gundog
(.275 member)
17/04/11 11:43 AM
Re: Camels

Tophet1, I don't know if you are into the sambar hunting or read about it a bit but if you have a look in Ken Pearce's book, "Walking Them Up", P89-90, there is an excerpt from a Ranger who shoots camels, brumbies & donkey's as part of his job. He uses his own personal rifles, 1 in 300WM & the other in 375H&H, because he doesn't rate the departmental 308 issue cal esp on running body shots.
In comparing the 300 to the 375, he says..

"The 375H&H is an entirely different story. I have used 270gn Win Power points & hand loads inc 235gn Speer semi spitzers & 285 Speer Grand Slams loaded to near max. The Win 270gners often have core separations, even on donkey's but the Speer 235's are invariably recovered on the opposite shoulder on donkey's, even with angling shots, with the core & jacket intact. The 285gn Grand Slams are great & generally exit, although I have recovered one from a brumby angling at about 200m & one from a shoulder shot camel at 100m, however, all the 375's kill emphatically".

Enough said.



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