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Josh Amerine

The King Family

Butch,

Just back from Tanzania with the Luxus Searcy 450 you made for me early this year.  It was magnificent.  I killed buffalo, zebra, and warthog with it and performance was outstanding.  We were hunting in some very thick bush in Masailand and the comfort of the double is not to be underestimated.  The highlight of the hunting was probably the warthog, believe it or not, I shot him quartering toward at about 50 yards and he came straight at us at the impact.  The gun swung so smoothly that I hit him in the chest at probably 15-20 yards.  It handles like a fine shotgun in woodcock coverts.  The downside of the trip was that on the first night I shot a Grant's with my 375 instead of using the 450.  If I would have not taken the Grant's that early, I have full confidence that I would have gotten one with the 450 making it a totally double safari.  Thanks for a great rifle and I hope to get a 9.3x74 mate in the near future.  Your gun impressed everyone in camp.  Here's some pics of the game killed with the 450.  Thanks again.

Matt Banholzer

Dan Lindsey Zimbabwe Hunt 2011