Quicksand Fans

Well, not actually. However, testing out some serious boomstick today
Ruger No. 1 in .375 H&H Magnum
Yes folks, that would be an Elephant Gun in this calibre It's something when you have him shooting a rifle whose round is so powerful that he can't even risk it on the armoured plates meant for actual rifles. Just comparing it to a .308 is a giggle.

Bigger cartridges are mandated nowadays simply to ensure a quick clean kill (and a non-trampled hunter). Some of the most famous elephant hunters in history (Including Teddy Roosevelt) used a 30-06. You can take them down with a bow and arrow if you have balls as big as this chick....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/w ... arrow.html

That is ballsy. I do note the beast trundled on for a quarter of a mile though. Which I think would be sub-optimal if you were in that general direction Still, quite a feat for her.

Part of the attraction is hunting an animal that's actually capable of defending itself. Yea you have a gun......but Jumbo weighs 8 tons, can run at 30mph and has a mean temper. It's like trying to kill an angry dump truck.

Poor folk like me will sadly never get the experience. I'll have to settle for a Hippo or a Cape Buffalo when I scratch Africa off my bucket list.

Is Full-Auto Fire Practical? Short little clip for some 2-litre carnage it's always fun to kill hollywood myths.

Also, some stills from the Knob Creek Machinegun Shoot last week

Shooting the Breeze #11 Updated for the yakking from the loading table

This is how you hunt like a sir.....skip to 15:30 for the cartridge comparison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDYtxxRU_cY

When you have to hunt like a boss

**first thing I thought was his hold was off leftie

Calculations thanks to Wiki......

4 Bore (Black Powder): 1,750 grain projectile. Muzzle velocity around 1330 ft/sec. Equals out to 6,750 ft/lbs of muzzle energy.

.500 Nitro Express (modern smokeless powder): 570 grain projectile. Muzzle velocity = 2180 ft/sec. 5850 ft/lbs of muzzle energy.

Bet I could get a big piece of bar stock and machine it to fit those cartridges. Be legal too because it's black powder.

Can you imagine the look on an intruder's face when you give them their close-up make my day moment
Have a hose ready for the shit