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CRIES of the Savanna

In honor of Cal Pappas - NKWE SAFARIS

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6mm-284 300 Weatherby Magnum 375 H&H Ackley Improved

If you haven't found anyone yet, send me a pm and I can put you in touch with the best around! Definitely not the most expensive, but takes great pride in everything he does.

Of all the flies I tie for carp fishing... This is my favorite one.

Thank you NJC! We have only been married 5 years, but my wife is the absolute love of my life! I tie all of the flies that we use, and I'll post a picture of them when I get back in the shop tomorrow. Fly fishing for carp is some of the most fun that we have ever had fishing. We have traveled...

Thank you! We always use 8 wt. rods for carp.

I have not been fortunate enough to shoot a bull elk with this particular handgun, but I have loaned it out to several friends who have managed to kill several bull elk with it. All shots were high in the front shoulder, and all of the elk fell within 3 steps of where they were shot. I saw this...

My list of work on the above pistol should also have also included the oversize base pin, as well as an oversize pawl with heavy duty spring - both of which allow for a rock solid lock-up, and allow for increased accuracy potential from this particular hunting handgun. I tried to edit my post...

Meigsbucks, thank you for your input on the Hornady bullet, as well as range limitations. That is a big help! Thank you!

JimP, I have been shooting deer and coyotes since 1982 with various Super Blackhawk handguns, and shooting and hitting game out to a little over 200 yards is not a problem. Having never been to Africa before, I know that the game over there is a lot tougher, and I was wondering if my load...

Thanks guys!

Thank you R.M.C.! Last stringer of bass for the year. Pond management!

I really enjoy shooting and hunting with revolvers, especially when they are accurate! I built this one a couple of years ago, and shooting Hornady's 265 gr. Flat Point at 1,610 fps., it just flat out hammers everything that I have shot with it. 6-shot groups @ 100 yards average 2" when...

Thank you K-man! The second carp shown was her first fly rod carp, and it took her a little over 30 minutes to bring it in. That other carp took a solid 20 minutes to get it in. That blue cat took just over 2 hours before I was able to get a net under it! I really enjoy fishing with my wife...

I have caught literally tons of fish in my lifetime, but it's more enjoyable when I get to take my wife fishing. These are a couple of her favorite fly rod fish. 10 lb. carp caught on a fly rod! Another 10 lb. carp on a fly rod! 3 lb. rainbow trout! 34 lb. Blue Cat on a fly rod...

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MAdcox and Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS, Thank You!

Thank you enysse!

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As promised! 123 yards / 12 ga. Diablo slug / fully processed / deer chili / :) The rest of the meat has been bagged and tagged and put in the freezer.

A Round Ball has the punch of a sledge hammer, provided you have the accuracy to hit your target. When I started loading 3" double Round Ball loads years, and achieved phenomenal accuracy from them, there was absolutely nothing else I could do to improve on those loads. To me, they were...

Sarg, I have not loaded with wheel weights in many years. Last year, I lucked out on 18 25 pound bags on Lawrence Magnum lead shot that I picked up at an estate sale for $10 a bag. I have since melted all of this down into 3 pound ingots, and am using this for all of my slug moldings. I sat...

Thank you 1dirthawker, and you are welcome.

You're welcome Sarg! I'm glad at least one person appreciates the information. I'm going to shoot a deer with the 494 gr. version in a couple of weeks, (I hope) and I'll post pictures of the results at that time. I use to shoot that Lyman 525 gr. pellet slug years ago, and that mold always...

I have put the Round Ball loadings on hold for a bit, and have been working with my new Diablo pellet slug mold. One mold can produce 4 different weight slugs, just by changing out the pins. Slugs are molded in the following weights: 28 gram / 432 grains 30 gram / 463 grains 32 gram / 494...

Yes. Place the Round Ball in the wad, and if you can push it through the choke with about 10 pounds of pressure, you have a perfect fit for that particular choke tube. You also want to make sure that you have a 20 ga. nitro card in the base of the wad.

I do not trim off the petals. I match the choke to the overall diameter of the Round Ball in the wad. Round Ball

For the single Round Ball loads, you can use most any load data for 1 1/8 oz. Target and Field loads, as pressures for the Round Ball loads run considerably less than what bird shot loads do. You can load 2 3/4" shells "safely" in excess of 1,700 fps.. I have loaded a lot of the double .690...

Yes. Yes, it has to do with the working pressure limits. I use to do these in the 9.3X74R, 444 Marlin, 30-30 and others, but found it much easier and simpler to stick with just one cartridge. This way, brass, bullets, barrels, and all gun work was greatly simplified. From a cost standpoint, a...

I have been doing them for the past 30 years. Depending on action type, a good SxS 12 ga. can be turned into a 45/70 double rifle. Round Ball

WOW! Great looking animals. Congratulations. Round Ball

I just love these hunting stories! Thank you guys so very much for taking the time to write these stories, and allowing us to relive these hunts through your story writing, and exactly what you experienced on these actual hunts. Really looking forward to reading more! Thank you again! Round Ball

I put a scope on my Remington 870 over the weekend, and shot a couple of 5 shot groups at 100 yards with my 1,700 fps. Round Ball loads. First 5-shot group at 100 yards measured 4" center to center. Second 5-shot group at 100 yards measured 3 1/4" center to center. Sorry I don't have any...

Bob, back in the late 80's when I had the first rifle built, I could push Hornady's 265 gr. bullets to a very accurate 2,700 fps. and it would drop a hog like the hammer of Thor! Never thought about using a 400 gr. cast bullet, but that would have made for one heckuva hog load, especially when...

I have built a couple of rifles based on the full length 9.3X74R necked up to .44 caliber, and shooting Hornady's 265 gr. Soft Point and 320 gr. Gas Checked Hard Cast bullets, both the guns and the loads were quite impressive! Round Ball