Search results

This Drew Estate Undercrown Maduro "Flying Pig" is bloody epic!!!!

So here I am in South Africa, and it's my big mate @Frederik 's birthday today. He is visiting @VertigoBE that side, and we decided we need to light up a cigar together over a video call and have a smoke and a Caol Ila 12yr together as a celebration!

Have been hunting absolutely everything with my 404 for a long time. Been shooting my 450 Rigby a lot, only hunted a little. Then got my 500 Jeffery recently. The 404 and 450 both have Aimpoint Micro H1's on, whereas the 500 is still open sighted. Done about 200 shots with the 500 in the 7...

All freshly checkered bolts will be sharp, but cycling it a couple hundred times will take the edge off

Treated myself to a bit of bushveld TV and a CAO Arcana Thunder Smoke (African Tabaco) plus some great whisky after a hard day's work cutting down dead trees!

Only Safari Outdoor stocks them

I have been sitting on my fingers not wanting to derail the thread... But I have a firm belief that Buffaloes don't take lightly to being whispered to... I take pride in learning how to shoot my big bores and learning to manage the recoil. As for those places requiring suppressors, they will...

Well done, Bush is crazy thick this year with all the rain we had. Hunted close by recently. But nothing beats those up close and personal hunts!

It all start when someone wants to take a silincer on a dg hunt.....

I finally managed to get a bottle of Caol Ila 12jr. Must say to my mouth it is the closest to Lagvulin 16 I have gotten so far.

Valie is a stand-up guy! You will have a great time with him!

I hear you, but as I said, mine went away after 2 or 3 times... Getting recoil fit can happen

I can't believe no one has told you to man up:LOL: I have developed some headaches in the beginning from my larger rifles, actually had it the first time from my 9.3x62 Then as I progressed onto the 404, 450 Rigby and now 500, I realized I only got it 2 or 3 times then it stopped. So I...

@PARA45 you saying my 404 case with sharpened mouth doesn't cut it :ROFLMAO:

Sitting under my own little fever tree under the moon on African soil....

Also had a Nub this weekend, this time a maduro. And then a AJ Fernandez San Lotano Requiem Robusto with my brother in law. Showing off how the pepper ticks got me on the previous weekend's hunt

Damn those look like business!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Had a bit of relaxing time on Friday with family.

We had a pre-BASA shoot mental prepping session with @Frederik and @saswart Taste testing a few peaty whiskies and smoking excellent Oliva Series V torpedos. These were absolutely excellent smokes!!!

@Frederik and I taste tested some whiskies. Three Ships 10jr, Ardberg Wee Beasti and Bowmore 12jr and of course we paired it with a cigar of the VF brand. We could not decide on the winner so we will try again this week Friday before our BASA shoot.

I love those NUBs. Especially the Cameroon and Sungrown.

I run a couple of Husqvarnas for felling problem trees every now and then. My Husqvarna 585 with 36" bar is my favorite. In South Africa that is pretty much the biggest bar anyone has ever seen in real life :LOL:

Indeed we do! About 105 USD per bottle

Well I wasn't wrong! He answered me on Instagram that he was using a 458WM with 450gr Titan Expanding bullets.

I am asking this question two partedly... Firstly, to give the 375 guys some good jested hell. Secondly, I have been side by side to hunters shooting brain shots on buffaloes (bull and cows) and I noted back then that a buffalo's eyes do not just pop out, so I am intrigued. Crap shot is a...

Been quite a journey of late, but @Frederik and I have been taste testing and experimenting a bit. Both with a good Whiskys and cigars. My top favorites are definately: Lagvulin 16 Talisker 10 & Smokehead that @RockSlinger404 mentioned before, albeit that I haven't had it recently. But one...

Excellent shooting. And I hope that I won't have to eat my words.... but..... No 375 makes a buff go googly eyes like that, big bores for the big boys!

I just use a piece of pool noodle that I cut with a case of which I sharpened the edges. And then cut to length.

Zululand Taxidermy in Pongola does excellent work

Playing around between N540 and N550. Seems like N550 will be my go to

I make my own foam fillers using pool noodles and an unsized 585Nyathi case that I sharpened the mouth of. Cuts is nice and round. Only loaded from 99 to 109gr so far and used fillers every time. I shoot monolithic bullets, so they are on the longer side. But so far so good.

Trying out a Bongani A16, not bad for an elephant turd! Last bit of Lagvulin 16.... sad story...

Here you go. 500 Jeffery. 535gr @ 2280fps

You must be doing it wrong :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Here I am going the exact opposite! Checkering gives you 100% more positive grip! Ever slapped yourself on the forehead with a nice open palm because your hand slipped off the bolt? I did :LOL: Bolts absolutely need to be checkered! Photo of my 500's bolt before blueing:

In sunny SA we have Spoor Bullet Company (SBC) that is as consistent as can be! Making them extremely accurate, plus they are as tough as nails! Also a solid shank design! It punches the skin, instead of tearing, which does not seal up easily

I just want to mention that it was completely unnecessary to bring red meat into this conversation :p #carnivorediet!

We use quite a lot of them for our Big Bore shoots as they are very affordable and consistent, plus they punch nice round holes in targets! The added bonus is they kill very well!!!

In my mind when they are able to shoot themselves out of trouble as well. Because shooting yourself into trouble aint that difficult.

Hippo on land - Sitting here waiting for the call if they could locate where he is wandering around, then it's go time! Giant Forest Hog Western Savannah/Dwarf Forest Buffalo Elephant And many more buffaloes!

I hear you, but I guess we kind of need to avoid ROs getting shot... Saying this as one of the ROs. I just got this 500 and have only put 50 or so shots through it, with trying the rapid fire excercise only twice. However, due to all my previous muscle memory with my 404 and 450, you can see...

Ok, so I had the first opportunity to use the 500 Jeffery at a BASA (Big Bore Association of Southern Africa) shoot yesterday. It operated flawlessly. Feeling a little sore but satisfied today. Ranges all together were 18 shots. Here's a video of 2 of the ranges.

My apologies. Message was meant as a PM so as not to disrupt your thread.

From what I have seen, buffaloes don't like suppressors, they need loud talking to when things go wrong, not whispers :D :D:LOL: Highjack over I still considering it a sin however :ROFLMAO:

Look, as as SA resident we don't like what our president is getting up to, and more especially threatening relationships with countries where we get our rifles, ammo, primers and powders etc from. However there will be a lot of pushback before anyone is just going to start taking land, it is...

Do you have to hand in your man card with the application for a big bore silincer? Just asking for a friend :p:LOL:

RIP. We cannot all go out of this life doing what we love, some are fortunate to meet their maker this way. Hunting dangerous game is to test oneself, to try and answer questions only you know you wanted asked. They went in brave to the end. Condolences to the friends and family. Prayers for...

True that! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

I have to admit, first time I had one right after another cigar on an empty stomach, that thing put me flat! World spinning and wasted whiskey, no I am better prepared :LOL:

This is more than a month old already, but @Frederik and I had an epic visit just before the year ticked over. @VertigoBE left some EXCELLENT AJ Fernandez San Lotano Requiem Habano Gran Toro cigars for us to enjoy when he visited. Paired with both Talisker 10yr and Lagvulin 16yr, this made...