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Omnivorous_Bob
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Re: 4-Bore Elephant
02/05/08 01:56 PM

The rifle is a single shot Thomas Bland from the 1890s. A bunch of details on the gun are in an old post: 4-bore

The hunt was in the Matetsi River area of Zim south of Victoria Falls with Gary Hopkins (ghopkins@mweb.co.zw). I shot the bull about 10pm in the moon light. It was much farther than I'd planned to shoot, but we were in position when some locals spooked them and they were leaving in a hurry. It was dark enough that I couldn't see the sights against him, but lined them up below and raised the gun and shot. Fortunately it fits very well and has a large flat rib filed on the barrel and I did most of my practicing at either 50 or 60 yds. We hit him again in the hip as they departed, then tracked him the next day. I carried two pure lead bullets in case I saw a must have zebra or kudu while carrying the 4, but didn't use them. A VERY fun hunt!

I didn't have any trouble with transporting the rifle or ammo, but was very worried about losing the ammo in the states after hearing some horror stories. I carried copies of every airline and government regulation I could think of and referenced them on the ammo boxes, along with a conspicuous note to the TSA asking them to PLEASE page me if they had any questions. I put offical looking labels on my ammo boxes and shrink wrapped them also, but they still cut each of them open. I don't know if that helped, but it made it there.

I'm still smiling

Bob

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"If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?"

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4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	01/05/08 04:02 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	grandveneur	25/12/08 01:36 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Anonymous	06/05/08 12:12 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	06/05/08 11:44 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	billeastern	25/12/08 01:26 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	25/12/08 10:49 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	billeastern	25/12/08 02:55 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	lancaster	27/12/08 11:00 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	10/05/11 01:32 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	rigbymauser	10/05/11 04:48 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	25/05/11 04:45 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Ben	10/05/11 07:16 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	FATBOY404	10/05/11 07:43 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	bufallo	10/05/11 08:02 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	11/05/11 12:41 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	11/05/11 01:21 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	23/05/11 10:59 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	23/05/11 07:39 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	24/05/11 10:13 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	25/05/11 05:47 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	26/05/11 06:03 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	elvas	28/10/11 05:00 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Sarg	22/03/12 03:24 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	elvas	29/03/12 05:59 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	bigdog	21/03/12 12:22 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Ben	21/03/12 06:33 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	elvas	22/03/12 10:47 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	tinker	22/03/12 11:13 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	DarylS	25/05/11 12:37 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	25/05/11 09:38 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	gatsby	25/05/11 03:55 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	DarylS	25/05/11 11:15 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Grenadier	11/05/11 04:17 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	500grains	11/05/11 01:03 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	mehulkamdar	05/05/08 05:52 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	05/05/08 04:41 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	gatsby	06/05/08 02:17 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	rigbymauser	05/05/08 11:48 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	gatsby	01/05/08 11:51 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	DarylS	02/05/08 12:32 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	02/05/08 01:56 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Marrakai	02/05/08 08:43 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	JabaliHunter	02/05/08 11:29 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	degoins	03/05/08 12:23 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	01/05/08 08:49 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Nakihunter	01/05/08 05:59 PM
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