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Of course , unless if you really neglect your arms and happen to live / hunt regularly in an area with high concentrations of salt water ; this is unlikely to happen . My own arms have blued steel barrels and in the last 40 plus years , I have never experienced any need to make a switch to...

It was September 19 , 1977 . I was conducting my work as a supervisor for the construction workmen in one of the tea estates around the Habiganj district . We were building a small irrigation canal from a nearby stream . After the work was over , the kind owner gave me permission to shoot...

Today , I will write about an incident where I was fortunate enough to shoot a rogue Asiatic elephant in 1977 . This incident features in chapter eight of my book and I personally consider it to have been one of the most exciting highlights in my dangerous game hunting career . During my youth...

Laurona 12 bore ( 2 3/4 inch chamber ) sidelock ejector shotgun owned by the author .

Another cheetah ( a marauder ) killed by the author ( pictured ) with a 12 bore and an Eley Alphamax LG shell . October 1976 .

The stream crossed by the author in the forest of Uttara on June 17, 1973 . Today , neither the stream nor the forest exist .

Female cheetah killed by the author with a side brain shot , employing a .22 LR . June 17 , 1973 .

Left to right : Modern Winchester 2 3/4 inch Magnum SG shell ( 12 copper plated slugs ) , Eley Alphamax 2 3/4 inch LG shell ( eight antimony hardened slugs ) , Locally reloaded 2 3/4 inch LG shell ( six antimony hardened slugs ) .

@typilotguy Thank you so much .

@WAB You are right .

@Wheels Thank you . I should stress that even at the age of 19 , the only reason why Joy and I dared to try using a .22 LR on cheetahs was because : A . They were lying down . B . There was a stream between us and I knew that they could not charge , should our experiment prove unsuccessful (...

.338 Winchester Magnum and 250 grain Nosler Partitions.

@bruce moulds I beg to differ . I find 500 grain Nosler Partition soft nosed bullets to be quite excellent in my .458 WM ( Winchester Magnum ) . If you do not like Nosler Partition bullets and would prefer something else ( like a Swift A Frame ) , then that is fine .

@Wyatt Smith Thank you so much .

@StephenZambia No . Cheetahs ( as English speaking countries recognize them ) went extinct in South East Asia in 1949 . That is at least 22 years before Bangladesh became independent .

1977 . I was appointed to shoot a rogue Asiatic elephant . I was carrying my .458 WM (Winchester Magnum ) . It was custom built on a Winchester Enfield 1917 action with a Douglas Premium barrel and a French walnut stock by Flaig’s in Millvale , Pennsylvania . I was using Winchester Super...

@Nyati Thank you so much .

@norfolk shooter It was a wild boar . Frontal heart shot . The bullet buried itself in a jackfruit tree , after completely passing through the animal .

I would opt for a .338 Winchester Magnum and 250 grain Nosler Partition soft nosed loads for an exclusive plains game hunt ( taking eland into consideration ) .

@IvW It would appear that you and I are both right .

@Andrew Short Thank you . It was very foolish of me to go after those cheetahs with a .22 LR . But I was a reckless teenager at the time . If I had to do it all over again , then I would use my .458 WM and a 500 grain Nosler Partition soft point bullet .

@Uncle Sauce I am very happy that you enjoyed it .

Hi , my name is Anayeth . Here is my big bore of choice . .458 WM ( Winchester Magnum ) built on a Winchester Enfield 1917 action by Flaigs ( Millvale , Pennsylvania) in 1973 . Douglas Premium barrel , French walnut stock . Very effective on Royal Bengal tigers , Asiatic elephants , wild...

I am partial to the .45 calibre ( namely .458 Winchester Magnum ) . However , I also think quite highly of the .500/416 Nitro Express .

After 1973 , I know of a few more cheetahs which were shot in that part of Uttara . By 1975 however , the entire forest had completely been cut down . Hazrat Shahjalal international airport had been built , over there . Today , you will be lucky enough to find a crow ( let alone a cheetah ) in...

We decided the cross the stream and examine the two cheetahs which we had successfully killed . I handed the BRNO .22 LR back to Mustapha , and retrieved the Laurona 12 bore from him . I rolled the legs of my cream flannel dress trousers up to my knees , while Joy and Mustapha did the same ...

At late noon on the following day , we ( Joy , Mustapha and I ) drove my pickup truck into the area which is now known as Uttara . We kept going until we had reached the partially completed airstrip . It was here that we parked the truck and decided to continue the rest of the journey on...

Today , Bangladesh’s largest airport is located in the capital city ( Dacca ) . It is called Hazrat Shah Jalal international airport . You will not even find a crow there , today . However this was not always the case . Until 1975 , the area which is now Hazrat Shah Jalal international airport...

Today , I will relate one incident from 1973 where we took out no less than three cheetahs in one evening . The incident is recorded in chapter four of my book and the depressing thing is that the forest where this incident occurred , is today the location of the country’s largest international...

Two boxes of shells , factory loaded with 510 grain soft nosed bullets . One box of shells , factory loaded with 500 grain round nosed steel jacketed solids .

Hiram’s children posing for a photograph taken by the author with their toy . February , 1977 .

The author with the corpse of the Upojati tribal man which was killed by the marauding Royal Bengal tiger . December 23 , 1976 .

The author ( front ) and duck hunting party . Maulvi Bazaar forest , 1976 .

Upojati children carrying buckets full of tree ducks shot by author and friends . December 22 , 1976

I also own .458 WM ammunition of the same vintage as you do . Two boxes of shells , factory loaded with 510 grain soft nosed bullets . One box of shells , factory loaded with 500 grain round nosed steel jacketed solids .

Yes . Stopping this from happening . Of course , unless if you really neglect your arms and happen to live / hunt regularly in an area with high concentrations of salt water ; this is unlikely to happen . My own arms have blued steel barrels and in the last 40 plus years , I have never...

@Edward Dutra Thank you so much .

@Major Khan Sir , thank you for always being so supportive towards me . Yes , I am coming to the crane shikar . @gillettehunter I am very happy that you were able to understand my predicament.

This is very nice . I own and use a .458 WM ( Winchester Magnum ) for hunting big game , as well . It sees use on Axis deer and wild boar , on a routine basis . However , I have also used it to take a marauding Royal Bengal tiger in 1976 and a rogue Asiatic elephant in 1977 . Mine is custom...

.458 WM ( Winchester Magnum ) built on Winchester Enfield 1917 action by Flaigs ( Millvale , Pennsylvania) in 1973 . Douglas Premium barrel , French walnut stock .

Recovered 500 grain Hornady DGS copper clad steel jacketed meplat ( flat nose ) solid ( fired from factory loaded ammunition ) . Chronographed velocity is 2137 feet per second .

I hope that maybe some of you have enjoyed this story of mine. More such incidents ( and photographs ) can be found in my book “ Jokhon Shikari Chilam “ ( When I hunted dangerous game ) , which was published in 1999.

Eley Alphamax LG shells owned by the author ( currently discontinued from Eley Hawk Limited’s product line , who now manufacture no shot size larger than BB )