Flintlock rifle for Africa Hunt

[chriskletke]

Hey,

Thinking of going to Africa and hunting leopard and Cape Buffalo. I want to do it with a roundball flint rifle. My question is I have a good rifle for the Leopard, but not sure what caliber would be good to go after Cape Buffalo. Second I'm thinking if I go after Cape Buffalo it's going to have to be a HUGE caliber where can one buy a LARGE CALIBER BARREL bigger than .62 to make my flinter? Any advice would be great.


Chris

 

[Little Wattsy]

I might recomend a .98 cal w/ a 28" barrel, 175 grs of FFG and a 625 gr PRB... :wink:

 

[jethro224]

October Country used to sell 8-bore and 4-bore rifles. The 4-bore would give me a bit of confidence. Don't know if they had flint. Don't know if they sold just barrels. Good luck.

 

[chriskletke]

Where might you get a barrel of that size???

chris

 

[bigbore442001]

There is a custom muzzleloader builder by the name of James Gefroh( sp) in Colorado. He specializes in making large bore round ball shooting guns patterned after the ideas of Col. Forsyth.

I have seen pictures of him and others who have used his firearms shooting large African game in the now defunct Blackpowder Hunting magazine.

 

[ravenousfishing]

Chris,
I think you have this same question posted in the flintlock forum and there are quite a few replies to your question there. Good Luck