NitroX
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| 26/10/05 01:34 AM |
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Re: Thys Sidelock 458wm Performance
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JPK
Congratulations on a great hunt.
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With this rifle I shot two tuskless cow elephant, two buffalo bulls, a buffalo cow and a Zebra.
Now that's a nice full "game bag".
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Not so sure that this combo has enough juice for frontal brain shots on bulls. Didn't shoot one but their heads are just huge.
Talking from a 'armchair' only but if you can get 2050 fps with a 500 gr Woodleigh solid I don't see why a brain shot wouldn't have the goods.
It sounds like your double is doing very nicely. If it was mine, I would leave it as it is and enjoy it. You can always rechamber it in the future if you find extraction is difficult.
BTW if you only recently got back you must have hunted in fairly hot weather. No pressure or extraction problems during your hunts?
Sorry to hear about the food poisoning problems. I hope you "entertained" everyone on the flight home. Flying home from Bangkok once I had the same problem. You know those little "sick" bags that no one ever needs. I filled seven of them.
