The real you

[PT7]

That zebra's size looks impressive. Nice photo

[Mags]

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What does it taste like?

Thanks for sharing tarbe! Good pic! Bet that was fun!

Oh yeah! It was a blast!

Here is another favorite picture with my hunting buddies.

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[tarbe]

beautiful .... just curious, what type and caliber rifle did you use .... what type of ammo

Ruger No1 single shot in 300 Holland & Holland.

My load was a 180gr Barnes Tipped Triple Shock over IMR7828 Short Cut powder with a Fed 215 primer in Hornady brass.

I am not mentioning the powder charge as I had the throat cut 0.2” long on this rifle, so I could seat the bullets out and increase the powder charge. MV was 3,150 FPS.

Scope is a Leopold VX-6 2-12x.

The rifle/scope/load worked great on the whole spectrum - from 25 pound Jackals to 1,800 pound Eland and from 25 yard moving shots to 300 yards.

[tarbe]

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What does it taste like?

Thanks for sharing tarbe! Good pic! Bet that was fun!

Oh yeah! It was a blast!

Here is another favorite picture with my hunting buddies.

Tim Arbeiter_ Zebra (8).JPG

Zebra is actually quite good. Just be sure to trim all the fat off!

We ate quite a few different animals and they were all good to great.

[markiver54]

Bet any leftovers did't go to waste!

[tarbe]

Bet any leftovers did't go to waste!

You are correct, sir!

No such thing as leftovers in most of Africa.

Even more true where I am headed in two months - Zimbabwe (as opposed to South Africa in 2015).

[JEBar]

Ruger No1 single shot in 300 Holland & Holland.

interesting .... impressive specs, very close to those of our 300 WBY Mag with the same powder .... info appreciated .... I've never hunted over there and doubt I ever will but its good to know we have a rifle capable of doing so

[tarbe]

Ruger No1 single shot in 300 Holland & Holland.

interesting .... impressive specs, very close to those of our 300 WBY Mag with the same powder .... info appreciated .... I've never hunted over there and doubt I ever will but its good to know we have a rifle capable of doing so

Many consider the 300 Magnum marginal for Eland, and I agree that one should be very careful on placement and angles - not much margin for error.

But for the "smaller" stuff like Waterbuck, Zebra, Kudu, Wildebeest, Gemsbok etc, I think it is ideal, with premium bullets of course.

Good bullets in the right place is always the best prescription!

[markiver54]

Hunting is all about bullet placement. If one is not capable of a humane kill...then don't even try. I love animals and will eat them as well! Nothing should suffer though, when avoidable.

[JEBar]

Good bullets in the right place is always the best prescription!

ain't that the truth

[BigAl52]

Bringin this to the top again to remind Esquared to get in the game.

[daytime dave]

I am finding this an interesting post myself. Thanks Al.

[Pat]

Me and my youngest

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[Vaquero]

Nice pic Pat, what kinda pistola you totin' there?

RP

[markiver54]

That's some beautiful country Pat, thanks for posting! Nice pic of you and your young'n.

[BigAl52]

Great pic Pat. Thanks for sharing with us. I think I read where you are in Alaska. I bet thats one of them big ole hog legs as RR would call it Randy

[Pat]

Nice pic Pat, what kinda pistola you totin' there?

RP

Thanks , its a New Vaquero 45colt

[Pat]

That's some beautiful country Pat, thanks for posting! Nice pic of you and your young'n.

Thank You

[Pat]

Great pic Pat. Thanks for sharing with us. I think I read where you are in Alaska. I bet thats one of them big ole hog legs as RR would call it Randy

Thanks !! Yeah im up in Alaska, its just a New Vaquero 45colt......... but i sure got my eye on a black 454casull

[markiver54]

Great pic Pat. Thanks for sharing with us. I think I read where you are in Alaska. I bet thats one of them big ole hog legs as RR would call it Randy

Thanks !! Yeah im up in Alaska, its just a New Vaquero 45colt......... but i sure got my eye on a black 454casull

Have a very nice chest rig for my 500 mag. Looks a lot like yours. It is a Gene Desantis.

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