Recent content by Dav

So I’m playing with some 423gr RNFP GC hardcast, reading about 24BHN on the Brinell Hardness scale (SAECO 10-11 test result) and so far I’m pushing them out at 1750fps in my 1895 19” barrel. I’m setting up a water bucket test to evaluate how the bullet holds up, to see if there’s any point in...

I mean isn’t what 50BMG was designed for ? The ultimate buffalo cartridge ?

Great answers, thanks for the good explanations.

Purely from a scientific standpoint: It’s well recorded that a slower hardcast 430gr .458 bullet such as 1500fps will penetrate much deeper than a 2100fps one, for various factors, bullet deformation and fluid dynamics being the most obvious. However when considering a hard target such as a...

Day 7 Scimitar Oryx, zebra and African civet

Day 6 Night hunt

Day 5 Golden wildebeest and giraffe

Day 2 Blue wildebeest, impala and blesbuck.

Day 1 Female wildebeest and nyala.

as Tuesday came to an end, I had hunted all the animals I wanted except the elusive warthog and baboon. Then the PH came to find me in my room and shouted the tracker found my cat ! Louis asked him to go back to set some bait and see if we could get another shot the following night, while I was...

Monday was spent bird hunting with a 22 and a shotgun. A few different birds fell from the trees from the 22 and unfortunately more pheasants escaped unscathed than dead as the 100 year old break action shotgun hit a foot low with birdshots, despite my best efforts. We then ended the day with a...