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  • Fjold
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Oct 2005
    • 22745

    Getting my 375 ready for Africa

    I love this gun!

    I went out shooting the 375 H&H this morning getting ready for my hunting trip next month and shot it off the shooting sticks to set it up 1" high at 100 yards.

    I've been shooting it with another bullet for practice (300 grain Hornady softpoints because they're cheaper) and my 300 grain TSX load shoots about 2-3 inches left at 100 yards (top right target). I adjusted it too many clicks right (1/2" clicks, Duh!) and shot the bottom right target (adjusted between shots).

    I then shot one shot at each target on the left and was happy with it.

    The expected shots for bushbuck are <100 yards and I'll shoot it out to about 200 yards for blue wildebeest, impala, etc.

    I hate the I phone on photobucket! If the picture doesn't look right, rotate the picture 90 degrees left.

    Last edited by Fjold; 08-25-2013, 10:30 AM.
    Frank

    One rifle, one planet, Holland's 375




    Life Member NRA, CRPA and SAF
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    Divernhunter
    Calguns Addict
    • May 2010
    • 8753

    That should work. Heck for plains game in a 375 the Hornady bullets would work.
    Have a great trip.
    A 30cal will reach out and touch them. A 50cal will kick their butt.
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      ewarmour
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2008
      • 904

      Lucky... a safari is on my bucket list. Seems so far outta my reach at the moment...

      This makes more sense:
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        CSACANNONEER
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        • Dec 2006
        • 44092

        Have a great trip. I can't wait to read your after action report. Your cape buffalo story will always be one of the best reads on CGN.
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        • #5
          G21Shooter
          Veteran Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 3577

          Originally posted by CSACANNONEER
          Have a great trip. I can't wait to read your after action report. Your cape buffalo story will always be one of the best reads on CGN.
          +1 Post pics when you get back!

          Nice rifle.

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            Trenchfoot
            Calguns Addict
            • Dec 2012
            • 7293

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            • #7
              Fjold
              I need a LIFE!!
              • Oct 2005
              • 22745

              I like the acapella version better.

              Frank

              One rifle, one planet, Holland's 375




              Life Member NRA, CRPA and SAF

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              • #8
                ExtremeX
                Calguns Addict
                • Sep 2010
                • 7160

                Originally posted by CSACANNONEER
                Have a great trip. I can't wait to read your after action report. Your cape buffalo story will always be one of the best reads on CGN.
                Can you link it, I would love to read it.

                OP, Have an excellent trip.
                ExtremeX

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                • #9
                  Fjold
                  I need a LIFE!!
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 22745

                  Originally posted by ExtremeX
                  Can you link it, I would love to read it.

                  OP, Have an excellent trip.
                  Frank

                  One rifle, one planet, Holland's 375




                  Life Member NRA, CRPA and SAF

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                  • #10
                    Flouncer
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2010
                    • 1305

                    Frank I just read the linked story and wanted to thank you for taking the time to write that up and post it. Good luck this time.
                    Last edited by Flouncer; 08-25-2013, 7:05 PM.
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                    • #11
                      ebencikiv
                      Veteran Member
                      • Feb 2010
                      • 4527

                      Good Luck!

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                      • #12
                        ivanimal
                        Janitors assistant
                        CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                        • Sep 2002
                        • 14348

                        Always enjoy reading what your world looks like! Great hunt, and be safe!
                        "I would kill for a Nobel peace prize." Steven Wright"
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                        • #13
                          mark501w
                          Senior Member
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 1699

                          Looks like meat on the table .

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                          • #14
                            Subotai
                            I need a LIFE!!
                            • Jun 2010
                            • 11289

                            Excellent story, Frank. I didn't know they'd actually lie in wait for you and try to ambush you! Wow. Your guide wanted to leave before it got dark and he came looking for you, straight out of a horror movie! LOL!
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                            • #15
                              Gnome
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 1693

                              Great story. I had heard/read Cape Buffalo is said to be the only animal that hunts you, while you're hunting it. Looks like it's true.

                              Originally posted by E Pluribus Unum
                              During Y2K my neighbor and I were talking and he said he had a basement full of water and canned food. He asked if I had stocked up and I said that I had. I told him I bought a 12 guage shotgun, a .308 rifle and several bricks of .22 ammo.

                              He is an anti-gun guy and he said. "Well, you can't eat ammunition". I replied with "When I'm starving to death with a case of ammunition, who's door do you think I am going to knock on?"

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