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The .470 that blew up in BOTS was a Sako .375 with a fluted barrel. I received the following email that Butch Searcy forwarded to me this morning:

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Johan Calitz has been in contact with Jeff Rann Safaris, who says that it was a 375 Custom Sako with a fluted barrel that blew up. We are registering on Accurate Reloading and will then give this comment on the forum. Obviously someone doesn't like you very much!

Please feel free to quote either me or Johan Calitz and post your own comments. It might be a day or two before our registration is through and we can give comment.

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Butch is having some difficulty getting logged onto AR and so has not been able to post this himself.

So a couple of corrections are in order. The rifle was a .375, not a .470. It was a Sako custom rifle, not a Searcy. And the accident was not in Mr. Calitz's camp.

If I hear of more details I will be happy to relate them here.

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