Verskoon my vir die twee stukkies wat ek hier plaas, dit raakgeloop toe ek so bietjie terug gedwaal het in die verlede se jagte.
Hierdie glo ek kan nou nie beskryf word as "eienaardige koeël gedrag" nie, maar eerder as dit wat mens verwag van 'n goeie gehalte gestabiliseerde koeël, gelanseer uit dood gewone fabrieksvervaardigde jaggewere.
15. "Facing the setting sun, the (hartebeest) bull probably could not identify me and moved left and clear of the others for a better look. He was facing me at a slight angle and I steadied the crosshair on the point of his shoulder.
At the shot I felt no recoil, but clearly heard the strike of the bullet. The old one turned and tried to follow the others, but his legs would not carry him. I watched the spot where he went down in the long grass for a few seconds, then made my way over there. One hundred and ninety paces later I knelt beside him. Later, during the autopsy, I found that the 130gr GS Custom bullet (launched out of the writers .30-06) had broken the near shoulder, passed over the heart, destroying the 'plumbing', and continued through the liver and rumen to lodge under the skin in front of the far back leg - phenomenal penetration for such a light bullet." ~ Article in Man Magnum's January 2009 issue written by Koos Barnard - page 46 refers.
25. It is amazing what accuracy out of a small calibre rifle with a premium grade bullet can bring about. I went on a Blesbuck hunting trip early Tuesday morning, 18 May 2010.
At just over 100m I took my first ram with a perfectly placed, high neckshot out of my .222 Remington Anschutz rifle with a GSCHV 40gr hunting bullet.
The second ram presented itself with an opportunity for a shot at 140m. Once again a nicely placed, high neckshot dropped him in his tracks.
Both bullets penetrated completely and couldn't be retrieved.
This, quite so easy an achievement, makes a total laugh of Magnum's statement made in Shooter's Clinic on page 75 in their April 2010 edition, namely:
"The .222 Remington is not the ideal cartridge for springbuck or bushbuck, no matter what bullet you use."
Springbuck is smaller than Blesbuck and Bushbuck could be same size or slightly larger than Blesbuck again.
So why on earth is the .222 Remington, according to Magnum, not suitable to hunt these antelopes with 'no matter what bullet you use', again as stated in Magnum?
Koos Geldenhuys, Witbank - 18 May 2010.