Perhaps I have gone into the weeds, but that doesn’t make the weeds wrong.
Whoever you are, you are confused. Or I am getting old and forget things, to the best of my memory I have never had a conversation with you? Perhaps I am wrong? But I doubt very seriously that I would not "Like" a question, and then for sure would not have said no to that. To begin with I don't load ammo, but did design the current line of CEB Safari Solids and Safari Raptors, with lots of help of course, and yes, I have shot a few animals with those bullets in Africa, Australia, and more.......... no gel tests here, but everything was tested here for terminal performance before going to the field. Gel is just not efficient with big bore bullet tests, more suited for small bore and handguns. All tests done here were with a mix of wet print. We were also very involved with North Fork in those days too, before it was sold, I was good friends with John Koegler one of the owners at the time and he visited here on several occasions where we had many discussions about bullet design. I had North Fork do many special designs in .500 caliber, .474, .458 and .416. Those are coveted here to this day, however I see that in the current North Fork lineup, many of those bullets are still available.
Unfortunately not.
well said
Yes, but why is it that even though they lose weight, they still out penetrate a big lead mushroom?
Pictures can be deceptive..anyway impressive.
I haven’t hunted elephant, and I don’t plan to. You might want to read the hunting story I’ve posted here before assuming that my experience begins and ends with Africa and DG.
And you say that im a trouble starter who takes jabs at people….I haven’t hunted elephant, and I don’t plan to. You might want to read the hunting story I’ve posted here before assuming that my experience begins and ends with Africa and DG.
Somehow, there seems to be a notion that “hunting” automatically means Africa, elephant, and dangerous game. It doesn’t. There are many forms of hunting, and some of us have been fortunate enough to experience places, wildlife, and hunting parties that don’t come with a PH, a tracker, a comfortable camp, and a steak and wine waiting at the end of the day.
I know you’ve hunted elephant, stayed at five-star lodges and been chauffeured around the bush. Good for you genuinely. Those are experiences in their own right.
My experiences have been rather different. I’ve hunted in remote places where there was no PH, no tracker, no camp to return to, and certainly no one asking how I wanted my steak cooked.
Have you ever been close to a Royal Bengal tiger in full charge? HAve you seen what a beat is? Have you seen bears been driven out, Sambars, deers, Hogs coming at you at full speed down a mountain?
HAve you spent a night out in the middle of nowhere where there is no help, no cell phones, no maps and slept in the open with sky as your roof?
Probably not. And that’s perfectly fine. But perhaps that also means we’ve simply seen very different sides of what “hunting” can mean.
So I wouldn’t be too quick to measure someone’s hunting experience solely by the number of elephants they’ve hunted.
Well when you start your first post about what Bell did.I haven’t hunted elephant, and I don’t plan to. You might want to read the hunting story I’ve posted here before assuming that my experience begins and ends with Africa and DG.
Somehow, there seems to be a notion that “hunting” automatically means Africa, elephant, and dangerous game. It doesn’t. There are many forms of hunting, and some of us have been fortunate enough to experience places, wildlife, and hunting parties that don’t come with a PH, a tracker, a comfortable camp, and a steak and wine waiting at the end of the day.
I know you’ve hunted elephant, stayed at five-star lodges and been chauffeured around the bush. Good for you genuinely. Those are experiences in their own right.
My experiences have been rather different. I’ve hunted in remote places where there was no PH, no tracker, no camp to return to, and certainly no one asking how I wanted my steak cooked.
Have you ever been close to a Royal Bengal tiger in full charge? HAve you seen what a beat is? Have you seen bears been driven out, Sambars, deers, Hogs coming at you at full speed down a mountain?
HAve you spent a night out in the middle of nowhere where there is no help, no cell phones, no maps and slept in the open with sky as your roof?
Probably not. And that’s perfectly fine. But perhaps that also means we’ve simply seen very different sides of what “hunting” can mean.
So I wouldn’t be too quick to measure someone’s hunting experience solely by the number of elephants they’ve hunted.
And yet here you are again, proving my point for me. You call me a troublemaker for taking jabs, while writing an entire paragraph taking jabs at me. The irony seems to have completely escaped you or perhaps you’re just too obnoxiously dumb to recognize it.
Too much quality entertainment for a Tuesday afternoon. Save some of your energy for primetime.
Thank you.
Careful, though. Even though he used his real name as his username for YEARS, and it’s still public all over the website in probably hundreds of threads...
You call that little 8 gauge of yours a " big bore!" Hah!
See what an unscrupulous person you are, digging for others information and hiding your own profile.
Just relax, AH is a fun place!
Animals, wet stacked books, water jugs....we will improvise as we go
