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Old February 18, 2009, 03:14 AM   #8
Socrates
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IIRC, the guys that go to Africa generally shoot baboons on site. They are an African pest, apparently. They are extremely tough, and a 375 H&H, or even the 375 Rum are not considered improper. Same with Hyenas.

Chimps aren't far behind. They are incredibly powerful, and, your chances of getting a shot off aren't much, since they are also VERY fast, and smart.

Watch a chimp take a car tire and bend it into a figure 8, and you'll get the general idea.
In this situation, there simply is never enough gun.

Situations like that are what this gun was designed for:
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IIRC: The .510 Van Horn is a shortened .460 or .378 Weatherby case, made to fit in a standard action, necked up to .510". It will give you a chronographed 2150 fps, with a 600 grain Barnes solid.
It's a beautiful rifle, and a piece of history. The price includes dies and brass. Please contact Jack for the exact details.
The rifle is the one without the scope in the pictures, and the darker wood.


The loose brass is the 600 grain Barnes, @ 2150 fps. It is ONLY a stopping rifle, setup to feed 600 grain round nose bullets. This is the perfect PH rifle.
Heres what it looks like shooting it:
Price is $2500.00
P17 enfield action. rifle was made by Bob Boggs and Charlie Merit, using Gil's reamer. First Van Horn big bore. Recoil lug/rear site assembly was done by
Ed Harris.
Comes with dies, brass about 30 pieces, already formed.
This is a stopping rifle, period. Same class as the .505 Gibbs, etc.
It feeds FLAWLESSLY.

And all those folks that make fun of our high powered snubbies, this one's in 50-110, that's a buffalo cartridge:


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