Buffalo rifle

[Hoss Delgado]

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hoss,
you might be better to grab all the northforks you can find now that they are dead in the water.
bruce.

I took 'em for my .405 Winchester

 

[bruce moulds]

look for 375 x 300 gn

 

[Hoss Delgado]

No , man. Cutting Edge Monolithic meplat brass Solids for .375

look for 375 x 300 gn

 

[Wyatt Smith]

look for 375 x 300 gn

I’ve looked for 300 and 350 north forks and can’t seem to find any. I just started looking too late.

 

[Kawshik Rahman]

ah yes the old silvertip.
a bullet from a bygone era.
a very fast opening bullet, well suited to lung shots.
a bullet that relied on being heavy for calibre, and could keep expanding and losing core and still have enough base to do a job on softer tissue.
one of the best silvertips was the 300 gn 338, very long for calibre, offering reasonable penetration with a big frontal area.
this bullet was used
in early ruger m77s in oz for meat hunting buffalo preferred shot up the nose.
the 100 gn 25 cal was too explosive at 25/06 speeds.
270 and 30 cal were good for deer with lung shots.
with the advent of such bullets as the swift aframe, such bullets have become yesterday's bullets.
for buffalo you can now do lung shots, point of shoulder, and head shots with 1 bullet, negating the need for loading a soft then a solid in the magazine.
on big game I have come to favour the frontal quartering shot on the point of the shoulder, and will wait to get it where possible for its deadliness.
it has the added advantage of breaking the shoulder, while potentially taking out the heart, and destroying lung tissue at the same time with secondary bone fragments etc.
bruce.

Bruce Moulds , your words bring back many nostalgic memories of mine regarding the terminal effects of the old Winchester silver tip cartridge. While l am disappointed that this cartridge is no longer being made , you are correct in that it is from a bygone era . For the shot made from the side through the lungs of an animal , this was rivaled by nothing in our time. However , one could not always get into the side shooting position and if a shooter suddenly had to shoot the Gaur from the front , the Winchester silver tip was a pitiful bullet .
I am very pleased that new bullets with a slower rate of expansion are available now . Loading a rifle magazine with soft nose bullets and hard nose bullets at the same time poses problems if one is negligent.
As Hoss Delgado’s book will detail graphically , one of our coolies once was loading a client’s magnum .375 Winchester rifle and accidentally loaded a solid metal envelope bullet on the top and three Winchester silver tip bullets in the bottom , before we set out for a Gaur Shikar. It led to several members in our party getting severely injured and almost cost our client his life .

 

[mark-hunter]

It led to several members in our party getting severely injured and almost cost our client his life .

Sir, mr Rahman could you please give us more details on this event?
Many thanks in advance!

 

[Kawshik Rahman]

Sir, mr Rahman could you please give us more details on this event?
Many thanks in advance!

I am afraid l promised Hoss Delgado to include the photographs and account of this story in his book , as it deals with fire arm ammunition selection in depth . Perhaps a personal message to you would suffice ?

 

[IvW]

I would not use or recommend Winchester silver tips for use on Cape Buffalo....especially in 375 H&H @ 2550 Fps...

 

[Kawshik Rahman]

I would not use or recommend Winchester silver tips for use on Cape Buffalo....especially in 375 H&H @ 2550 Fps...

I would not use or recommend Winchester silver tips for use on Cape Buffalo....especially in 375 H&H @ 2550 Fps...

I agree . A modern bullet with a slower rate of expansion is advisable for shooting buffaloes from all sides . However when l was a Shikari , it was only those bullets or solid metal envelope bullets which clients would bring and for lung shots from the side , they were most efficient.
I share your views about velocity. I do not believe a cartridge for dangerous animals should have a higher velocity than 2400 feet per second based on my experience in the field with Gaur.

 

[mark-hunter]

Perhaps a personal message to you would suffice ?

Absolutely, yes! Thank you in advance!
When the book is published, I will order certainly, so mr @Hoss Delgado does not have to worry!

 

[Hoss Delgado]

Absolutely, yes! Thank you in advance!
When the book is published, I will order certainly, so mr @Hoss Delgado does not have to worry!

You guys will ruin me !

 

[mark-hunter]

Keep me on the list for this book, and no worry!

 

[Kawshik Rahman]

You guys will ruin me !

Do not worry , Hoss Delgado . I will not show the picture . Only an account . Also l have kept 20 pictures separately just for your book

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Looking forward to that book Hoss! I don’t know if it will remove “Man Eaters of Tsavo” from the top of my list, but I know it will be good!

 

[Hoss Delgado]

Looking forward to that book Hoss! I don’t know if it will remove “Man Eaters of Tsavo” from the top of my list, but I know it will be good!

It's a book about hunting in Different parts of the world : USA , UK , Africa , Sweden , Bangladesh , Kuch Bihar , South America and Australia . Also , l set out my experiences with EVERY rifle and Shotgun caliber l have EVER used . Finally , my interviews with the great professional Hunter , Mark Sullivan , the famous Elephant Culler , Terry Irwin and our very own , Sarge Kawshik Rahman . It's very picture heavy !

 

[crs]

CEH and CBH,
Thanks for the "likes" and noticing that not all on this forum need to be told how and what to shoot. I have friends that bought 416s , shot an ele, and then sold the rifle before their taxidermy was ready; now they mostly bird hunt.
Like many, I do like guns but prefer hunting. Over the years, I have accumulated a small battery from .22 to .458 that can take any animal on the planet and see no need for another rifle to customize, sight in, reload, and test shoot. I just want to hunt with the ones I have.
My first safari was with a Ruger 77 in .338 Win Mag and it and the Win Ammo performed admirably. It also took a nice Colorado bull a few years ago. I do not need to repeat that though and gave the rifle to my son.

It is interesting to shoot different animals with different rifles; next week my son and I are hunting Pronghorn in the Texas Panhandle with our .308s. Previous speed goat hunts were with .264 Mag, 1895 .405. 1886 45-90. Similarly for hogs; Model 1892 .357 , M70 .308, .405 DR and 1895, .45-70 DR and 1886. Same game for Texas exotics where a DR is fun too:


PS I am not the only eccentric hunter around as my best hunting buddy will use his homemade flintlock on our pronghorn hunt. Like many others, he has been there-done that and hunts his own way for his own reasons. My son is taking his .308 rather than his 6.5 Creedmore tack driver target rifle - it is just the .308's turn in the field.

Good hunting!

 

[Kawshik Rahman]

It's a book about hunting in Different parts of the world : USA , UK , Africa , Sweden , Bangladesh , Kuch Bihar , South America and Australia . Also , l set out my experiences with EVERY rifle and Shotgun caliber l have EVER used . Finally , my interviews with the great professional Hunter , Mark Sullivan , the famous Elephant Culler , Terry Irwin and our very own , Sarge Kawshik Rahman . It's very picture heavy !

Hoss Delgado ,
When you refer to Mark Sullivan , do you mean the gentleman with the mustache and the big double barrel rifles who makes dvds of his hunts ?

 

[Hoss Delgado]

Hoss Delgado ,
When you refer to Mark Sullivan , do you mean the gentleman with the mustache and the big double barrel rifles who makes dvds of his hunts ?

That's the one ! Great guy

 

[Kawshik Rahman]

That's the one ! Great guy

Hoss , l am certain he is . However , please be a bit cautious in what you write about Mr. Sullivan . It would not be wise to encourage his practices , as great a hunter as he is .

 

[Hoss Delgado]

Hoss , l am certain he is . However , please be a bit cautious in what you write about Mr. Sullivan . It would not be wise to encourage his practices , as great a hunter as he is .

I'm confused . He's a really cool hunter He gets into " Battles " with Buffalo and hippos