Recent content by Bwana Barry

So when, where or how did the story begin about copper brushes "damaging" a barrel ?

Hunting with FMJ are banned in S Africa, thank goodness.

a) If it passes / zips through, it still uses up energy after exiting. b) It also limits your shot if there are other animals standing behind it, or even at a slight angle behind the targeted animal. c) Blood trails are not always required- depending on the terrain. d) I have found in 50 years...

Yes. I have springbok, warthog and gemsbok (oryx) life-sized which I practice on during the last practice-shoot before a hunt. Buck at 200mtrs and warthog at 50mtrs. My club which is affiliated to CHASA (Confed of SA Hunters) arranges two club/field-shoots a year , inter alia, with warthog...

Steve, I do not use Hammer bullets because of the horrendous exchange-rate US$ to S A Rand (15:1), and that I hate. I can almost guarantee that you will not get even one person admitting that they actually HATE Hammer bullets - probably because one cannot hate them from what I have read (and no...

Maybe even a 7mm-08 Remington...just sayin..

I must add, that I do not shoot game at over 250 yards........

I used Tasco World Class 4 x40 on a 7 x57 in Namibia many years ago and shot dozens and dozens of Oryx, kudu, hartebeest and warthog. Modern hunters are becoming "too opposite" of simplifying re scopes and ammunition. On my 1987 30-06 Oberndorf, I use a 6 x 42 Swarofski...... One sees the same...

6.5 x55 Swede. Any scope in that price range, but min 50mm Hornady GMX, Peregrine ( S African), Barnes, Hammers

I have NEVER seen such accuracy as I did with Scenar 139gr in my 6.5x55 at 100 and 250mtrs, but have never hunted with them. A lot of hunters rave about them (incl in S Africa) but many are against using a match bullet on game. I am afraid to put it to the test, but if I do, it will only be on...

To be fair, I have been more than satisfied with my CZ 6.5x55's performance using Hornady Interlock 140gr and Federal Fusion 140gr, Norma Oryx 156gr. Most, if not all bullets would give good results if bullet placed correctly. So why do we all have our personal and different choices? Meat...

139gr?

My Mauser Oberndorf 30-06 built in 1987 in Windhoek Namibia, and which has taken hundreds of African plains Game with SHPBT 165gr and NP180gr , is now well-oiled and standing in my gun safe......Swede rules.

I have had Federal Fusion 140gr pass through neck and double-lung on two different kudu bulls at 200yards with CZ Swede. Pass throughs on warthog, fallow deer and springbok at 150 - 250 yards Would love to buy Hammers, but at 15 S African Rand to 1dollar, it becomes very expensive. If I hunted...

I did reply but somehow it got lost... Reason? Only sentimental and more about the actual gun / rifle than ballistics etc. (But a Heym 375 double would be my next choice.)