Just past 17:50 wow

As Doctari says, the loudest sound in Africa is a “click” when you were expecting a “bang!” Thankfully, for all involved, the buffalo obliged and that’s as far as it went.

I reckon hearing that click on an empty chamber or worse, on a cartridge that failed.
Certainly would up the palpitations when a very angry dangerous game animal was coming to have words with you!
 
Fortunately not all hunters are like that.

As a youngster I got a slap against the head for being overly excited downing a warthog. My old man, being very old school reminded me to have respect for any animal you hunt & treat it with dignity, regardless of the specie or "wow" factor.
I understand every one have their own ethics & beliefs, but I feel we owe it to the animals we hunt to be prepared & hunt respectfully to the best of our abilities.
This guy was totally ill prepared, but made up with it in arrogance.
A terrible ambassador for all international hunters.

Fortunately I do not earn my living by being a PH, I would probably lose out on a paycheck and gain a lawsuit IF I had to deal with a know it all client like this. Hats off to the professionals.
 

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Currently doing a load development on a .404 Jeffrey... it's always surprising to load .423 caliber bullets into a .404 caliber rifle. But we love it when we get 400 Gr North Fork SS bullets to 2300 FPS, those should hammer down on buffalo. Next up are the Cutting Edge solids and then Raptors... load 200 rounds of ammo for the customer and on to the next gun!
To much to political shit, to little Africa :-)
Spending a few years hunting out west then back to Africa!
mebawana wrote on MB_GP42's profile.
Hello. If you haven't already sold this rifle then I will purchase. Please advise. Thank you.
jbirdwell wrote on uplander01's profile.
I doubt you are interested in any trades but I was getting ready to list a Sauer 404 3 barrel set in the 10-12 price range if your interested. It has the 404J, 30-06 and 6.5 Creedmoor barrel. Only the 30-06 had been shot and it has 7 rounds through it as I was working on breaking the barrel in. It also has both the synthetic thumbhole stock and somewhere between grade 3-5 non thumbhole stock

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