My wife and I leave for Zimbabwe in 36 hours. I am doing my last minute packing to make sure we have everything we need. She will be hunting with her rifle and I will have my new Super Shrew Samurai takedown buffalo bow. I have been shooting it with the 915 grain (using the ABS Ashby broadheads @ 315 grains) AD Hammerhead arrows that Paul Mattson at Badger Arrows built for me. The arrows hit with authority. Part of the way Paul got the arrow weight up was to use the weights that screw into the back of the brass inserts. The weights were not epoxied at the threads and often not throughout their length along the inside of the shaft. As a result half of them had the weights starting to unscrew and rattle. This was not Paul's fault, as the arrows were largely experimental. I heated up a field point on each arrow, pulled the inserts, cleaned up the old glue, and used slow set marine epoxy to glue the weights into the insert and then glue the insert into the shaft on top of the new aluminum collars that have recently started to be sold. Now the arrows are really solid. They have been incredibly hard hitting on the target and appear to be nearly indestructible. The only animal I am really planning on hunting is a cow cape buffalo. I will practically have to end up in the middle of a herd to get close enough for a good shot. It ought to be exciting. My wife will be shooting a bull buffalo with her rifle, so she will be able to stand off quite a lot farther than I will. The flight of the arrows is very good, and I am using the best broadheads for the job. I have no doubt that the arrows will do their work well if I do my part. A large cow is about 1200 pounds while a large bull is about 1800 pounds. I may very well get skunked, but I will have fun doing it. I will be back in about 3 weeks.
Allan
Topic: Off to Zimbabwe in 36 hours! (Read 2497 times)
