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Re: Rifle failures in Africa.........
      05/02/06 01:02 PM

Just last summer (July 2005), my hunting partner & I were in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, because of the UK ban on taking firearms into Zim we had to rely on our PH's camp or backup weapon. It was a worn-out well used Model 70 in .375 H & H. My friend shot a large "stink" bull giraffe & when he cycled the gun the cartridge was stuck in the chamber. Luckily, his first shot was excellent & it
only ran 40 yards before collapsing. However, it would have been nice to get some insurance rounds in him just in case. It took us a minute or two with a "leatherman" to get the case out. The PH then replies "hmm, that gun did the same thing last week with a German client while we were after buff".

Because of that we will always check with the Safari Company/PH about the quality & condition of back-up weapons (just in case ours get lost by the airlines)

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* Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday 05/02/06 01:21 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... rgp   02/03/06 07:25 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   03/03/06 01:12 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... oupa   02/03/06 03:22 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... hoppdoc   03/03/06 01:19 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   02/03/06 04:53 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... oupa   02/03/06 12:36 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... mikeh416Rigby   03/03/06 01:09 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... 22hornet   19/02/06 05:26 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... BigBullet   19/02/06 11:28 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... JPK   19/02/06 03:27 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... 500Nitro   19/02/06 04:16 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... markhyoung   22/02/06 08:49 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... MRobinson   24/02/06 04:30 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... bwanamrm   08/02/06 11:41 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   10/02/06 12:56 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... Mike_McGuire   10/02/06 12:36 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... bwanamrm   10/02/06 10:16 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... MRobinson   07/02/06 04:25 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... NitroXAdministrator   07/02/06 05:05 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... JPK   07/02/06 02:52 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... larcher   08/02/06 12:58 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... larcher   05/02/06 09:57 PM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... allenday   07/02/06 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... bonanza   07/02/06 03:19 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... Boomer   05/02/06 03:28 AM
. * * Re: Rifle failures in Africa......... cowboy   05/02/06 01:02 PM

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