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Thanks Sestoppelman, I too reload almost everything I shoot. Mine is a Brno ZG 47, built in 1962 I bought some 20 year ago from a collector. It had 3 (fhree) shots fired… Did not buy the dies, prices are crazy for special calibers here, 300/400 USD. With the above ammo, and a 60 years old 4x32...

I got an original Brno in 8x64S. Great shooter and hard hitter. The best factory hunting rounds I tested, mono Brenneke TOG 14,2 gr. Probably my next choice for African plains game short and medium range. Never reloaded it

If possible, just to be on the safe side, invest some hours in the weight room and Go to 65. i shifted to DNA after years hunting with longer bows, like Xlr 8, and tests with shorter ones like Revenges. Can not be happyer. I was one of the first bh testing the early prototypes of Hunors, a LOT...

Hey, Sabatti does make a big game over under, up to 500 NE. I should have to test fire it in. Month, more or less. Might be' very interesting, in my opinion

I am also very interested in it; Beeing used at 416 Rigby, I am afraid of high pressures, and ejection problems, that theoretically may occur. Any esperienze should be' appreciated

I quite disagree with most of the replies. Go with a 243, and if you put it in the right place any african animal will Go down... Do not mess with african animals, T hey are not comparabile with european or north american ones. Penetration is the key. So, stay on 500 grs of total arrow weight...

Perception is, also, in evolution in a normally brained man. There is usually an evolution in the way one approaches "hunting"; at the very beginning, and especially if you are young, you look for 10 days 10 animals. When time passes, you get step by step distant from that way of thinking, and...

I bowhunted with him in 2010. Understands bowhunter's needs, and is very serious and prepared. 100 % ok.

They are to me, also. Do not really understand some objections I read. Zenbear, you mean that when you go hunting in Africa you might better use no PH ? (YOU KNOW, using a professional to help you is not fair to mother nature, right ?) What is not clear when I say "I am asking for the concrete...

I perfectly agree with you, Bluey. Thanks

Boys, I am asking FOR the concrete possibility of harvesting a top 10 hartebeest, with bow and arrow, and OF COURSE in a fair and ethical contest. I do not sell hunts, I want to buy a hunt. By the way, my sons are not for sale anyhow (the 9 months are the easy step, it's the second 20 years step...

Any interesting offer will be considered.

A small suggestment: next time you buy a SECOND HAND rifle, you have to have it cheked first, and shoot it later. The previous owner might be a hunter (the rifle has some scratches, but has maybe 5 shots), OR a collector autolearner gunsmith. This second one is very dangerous: I know people...

CZ and W safari express are quite different rifles. "Go with the one that fits you better", is a good suggestion, especially if you are talking about socks, boots and girls. With DG rifles-calibers, on my opinion it is not, unless you like to buy them just for fun. I.E, with my 70 SE in 375 AND...

Hunted with Henry in 2010. Very serious and honest PH !

Thanks, Rocco. I definitely do not have any bowhunting experience with elephant, while I have some in european animals and Africa plains game; the deep respect for elephant, moves me to ask and ask; then, in this subject, it is to remark that opinions vary so much, to be disorienting. On my...

No, I am a criminal lawyer, and a forensic expert in the branch of Legal Medicine called wound ballistics and reconstruction. When I hunt (better, after a successful hunt), I use to take lots of records, measures, pics etc, in a forensic style way, making a sort of field authopsy, in order to...

By the way, the man on the video, if I well understand, says he shot a 1100 grs arrow at 240 fps ? I can not understand clearly the speed...!

Engee, I finally had, after more than 2 months from shipping, my Big five. It is simply fantastic, and a pleasure to shoot. The only problem I have is speed: it is around 216 fps at it's peak weight of 99#, with the 1108 grs arrow mentioned above. By now, I confortably shoot it at 90#, and...

Sabatti for shure, if you are interested in medium calibers. A modest opinion: forget the 30/06, and if you do not want a 9,3 (very good, but not that easy to manage and shoot), get it in 8x57Jrs, or in 30R Blaser. With the money you save, you can shift to a Super Luxus Sabatti, or get a pair...

Sirs, the old english doubles required not less than 2 black carriers during a track hunt... I live less than 200 km from Sabatti's factory, and know the people there. The double was engeneered to really hunt, and I mean to carry your own rifle the all day, beeing it a 470 or even a 500...

If it is your first african safari, are you really shure it is a good idea to put a buff on your list ? Once, around a campfire, an old PH told me: "here in Africa, if you look for troubles, you gonna find them". My modest suggestion is: start with 2 plainsgame hunts, different animals in...

Engee, very good suggestions. You are confirming me a thing I was wondering about, this concept of "minimum shooting distance" in order to achieve the max possible penetration. My field tests underlined a minimum dist. of 15 mt., not far from your 20 yards. Probably, going a bit longer, about...

Werdus, I would be really interested in partecipating to one of your culling experiences as a paying shooter guest. Why do not you send me a mail, so we can see if it is possible ? Frank

Thanks to all of you, guys. It is so nice to share opinions and suggestments between "very strange" people from all over the word, people struggling for THAT single shot in that so remote country... sacrifice, dedication, months of training... that's us. That's hunting. One more discussion...

Engee, thanks. At Athens, they have been extremely serious and precise; I ordered the Big 5, and they tested it before shipping to be a 72-100. Simply fantastic, to let me go up as much as I can with lbs. The only problem is that they shipped it on may 2, and I am still waiting to have it...

Polarbar, many thanks for your sharing. 107 is REALLY a lot ! I am planning, as you can see in the discussion, to use a 1100 grs arrow, at around 210 fps. What kind of broadhead did you use ? Frank

Sirs, I am simply saying that modern bows are quite different from older ones, fully respecting your points of wiew, of course; if you take a look at Rocco's post, consider that he declares 215 fps for a 910 grains arrow, on an 84 (!) # bow. My numbers are MUCH better, with my 70 (!) # bow, a...

OK thanks Jerome. HAS ANYBODY USED ASHBY 315 grs SINGLE BEVEL Broadhead on elephant or buffalo-hippo yet ?

I replyed some three times, but the site does not load it up...

I have four and a half months before going, so if I understand, with the help of you all, what I need to do... I' ll work hard for shure. Ashby 315 grs single bevel broadhead ?

See, I just do not find it very useful to go ahead talking about lbs, considering the incredible evolution we are seeing in bows. Up to 2007, I used to shoot a Mathews LX set at 68#, 478 grs arrow at 240 fps. Then, a Drenalin at 68#, shooting a 500 grs arrow at 250 fps. Now, a Monster XLR8 set...

One more thing to Engene; what should have to be the arrow total weight, in your opinion ? A 1200 grs flying at 230 is really a lot... Is this a personal opinion, or do you have some field data ? I ask because I take very seriously what you are writing...

Thanks again; we have to be quite shure about this legal matter. It looks to me also that the two parameters are KE and arrow weight. Of course, I perfectly agree with Bushbuck, everything must be perfectly legal. What I want to underline, is that with my bow I am perfecly confident, I have a...

Thanks a lot everybody. My actual bow, an XLR8 Mathews, is actually set at 65; it' s performances are astonishing: I hunted 2 safaris with it, no dangerous game, with 535 grs arrows at 280-285 fps, KE around 87. I tested it set at 65 lbs with a 1000 grs arrow, having it fly at 205 fps. These...

Hopefully, in august I will have my first elephant bowhunting safari in ZIM. I am thinking about using FMJ dangerous game, 315 grs Ashby single bevel bh, FOBS, for a total weight of 1000 grs, shot at 220 fps, with a KE of around 105,5 and a Momentum of about 1. Any suggestion ? Do you think it...

Means HI ! in italian. I am an Africa lover. I am a bowhunting lover; what do you think happens, if you add them together ? A nuclear detonation, always ! Think we will have good times, sharing experiences here; I like terminal ballistics and that kind of stuff (this means "authopsies" in the...