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Shooting with big bore rifles is not a heroic act that should result in injuries and scars. Some people should perhaps reconsider whether they continue shooting with such rifles before they suffer even more serious injuries. Everything does not seem very serious to outsiders who are not familiar...

As for Mark Sullivan bloody finger, that is not uncommon when shooting rifles with strong recoil. You have to remember by shooting to hold tightly the pistol grip of the rifle to avoid slipping towards the trigger guard, but that is easier said than done, especially if you have to fire quickly...

I would rather say the cartridge 600 Nitro Express represents the upper limit, because anyone who can handle a DR caliber 577 Nitro Express will also be able to handle a DR caliber 600 Nitro Express. The rifles are comparable in terms of handling and the recoil of a DR caliber 600 Nitro Express...

Since hunting in Africa is far from extreme adventure conditions and is increasingly comparable to tourism, I recommend appropriate clothing. You don't necessarily need gaiters, for the few hours you spend in the field, this is not necessary. In the evening, you can shower and relax at the camp...

Dislike this videos. It are not very convincing regarding the working of big bores on dangerous game. I have shot more than one buffalo and a few elephants with cartridges like the 460 Weatherby Magnum and 500 Schüler. I know how they go down after a good shot placement. Every one can have...

All these cartridges were originally intended for something like this.

If I had nothing else at my disposal, I would also try to shoot a buffalo with the cartridge 360 N°2 Nitro Express, but only with a FMJ bullet. It worked well three times with the cartridge 9,3x74R.

It is certain that such cartridges are very marginal for DG hunting, but very comparable cartridges like the 9,3x74R or the 9,3x62 are it also. The last two were also primary designed for hunting heavy game in Europe and only later they find the way to Africa, above all for hunting PG, which is...

The cartridge 360 N°2 Nitro Express is very comparable to the cartridge 9,3x74R, so it is suitable for the same purposes as the other one, meaning primarily heavy game and to a certain extent dangerous game, among other also buffalo.

The box lock action looks like a PHV-1 action from Webley & Scott.

But there is no reason to blame only the American companies. Other manufacturers worldwide and Europeans also, can make mistakes.

If you look at the daily production of cartridges worldwide, it would be somewhat unrealistic to believe that everything always runs without mistakes. The errors are rather not noticed by the majority of users. Nobody checks the alloy of the bullets with a magnet or tests the load of the factory...

This seems strange to me too, although it cannot be exclude with absolute certainty. If the bullets differ in terms of alloy but look the same, a mistake could have occurred, but it is sure that this was not done intentionally. Mistakes have already happened by powder loads of factory...

The topic has inspired me to check what I have used in the past and what I still have in stock, but it is mainly about 500gr FMJ bullets caliber 458. The older bullets from Hornady, also those of the older factory loads from Weatherby are steel jacketed, but the recent one are only copper...

I own a custom Brevex rifle caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum without any recoil reducing device. Something like that exists, and it's not that rare in France because there are some custom rifles of this caliber built in the past.

It is to be expected that you will be attacked. The cow was certainly dead and for this reason it would have been wiser in a first time to move away in order to keep a safe distance and wait to see what happens. Fortunately, the incident ended well, but not for the second cow.

There are different kind of hunting, sometimes for the same game species, in this case also for the elephant. I hunted trophy elephants as well as crop raiders. Shooting crop raiders certainly does not have the charm of a trophy hunt where you have to follow tracks for days to find a right big...

Not entirely true despite the fact that something like this can be read again and again. Initially, attempts were made to designed the cartridge 338 Lapua Magnum by necking down the cartridge 416 Rigby, but apparently it did not work so well so that a different new case was ultimately designed...

The cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum is a very easy to reload cartridge. The same is not true for other cartridges of this caliber class if you want to reach a good performance with those. One can use for the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum cartridges a big variety of components. There are numerous...

Just ask in Mycenae how they did it. After all, fairly well-preserved over 3000 years old boar tusk helmets were found in the graves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boar%27s_tusk_helmet

You don't have to avoid them; you can also shoot elephants, especially crop raiders, in the middle of the night. You need a light source, and a rifle with a scope can be very helpful. As Europeans, we are experienced in shooting wild boars at night. Basically, the technique is the same. You sit...

A lot will work well, but it also depends on what you want to do with your Black Powder rifle, especially whether you want to hunt with it. I think the smoke, in particular, caused in the past a number of problems, especially when hunting dangerous game. This is probably why Black Powder rifles...

Theoretically it is certainly easier to load all these cartridges with Black Powder, as long as the suitable Black Powder is available. But anyone who has ever shot with black powder knows all of its side effects during shooting and also afterward when it comes to cleaning the rifle. The Nitro...

One rifle is not enough for everything you can hunt and shoot worldwide. It's certainly possible to shoot a lot of game with a large caliber rifle like a 458 Lott, even smaller game species, but you quickly reach certain limits, especially when it comes to shoot at longer distance. However, you...

In my opinion it is a Blaser falling block action.

It's a bit like if we were to ask in Africa what rifle we need for wild boar hunting in our countries.

Anyone like me who wanted to have a rifle caliber 500 Jeffery built in the 1990s had to turn to some experienced, well-known gunsmiths. Back then, Ritterbusch regularly advertised about his big game rifles in the magazine HATARI TIMES , so I turned to him and he built for me the rifle according...

I have no experience with Heeren falling block rifles, but in general, falling block actions from Sharp, Farquharson and similar actions, are considered in comparison superior in concept. Johann Fanzoj does not seem to build any falling block rifles.

@Aussie_Hunter Did H&W tell you how long you have to wait for a rifle ?

These are all gunsmiths who have experience with rifles for big game hunting in Africa. Anyone who wants to have for example a rifle caliber 500 Jeffery built, will be well served by them.

Prechtl would also be an option. Somewhat comparable to Johannsen in terms of rifle quality. I am also sometime client by him. https://www.prechtl-waffen.de/home

Reimer Johannsen is not shrouded in mystery; he owns a gun shop and sells a lot of items, among other things components for reloading cartridges. I often buy from him online. https://reimer-johannsen.de/

Reimer Johannsen belongs to the upper class when it comes to building custom hunting rifles. More comparable to Hartmann & Weiss than to Rigby or Heym, which primarily produces serial or semi-custom rifles. Prices are also not comparable. A friend of mine own such a rifle caliber 416 Rigby built...

Graham Wright recommends for the cartridge 450 BPE in his books several loads with various powders, but I don't know all of them. IMR 3031 seems also to me to be the best suited for replicating old Cordite loads and accordingly Nitro for Black loads. I use VECTAN TUBAL 3000, a powder very...

In some shooting associations such cartridges are already referred to as "big bore" cartridges. In France, many shooters say that they shoot with une arme de gros calibre when referring to the cartridge 7,62x51mm NATO. The hunters see it a little differently, but the term big bores remains very...

I also know this company from Innsbruck because it was one of the companies that imported rifles caliber 11,2x72 Schüler from Suhl. Due to legal reasons, the ammunition had to be manufactured in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was therefore produced in Bratislava under the name 11,2x71mm Rapid.

No matter how well trained you are, when you shoot with a big bore rifle everyone can see that the recoil is strong. If it looks like you are shooting with a rifle of smaller caliber, it's a reduced load or it's not a big bore rifle.

Interesting observation. I rarely watch hunting videos for many reasons and I have never noticed anything like this. Perhaps there is a lot more staged in such videos than expected. I have also participated in promotional videos about hunting and fishing worldwide and that's why I know that not...

I answered to the question: The "Best" big bore cartridges ever created!!! What is the best rifle for the best big bore cartridge is a different topic. The best big bore cartridge, if such a thing really exists, can no longer be the best in a rifle that is not suitable for it.

With a good load, the cartridge 460 Weatherby Magnum is still the best you can have in the big bore class. With a higher muzzle velocity compared to other big bore cartridges, this cartridge has a very good external ballistic and therefore it is possible to shoot at longer range if necessary...

Sure, when speaking about Ferlach, Suhl, Herstal or Saint-Etienne for example, we speak about a guild of many gunmakers.

That was just a small contribution to history. Everything is becoming globalized nowadays and Ferlach also wants to be active on the international market, but traditions always shape the very old gunmakers companies.

The lines regarding rifles manufacturing and cartridge designing were already established before the First World War in both empire. Germany and Austria-Hungary were two very different empires. This was also reflected in the hunting traditions and the rifles used. Franz Joseph I. and Wilhelm II...

Ferlach is located in a region of Europe with a rich hunting tradition. For hunting in the Alpine region and surrounding areas you don't need rifles of bigger calibers. The rifles manufactured there are accordingly this situation. Hunting in Africa was not an issue for a long time in Ferlach...

The reference should be the ear canal and that seems to be a bit higher to me. No matter what, the elephant's brain is extremely small compared to the heart and lungs and can therefore easily be missed. I speak from personal experience. It is therefore understandable that a PH would prefer the...

In Ferlach, rifles of high quality have always been produced, but as far as their design is concerned, it is a matter of taste. In German-speaking countries we call that baroque rifles, comparable to the pompous and opulent ornamentation of the baroque architectural style of the 18th Century. As...