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Marrakai
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Slow Start with the new .577
      #237379 - 01/11/13 04:52 PM

After some indifferent results shooting meat-buffalo for the local community, I ordered in some 650gr Nitro Woodleighs to load in place of the BP Weldcores I had been using successfully with the previous rifle. Those softer bullets appear to have been over-expanding at the higher velocity, perhaps 'parachuting' on impact.

Walked a couple of creeklines yesterday afternoon looking for a worthy bull, but some fools on quad-bikes had torched the place on the previous weekend, and the buffalo had headed for greener pastures.

Did find a couple of hogs though. First one was in a sand wallow, looked like a boar but was just a big sow.


This is what a head shot with the .577 looks like!

Second one took off from an adjacent hidden wallow at the shot, but didn't offer a good sight picture till over 90m away. Luckily the big Webley was up to the task!



Third one was a better boar stalked in his wallow, never knew what hit him! Broken tusks unfortunately.



Boy, was it hot out there! Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Back for another look in a day or two, hopefully to find some country with a bit of grass left standing!

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gwh
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: Marrakai]
      #237382 - 01/11/13 08:26 PM

Great stuff Tony - pity about not having the opportunity to slug one of the nitro pills through a Buff but it looks like they work pretty well on pigs!!

I'm out with the 470 on Chital this weekend - hoping the weather plays the game!

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Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, 1910

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MarkR
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: gwh]
      #237398 - 02/11/13 05:51 PM

Nice one Tony. Everyone is saying how hot it is this season.... No rain yet??

Cheers,
Mark.

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Marrakai
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: MarkR]
      #237491 - 05/11/13 06:35 PM

Mark:
We've been getting regular heavy storms in Darwin but they appear to be restricted to the very top corner of the Territory.
Went for a walk on Sunday arvo just an hour or so out of town by road, dry as a bone.
Not a drop of rain had fallen there since the last 'wet', and unfortunately we saw nothing worthy of warming a barrel.



Also, the floodplain north of Harrison Dam, a favourite goose-hunting haunt, was still bone dry when I was last there a week ago.
The dam itself had almost dried up! Very patchy at this time of year.

Unfortunately the heat and humidity is ubiquitous however!

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Sarg
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: Marrakai]
      #237507 - 06/11/13 08:55 PM

Thanks for posting nice to see the rifle out & about, just wish it was in my hands !

I'm sure you will turn up a nice Bull soon & give those slugs a work out !

I suppose I could get my Hammer Under Lever going, but just not the same .

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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: Sarg]
      #237512 - 07/11/13 03:20 AM

Good pictures - thanks for sharing them with us. Looks a wee bit dry.

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Daryl


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NitroXAdministrator
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: DarylS]
      #237531 - 08/11/13 12:22 AM

The long tall fat lady seems to be the goods.

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bonanza
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: Marrakai]
      #237552 - 08/11/13 01:49 AM

Very cool rifle. Similar to my Lyon & Lyon .500 BPE.


http://nitroexpress.info/ezine/CptCurlFiles/DR_Archive/OahuKaneohe/H&H_500BPE/DoublePair.jpg

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Edited by NitroX (08/11/13 02:24 AM)

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gwh
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: bonanza]
      #237563 - 08/11/13 10:03 AM

Certainly pretty dry!!!

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"I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim"

Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, 1910

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Marrakai
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Re: Slow Start with the new .577 [Re: gwh]
      #237724 - 12/11/13 11:26 AM

Bonanza:
The hammerless boxlock BPE doubles certainly have a presence! You are lucky: the usual signs of serious use in India appear to be absent from your fine example!

Nice restock (I presume?) sure beats termite damage and borer-holes!

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Marrakai
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