My New One Gun Battery

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

After the fire back in May that took out all my toys ,I bought another CZ 458 Lott , this one from my friend the elephant hunter in Kansas .. Jus got it yesterday ..

shrpshtrjoe · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Howdy Jack Very Happy

. Glad to see things are getting better for ya. Nice rifle. Gettin new guns always puts a smile on the face Very Happy

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Joe

hunterjoe21 · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Thats a good lookin rifle.

Are ya gonna stay with open sights or scope it?

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Well I got a 2.5x Weaver for it .. My eyes prefer a scope , but I prefer the open sights .. The scope will probably stay off more than on ...

1895ss · Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Nice rifle, I hope it doesn't take you long to get your favorite calibers again. Good luck.

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

SS I HAVE all my favorite calibers back again Very Happy

Unless I can fetch up another 500 NE double Sad

No more house full of guns ..

Handloader · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

GroovyJack

One rifle battery? Maybe. Certainly you could not be accused of being undergunned in any situation.

Now, I don't know if they have prairie dogs in Alabama. If not, come west young man and join my son and I for our annual Big Bore Prairie Dog shoot. Calibers must be 40 cal, CF, or bigger. As you can imagine, we don't expend a lot of ammo, but, it is an amazing time and allows us to use the Caldwell Lead Sled w/100lbs of shot on the platform. My son shoots my former 458 Lott, which he immediately appropriated as his own. That leaves me with a mere 416 Rigby, but, the thought of a 500 Nitro is enticing. 50 BMG, why not?

We are not sure if we are really killing the little creatures or simply burying them. They simply disappear.

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Now THAT sounds FUN Very Happy

Do I need solids or softs ?? Confused

HHMM solids = less pelt damage Very Happy

But then softs , well he prolly wont be attacking if only wounded Shocked

So when is this ?? Or is it an ongoing event ??

Handloader · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Alright GroovyJack! That's the spirit!!

It is an annual event that now has extended to five stalwart big bore morons like me. We hold it on the first weekend of July, typically on the Navajo reservation, a place that is overrun with prairie dogs in some areas. The Navajos that come to watch absolutely love it!

This year we had the 458 Lott, 416 Riby, two 45-70s, and one brave soul with a 460 Weatherby Magnum. Still no BMG, but, that may change for next year.

Wanna come?

tracker · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Nice rifle groovyjack, was your friend not getting a lot of elephants in Kansas? Very Happy

Sorry, couldn't resist, that is a nice looking piece of hardware tho'

SwampFox · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:42 am Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

There are those that understand why one should own a 458 Lott and those that don't.

Glad for you, to have a 458 L back in the fold. It is at least a start if you decide to buy a couple more guns as time passes.
Ed

tracker · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:10 am Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Don't get me wrong, Ed, I can certainly appreciate the rifle. I think it's awesome. I was just having a little fun with the friend who's an elephant hunter from Kansas, just funzies. I was imagining herds of wooly mammoths stampeding across Kansas cornfields or something...crushing everything in their path etc until we all get out there with the big guns and cull the herd a bit.

Now I'm thinking...wooly mammoth steak..mmmm...

Handloader · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

Dinosaur DNA has been recovered and with our cloning techniques improving, it is not beyond possible to bring back a whole new species that could provide Big Bore hunters with greater challenges than, say, mere elephants or prairie dogs. I believe the cost of tags would be expensive, however, unless a mass effort were undertaken to place quantities in relatively undesireable and unihabitable areas such as all of west Texas or the entire state of Maryland.

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Well the ele hunter has actually written a book on the subject of DG in Africa , he has too many toys , and tires of them quickly ..

SwampFox · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:19 am Post subject: Re: My New One Gun Battery

My 458 Lott keeps the rogue elephants off the beaches here bouts..... It sure works well, not a tusker running amuck yet.

Of course it makes one hell of a truck gun.....but ya gotta use solids on a Chevy... Very Happy

Ed