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You fellows are posting up some outstanding buffalo photos . Man, great stuff!

yep : I will second this post from a redneck from northern Minnesota ,unless I start > a go fund me to a Africa for a buffalo hunt I won`t be going either ! great posts of pictures and post reads too. thank you all,Pete53

Incredible! The head on that beast is gigantic. Are the Masailand buffs bigger than normal? If there is such a thing as normal.

They are as a rule bigger, yes.

There were bigger ones, but this guy had a scarred up rump from a lion attack, chewed ears, busted up bosses and deep curls.

To think I was going to give up a buffalo hunt next year to parlay some other hunts. (Wife thinks I spend too way much money on guns and hunting -- I'm too old to get another one.) Now, after seeing these pictures and testimonies I got ta go for buffalo. I thought I had to have a 416. Now I'm second guesssing. I've only been to Cameroon and that was only once: elephant, croc and hippo's were the only big game around. But mostly just different forms of snakes and monkeys.

Do you rely on the PH to supply a rifle if your's went south or ammo went missing or whatever?

??? Good question. I would hate to arrive without my gear.

My PH had a backup rifle. I never had with my Ruger. Do the buff hunt. It's the best. Bob

My two proven DG rifles look pretty ordinary, but they have been very effective in the field:
1895 .405 WCF:




1886 45-90 :


450 grain Kodiak at 2150 fps knocked down ele- finished it off with NF and Punch. Also took three buff (450 Kodiak) and one leopard (Nosler PP) with one shot kills.

Bullets and bullet placement are the key.

FYI, I used to think the same thing about the TTSX. The .338 caliber one on the left below went through over three feet of moose bone, muscle, etc … on an angled shot before stopping under the hide on the far side. Impact velocity was about 3,050 fps. It now weighs in at 194 grains. It did everything I could ask of it, but it did shed about 14% of its weight doing all that it did. It's sitting next to my son's formerly-95-gr .243 SST that we recovered from his deer last Saturday for scale.

Here's one of mine 300 grain partition, I like them.

A nice lump of lead.

I have always brought my own rifle. The quality of loaner/rental rifles and ammunition available from the PH vary. My suggestion is to determine far in advance what rifle and ammunition the PH has available for clients, including pics and govern yourself accordingly.

jdollar is right about Partitions. They kill VERY GOOD on thin skinned game. Moose,Deer,Bear,Cats ect. I used a 140 grain partition in a 6.5 Win Mag to harvest a Leopard. I personally would not use them on Buff. The Mono's or A-Frames are a much better choice!!! A few years back I shot an Elk in Montana with a 7mm rem mag. using a 160gr. Partition. The Elk was quartered away at about 100 yards. It had the most blood shot shoulder I have ever seen. That's when I quit using them.

From my limited experience.

TSX .375 300