your cartridge and bullet have a little extra instead of not quite enough.

Bryce, Are you speaking hypothetically ? Are you talking about the practical terminal performance on cape buffalo, whales or buffalo? You sight; a. little bullets in the right place. b. big bullets in the wrong place. Is that what your post is about? Have you ever hunted cape buffalo or...

Thanks for the good post. I am a ".50 cal is the minimum" kind of a guy. I have heard of and seen a .416 disappoint with regular bullets. I have couple of African PH pals that swear by the 416 Rigby and these two guy know what they are doing. If I was recoil sensitive I would go 416 or 458...

woodsrunner, Frankly I have often thought about that and have done a small bit of research on it. A detached retina would be bad! I know that some soldiers who have fired the 50BMG a lot, get a kind of damage to the body but I am not sure what it is. I should do a deep AI search on the...

Now that I have the microphone I think that I should say something about the .375 even though I have said it too many times in the past. I consider the .375 to be a poor and risky cartridge to hunt cape buffalo with. I know that the 375 is the most popular cape buffalo cartridge out there...