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Marrakai
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Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Slow Start with the new .577
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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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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www.marrakai-adventure.com.au

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Slow Start with the new .577	Marrakai	01/11/13 04:52 PM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	bonanza	08/11/13 01:49 AM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	gwh	08/11/13 10:03 AM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	Marrakai	12/11/13 11:26 AM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	gwh	01/11/13 08:26 PM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	MarkR	02/11/13 05:51 PM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	Marrakai	05/11/13 06:35 PM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	Sarg	06/11/13 08:55 PM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	DarylS	07/11/13 03:20 AM
Re: Slow Start with the new .577	NitroX	08/11/13 12:22 AM

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