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xausa
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Re: Looking for a .500Cal
19/03/07 07:54 AM

One man's experience:

Back in the 60's I had a lot of correspondence with John Buhmiller, who may be a familiar name to the older crowd. John killed over 100 elephants and countless buffalo after he retired from gunsmithing at age 70 or so. Anyway, it turned out that we had been thinking on the same lines about a .50 bolt action which would approximate the .500 NE.

What we had arrived at independently was to shorten the .460 Weatherby case to 2.500" (so it would fit in the magazine of a standard action), neck it to .500 and use 570 grain Kynoch .510" bullets. 90 grains of 4064 produced 2150 fps in a 22" barrel. I used a P-14 Enfield action, which holds 3 in the magazine and one "up the spout". With it, I have killed three elephant, six Cape Buffalo and one black rhinoceros (Rowland Ward). The whole rig, with Lyman 48 rear sight, weighs 8 3/4 pounds, which means quite a bit of recoil, but makes it great to carry with all the walking involved in elephant hunting. I never noticed the recoil shooting at game.

One of the great pleasures of shooting this gun has been the countless rounds of cast bullets I have put through it. It was a constant companion on walks in the woods, where any number of shots at tree stumps, rocks, targets of opportunity in general made me thoroughly familiar with the sights, the safety and "catching aim" (as Colonel Whelen would say). This came in handy when faced with a charging rhino, who had circled back and came totally unexpectedly from behind. Three quick shots put him down in a hurry.

Going this route is really "on the cheap", but it has produced a totally reliable rifle upon which I would not hesitate to stake my life again, if the situation called for it. Keith Francis made the reamers years ago, but I would think any reputable reamer maker could duplicate them from a fired case, which I would be happy to furnish, if so desired.

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Looking for a .500Cal	angusruls	18/01/07 07:18 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	olly	18/02/07 10:32 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	Yogi000	21/02/07 04:12 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	DarylS	23/02/07 05:58 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	xausa	19/03/07 07:54 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	Gibbs505	18/02/07 07:59 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	nopride2	15/02/07 02:25 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	333Jeffery	19/01/07 04:25 PM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	Otto	20/01/07 01:19 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	CptCurl	20/01/07 05:34 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	angusruls	20/01/07 08:19 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	Savuti_One_Shot	15/02/07 12:50 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	WyoJoe	20/01/07 09:19 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	500Nitro	20/01/07 11:51 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	BROWN	19/01/07 01:09 PM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	Mike_McGuire	19/01/07 10:14 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	angusruls	19/01/07 10:52 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	Mike_McGuire	19/01/07 01:32 PM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	angusruls	19/01/07 10:56 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	500Nitro	19/01/07 12:45 PM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	es	19/01/07 01:08 PM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	CptCurl	18/01/07 07:27 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	angusruls	18/01/07 09:30 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	500Nitro	18/01/07 10:55 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	angusruls	19/01/07 07:33 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	CptCurl	19/01/07 07:46 AM
Re: Looking for a .500Cal	georgegibbs505	19/01/07 09:40 AM

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