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After about two hours of walking and<br />
stalking on a couple of bluewildebeest,<br />
I just couldn’t get a perfect spot on the<br />
body to shoot. My luck suddenly turned.<br />
I tried to be as quiet as a mouse. The<br />
wildebeest saw something bigger than a<br />
mouse and were getting uncomfortable.<br />
I froze in my position and placed my<br />
6.5X55mm on the shooting sticks and<br />
picked the best one I could see. There<br />
was one bluewildebeest looking straight<br />
at me, more or less 130 meters away,<br />
probably the best to take a shot at. Once<br />
again I realize this is only a 6.5X55 mm<br />
taking on a large animal. Maybe not<br />
a great idea, but I pulled the trigger<br />
anyway. I felt good about the shot and<br />
was convinced that the animal would<br />
not get far. When I reached the place<br />
where the wildebeest was standing, I<br />
could not see any blood. I started to<br />
walk in the direction the animal took<br />
off. A couple of meters later I found<br />
some blood and gradually the blood<br />
became more and more. Approximately<br />
80 meters from the impact point, I<br />
found my bluewildebeest, dead. I was<br />
very happy and even more relieved. At<br />
the same time, I was impressed with<br />
this 6.5x55 mm.<br />
After skinning the animal, I was<br />
looking for the bonded bullet as<br />
there was no exit wound. It struck<br />
the bluewildebeest right in the chest,<br />
traveling through the heart, through<br />
the stomach and the back leg and<br />
stopped right under the skin of the back<br />
leg. I was really impressed with the<br />
performance of both the 6,5x55 mm and<br />
the ammunition. I used Swift A-Frame<br />
140 gr. bullets and it travelled a total<br />
distance of 98 cm inside the animal. This<br />
was an incredible performance, with the<br />
weight retention of 137gr – almost 98%<br />
My brother returned from his<br />
afternoon hunt with no luck but was<br />
already excited about the next day.<br />
Rooibokkraal is one of those hunting<br />
destinations that leaves you speechless.<br />
André and his Steyr Mannlicher 6.5x55mm with the<br />
bluewildebeest into which the 140gr Swift A-Frame<br />
penetrated an impressive 98cm.<br />
André with the first<br />
impala he shot with<br />
the Steyr Mannlicher<br />
6.5x55mm and<br />
Swith A-Frame<br />
combination.<br />
50 WILDLAND <strong>Oktober</strong> <strong>2019</strong>
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