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Fantastic, really great rifle. Next stop Africa?
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Yes, Snow, planning to go in Mozambique with a portuguese friend to hunt "sincerus cafer cafer" after the general hunting season has closed. My friend knows very well a white hunter there who manage game also, at the end of hunting season. Hope we can do something good...Will try the new Woodleigh 400grs hydrostatic bullets in copper alloy, expect to get a bit more speed to flatten a bit the big 50. Penetration with such bullets will be enough i think. regards
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Marseille Did you try eating any of the meat from the various Buff's. and if so what is your impressions of it. That 50 AK appears to be the proper medicine for that trip. Thanks for the pictures. Good Hunting. Cheers NC
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Marseille, great pic's you bet! I enjoyed looking at those buff and wish you much success in Africa with your lever gun.
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Hi northcountry,Hi Tonk
My guide was not to happy to cook the meat and told me that it was too hard so i did'nt taste it. And i regret, next time (2013)will try backstrap. The .50 was ok for the job, the Hawk bullets performed well in spite of what i had read about, we recovered one, after butchering, gone through the boss, head, brain and was found after one foot course in the neck. The jacket and core separated at the end but were touching each other. May be the .050 jacket would have been better. The Woogleigh were ok too. Woodleigh has one monometal bullet made for the 50, it weight 400grs and must be better but was to late to import in France and test it before leaving. I plan to get some boxes (very expensive) and develop a load for Africa. May be, also, a Marlin conversion in 50Ak could be better for some people because it's easy to scope, but fixed sights were enough to me. Dom
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Marseille,
Excellent pictures! That looked to be good trip! Good to see you posting again. Look forward to more pictures!
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