luv2safari
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Loc: United States
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gryphon...
When did you get out of jail???  I haven't seen much of you as of late. You were supposed to have a big sambar stag all tied up to a tree for me...slacker! 
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Gibbs505
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Reged: 09/08/03
Posts: 442
Loc: BC, Canada
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Ah, you second link is not working well! 
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So I can't spell, so what?
Those who beat their swords into ploughshares, will plough for those who don't!
Those who fail to learn from history will be doomed to repeat it
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gryphon
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Reged: 01/01/03
Posts: 5487
Loc: Sambar ground/Victoria/Austral...
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Hello old boy yep just been released haha...your stag has gone to a mate from NM that will be here next month,he has had his name on one for five years now so he has a bit of a priority over you Luv 2safari...how you been?did you get that African trip in mate.?
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sbs470
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Posts: 378
Loc: Sheffield Tasmania
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My good friend from South Dakota loves shooting Dingoes with my 470 .
sbs470
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500Nitro
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Reged: 06/01/03
Posts: 7244
Loc: Victoria, Australia
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sbs470
a few dingoes found out that .465 bullets knock them down well !!!
500 Nitro
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luv2safari
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Posts: 1413
Loc: United States
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gryph...
Africa fell second to deepening my ag well and drilling a new one for the house. All that $$$$ down a friggin hole in the friggin ground so I can take a friggin shower and flush the crapper... 
Man, get me that sambar tied up so I can hop over and show you how to shoot!
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gryphon
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Posts: 5487
Loc: Sambar ground/Victoria/Austral...
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Haaa i though an old seasoned traveller like you would have saved the money and spent it on hunting...coulda shit in a hole in the ground mate....worth it for a good stag.
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luv2safari
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Loc: United States
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Didn't bother me nunn, but I got tired of diggin new holes every morning for the old hacksaw...err...wife. 
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Marrakai
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Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3739
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
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OK lads, back to the topic at hand...
Here you go Alan, feral cat taken with a .577 Light Nitro double. If that log hadn't been there, I couldn't have salvaged a photo! Its still pretty obvious there wasn't much cat left behind the shoulders! 
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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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I have used the 416 Rigby, 405 Winnie, 458 Winnie, 460 Weatherby, and the 500 AHR (improved Jeffery) for hunting practically anything I hunt. This would include feral cats & dogs, rabbit, deer, and elk. I prefer a 12 ga for rats though.
Scott
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DarylS
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Loc: Beautiful British Columbia, Ca...
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Scott - that would be with slugs, of course!
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"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V
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Daryl,
Slugs yes, but 00 buck works very well also, and there typcially is no caracass to remove 
Scott
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DarylS
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Say Scott - - have you tried round ball in your 12 bores.
: Years ago, I had an old "Fluid Steel" barreled double 12 bore with rather tight .725" bores. I shortened the barrels to 26" and installing sights on the rib. for balls, I used .715 balls and got 6" to 8" groups at 100yds with them, using smokeless loads as well as the heavy 12 bore BP load.(192gr. 1F) Jeff Tanner's mould .725" casts .722", so a .730" would cast around .728" for a more modern 12 bore. At $25.00 US$$ per mould, they're cheap to try.
: I picked up 12 bore WW wads at the trap range (red or white), cut the base wad off with side cutters, and would set one, cup down on the powder, then one cup up to hold the ball centred. If wadding was needed (for smokeless) extra fiber wads were placed betwen the bottom, cup down plastic wad and the cup-up plastic base wad. The press folded the crimp area over the ball just fine and stayed folded down on the ball. With BPowder loads, one needs a card wad down on the powder as the BP will melt the plastic.
: For smokeless powder charges, start around 24gr. SR 4756. That is a very low pressure load for 1-1/4 oz shot loads and I think I used around 26 to 28gr. for 1,500fps with a 545gr. ball. This gave the same velocity as the heavy African BP load, but kicked immensely less, just like a normal 12 bore load. That smokeless or BP load really dances the steel plates at 100 meters - and astonished a .300mag shooter as his rifle barely swung the plate. My 12 bore broke the 2X4 it was chanined to.
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"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V
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Daryl,
Thanks for the info, I will have to give it a try sometime.
Scott
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mickey
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Reged: 05/01/03
Posts: 4647
Loc: Pend Oreille Valley, Idaho
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Scot
Could you please post yur location? It makes it much easier to know where a poster is from because of the uniqness of some of our Countries.
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Mick
A Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, Wit and Spirit Rare Books, Big Game Hunting, English Rifles, Fishing, Explosives, Chauvinism, Insensitivity, Public Drunkenness and Sloth, Champion of Lost and Unpopular Causes.
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Mickey,
As you wish.
Scott
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mickey
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Posts: 4647
Loc: Pend Oreille Valley, Idaho
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Thank you.
I already knew where you are from but most others did not.
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Lovu Zdar
Mick
A Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, Wit and Spirit Rare Books, Big Game Hunting, English Rifles, Fishing, Explosives, Chauvinism, Insensitivity, Public Drunkenness and Sloth, Champion of Lost and Unpopular Causes.
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500Nitro
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Posts: 7244
Loc: Victoria, Australia
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ScottS
The Rust Belt USA is great.
But people outside the US
don't know where it is.
How about a State.
500 Nitro
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I have lived all over the USA from coast to coast and border to border. I currently reside outside of Sturgis, Michigan.
Scott
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Aloysius
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Reged: 10/10/05
Posts: 12
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As to the original question..
000 Buck on a squirrel at 15 yard. Vaporized.
Far in the future, when I get my Searcy .470, I plan on taking down charging squirrels, stray cats that $hit on the hood of my car, and the occasional varmint.
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Marrakai
.416 member
Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3739
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
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In reply to:
stray cats that $hit on the hood of my car
Make sure it doesn't shoot low !!!
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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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MauserRifle
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Reged: 15/03/05
Posts: 153
Loc: U.S.A.
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O.K. I guess it is time to fess up!
The TOUGHEST little critters I have ever used my 375 H&H and 458 win. Mag. on was ROCKS, yes ROCKS.
Anyopne here remember when PET ROCKS was the CRAZE? Well I would take one of my rifles out and shoot BIG BAD ROCKS, blowing them into LITTLE ROCKS so all the kids could have their very own LITTLE PET ROCK! 
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Everyday is a great day, some days are just better than others!
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