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TSX does not have a plastic tip, TTSX does and it would be a long bullet. A 300gr TSX is 1.492" long, the 250gr TTSX is 1.438' long.

Ah yes, I forgot about the color scheme, I took was warned about blue colors being like a neon sign for a tsetse buffet.

The following from my hunt report .... "The quintessential Tsetse fly is an irritating presence. These things are about four times the size of a house fly and the bite is incredible. They are also tough little suckers; you can’t simply swat them; they have to be crushed. They attack in swarms...

Not yet, I'll let you know if I find out anything.

Well this may start a rehash of what's already been rehashed several times over. In any case I surely do hope that you are correct because I purchased a VX6HD 1x6x24 Firedot just a few months ago for my 375 H&H. I too believe that it will be perfect for buffalo and any other African critter.

Are there trustworthy companies that can ship firearms between the US and Africa (RSA?). I had read an article in the SCI magazine about this, I think it was by Boddington, unfortunately that is long gone now. If at all possible at times it may be advantageous to ship. For instance, if you...

even though this topic has been broached on occasion I wanted to thank for brining it up. I have a project that touches a similar question but with a different cartridge, one that does not exist as yet. I'm working on the reamer diagrams now in the area of the throat so any additional info I can...

Yes, send it back and have them address the issue(s). You spent good money on it, have them make it right.

I know nothing about Fierce so I did "The Google" on it. It appears that they are into light weight rifles. If this rifle is the 6lbs I see it will likely kick like a mule. A 10lb 375 H&H has about 40lbs of free recoil. Granted it's not a big bore but ....? Anyway, you have what you have. Get...

Ditch the picatinny rail and get a decent mounting system. That thing is going to interfere with reloading in a pinch. Doesn't fit the rifle anyway.

Hmmmmm, I see a "Hotline Monoliths" dropdown off The Discrete Ballistics home page. Hotline is the webstore that David told me he was going to set up with Peregrine. I'm interested in Bushmaster so got in there and do not see any VRG-2 at all or .375's but I do see my .510 VRG-3. Hotline is...

David Stark is "Discrete Ballistics" ( https://discreetballistics.com/ ), Sundance WY. When I first got interested in Peregrines Discrete Ballistics was the the only US distributer that I found, and like I said his interests are subsonic. I called, had a chat, and he added my order to his...

I ass I assume you are speaking of David Stark. I've had ,any conversations with him about my specific needs. It takes a while from order to delivery but I don't think the issue is on his end. David is into subsonic and that seems to be his focus but he also knows that he needs to broaden his...

I had a 375 H&H built over the last year and need something effective for that. I thought of, and can get, A-Frames but I wanted to try to try monoliths. Just about everyone is saying TSX is the greatest monolith ever, so what do I do? ... get Peregrines and hope for the best. The 375 is new to...

I love concussive blast.

It has a Fajen "Aristocrat" stock; Pre-dates when Bishop bought Fajen. I bought that semi-finished in the late 60's for $59. Nice wood. I think 5 but not 100% sure. Shoots really nice. The spring is definitely good. there's this looseness, no tension, then a loooong creep 'til I feel the sear...

The rifle is functionally ok, the spring is not broken.

Thanks, I'll check it out. This is the kind of thing that makes AH such a great site.

I have a .303 British No4 MKI that has been my go-to rifle for hunting Whitetails. Love the handy little rifle except for trigger, it sucks! I don't know if it is the same for all of these rifles but is is the sloppiest thing you can imagine. Mine literally flops back and forth in the triggers...

There were swarms confined to some areas but in others nothing nothing. I really have no idea why there would be on one place vs another. Where we had encounters with them I was sure happy to have repellent that worked, those suckers can bite.

I keep all primers and powder in a dehumidified cabinet, never had a hang-fire.

Call around locally for a smith that re-chambers. They don't have to chase a reamer, this is a common enough cartridge that they can rent it.

Maybe better luck on page 9 but somehow I doubt it.

How about a couple of bandoliers crisscrossed across you chest like Poncho Villa.

Actually quite a few and there was sign of their presence everywhere; poop and mangled trees. A few days we had to remove trees and brush blocking the path of the truck, and one day we just followed their route heading back to camp.

Is it at all possible to end this? Possibly not.

I can only speak from my actual experience. Since you've read my report you probably understand that it has just about everything in terms of species, that's not the issue. Although Rungwa has a wide variety of game for people who are looking for a plains game hunt in fairly open country this is...

I got'ta say that improved my evening, Thanks.

Nope, I went only for buffalo.

Good to hear from you Lance. I have not and it's got me a bit irritated. Licky and I have always had a good relationship, or at least I think we have, but this is straining that relationship. I talk & text with him regularly and he knows I'm getting antsy about it. I also talk with other family...

Who said it's not, not me; that's not the point. If you read any of these pages everyone has a one shot kill on a cape buffalo. You would think the things were Herefords in a pasture.

Uh-Huh, IF you make that perfect shot, big "if" there.

Uh, I'm a little lost in the Lott, Watts, NE, WM quagmire. How would a 458WM reamer clean up the throat of a 458 Lott, it's over 14" shorter; wouldn't bottom out at the belt?

Yeah, many people don't realize how big an tough bison are. The first one I took absorbed 4, 45-90's right in the "black" and kept on strolling with the herd, finally fell over. My mistake was loading them like a 458 Win Mag with Hornady Interlocks. Went to Paper Patch after that with much...

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Good for you.

Well, they did the job, I just thought the difference was interesting. Next time I'm going with copper monoliths.

I posted this comparison quite a while ago; .510cal, 570gr, 2150fps. The Hornady were taken from buff #1, the Woodleigh from Buff #2. The DGX's were the new bonded variety. As you can see they lost quite a bit of weight, basically the tops blew off.

Nice. Where is this. I've taken 3 and may be looking for another; depends on how Africa pans out this year.

This is really killing my enthusiasm. You must have a bullet for the now severely maligned 375 H&H for Cape Buffalo at 50yrds or less, open sights, no sticks (hate those things); that's the mission.

So is this No1 460 Wby thing dead now? Have we said everything useful and unusful about it? This seems to be wallowing and I'm ashamed to say I've contributed to said wallow.

Never mind, this pretty much answers my question .... and you're right so back to original purpose of this thread.

I just did a search on .308 x 2.244 and got a hit; 7.5x57mm French M1924. An old military cartridge leftover from WWI. I don't know anything about your pet other than those 2 dimensions but the info I found stated it was in the 30-06 range as is yours. No big surprise there. So what were your...

What do the ballistics look like for this .308?

Even at 13lbs my 45-90 Rollingblock with a crescent butt plate was pretty uncomfortable to shoot. I ended up shaping a chunk of an old recoil pad to fit the void and using a leather slip-on over it. Works pretty good.

This is a really an important message. Although I know next to nothing about detached retinas I was introduced via a friends experience who doesn't shoot heavy recoiling rifles any more, his love is black powder shotgun. It can happen to anyone.

Oh my God, the base of a 450 Rigby is larger than a 460 Weatherby! How would this ever work. It will blow up.

Ok, you de man, you win the dick measuring contest.

Yeah, but that has nothing to do with the 460 Wby. The freebore of the Wby is long to bleed off pressure which is not a problem with the 450 NE 3-1/2" unless you are trying to make it something it's not. If so you could certainly reconfigure the throat/freebore/leade to fit your purpose. I say...