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NitroX
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105504 - 18/05/08 09:05 PM

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So you found that caliber has adequate stopping power? How many shots to take her down?

I shot fourteen water buffalo on that trip with that rifle. Most took one to three shots to kill or keep down. Most dropped on first shot, but may have required one or two more shots to keep down. Cows and smaller bulls only.

Pigs dropped well of course. As did horses.

The scrub bull refused to drop or die. Tough old bugger.

The donkey was the worst and as usual took more than expected to get it to drop.

9.3x74R did well. It is a great brush and driven medium game calibre, perfect for sambar. Also makes a not too bad minimum of buffalo and the like.

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#105716 - 21/05/08 06:15 AM

Will you please stop posting a picture of your rifle. I might do something foolish!

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#143941 - 19/10/09 12:47 PM

Just to bring this post back up .

Edited by CptCurl (25/11/09 11:21 PM)

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500Nitro
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#143943 - 19/10/09 01:00 PM

ozhunter

I couldn't have picked a better photo LOL !!!

Top stuff.

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Paul
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: 500Nitro]
#143956 - 19/10/09 08:05 PM

Trying to attach a photo.Hope this one works, Laura.
- Paul
[image]http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/ss55/paul_miles/?action=view&current=301.jpg[/image]

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Paul
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Paul]
#143957 - 19/10/09 08:14 PM

Sorry,
I was hoping that pic would open up like everyone else's, instead of just taking us to Photobucket. John, any chance of a tutorial for luddites without websites on how to do that?

- Paul

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Paul]
#143961 - 19/10/09 08:43 PM

Paul's Cape Buffalo taken from the Northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado .

Edited by CptCurl (25/11/09 11:23 PM)

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#143967 - 19/10/09 10:14 PM

Paul, looks like a Heym PH in 450/400?
NitroEx's "Lapua" has one of these.

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: alexbeer]
#144002 - 20/10/09 10:12 AM

Very nice!!! Some very nice trophies here.

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Cavanaugh]
#144563 - 27/10/09 05:26 PM

Shot my last two moose with my 9,3x74R Chapuis. First one was about 70 yards away and second was a lasered 187 yards. Both were shot off hand with factory irons.

If it doesnt make a good hunting rifle then I see no point in owning one.

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#144574 - 27/10/09 08:26 PM

Yes, Ozhunter, I suspect Lapua got the first Heym 450/.400 into Australia and mine might be the second. The SN makes it look as though they had only made 22 Mod 88s of any calibre at the time - but I guess they have changed the sequence, somehow.
- Paul

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Paul]
#144681 - 29/10/09 06:42 AM

This year buffalo, eland, zebra and warthog with doubles. Next year hopefully elephant!
Charls

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Charls]
#146685 - 25/11/09 08:38 PM

An old toothy Boar with the 470

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: ozhunter]
#147562 - 10/12/09 11:49 AM

Edited by CptCurl (10/12/09 12:14 PM)

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Spring]
#147570 - 10/12/09 02:02 PM

.303 British

.450 #2 NE

.54 x 10 gauge percussion cape gun

Edited by CptCurl (31/12/09 12:34 AM)

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: 9.3x57]
#149094 - 30/12/09 01:39 PM

My first hunt after a 25 year lay-off from hunting was done with my 45-70 double. I don't think that I would want to hunt with anything but a double now.

Edited by tarawa (30/12/09 01:41 PM)

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NitroX
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: tarawa]
#152647 - 03/02/10 05:15 AM

BTTT

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#153795 - 15/02/10 01:58 PM

How does the computer challenged put photos here?

I have taken water buffalo, 2 cape buffalo, leopard, lion, hippo, croc, sable, a dozen plains game and Alaska game with .450-400, .450 no 2, .600, and also a .500 bpe and a 12-bore ball and shot gun. I sold my Winchester collection with no regrets!
Cheers,
Cal

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: calpappas]
#153803 - 15/02/10 03:58 PM

Hello Cal,

Please e-mail them to me at kamdarmehul (at) gmail. Glad to post pictures for any members anytime.

Good hunting!

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: mehulkamdar]
#153812 - 15/02/10 07:11 PM

Posted before but it disappeared as I screwed up my photobucket, here it is again, nice Hippo above by the way

Edited by CptCurl (14/03/10 11:15 PM)

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NitroX
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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: Mike_Bailey]
#153834 - 16/02/10 01:37 AM

Warthog with the Valmet 9.3x74R.

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#153838 - 16/02/10 02:07 AM

Another buffalo

Graham Williams and I. Graham from Australian Buffalo Hunters.

Wal and Graham. Wal borrowed my .450 to finish off this scrub bull.

My red scrub bull, with the .450. This bull after being hit with a raking shot with a 480 gr soft point, maybe too much gut to penetrate, turned, received the second barrel in the lungs, then came down the hill looking for me. A reload behind a tree then the third, a cloud of bloody mist and he was down.

Second buff of the hunt.

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#154723 - 25/02/10 02:41 AM

A couple of tuskless cow elephant from 2006.

Small cow with part of trunk cut off from a snare. A cull. Shaun Buffee and staff.

Number 2 several days later. Paul Frodsham and staff from Nengasha Safaris.

Jeffery in .450 No.2 NE used and 480 gr Woodleigh FMJs

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Edited by NitroX (25/02/10 02:42 AM)

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#156113 - 11/03/10 03:57 PM

More photos please!

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Re: Do you hunt with your DR? [Re: NitroX]
#156256 - 12/03/10 01:02 PM

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Some pictures from Namibia

Some pictures from Zimbabwe

An Elephant Story

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