Interesting on the cow buffalo cull, when chatting to a professional bull catcher when he saw the "massive" 9.3x74R rounds he thought they were huge and said "they should only take one shot with those!"

I initially told him my Tikka double was a .410 shotgun but he immediately looked at my "culling" belt (20 rounds) (hey it actually got some use!) so was way too smart to fall for it.

I have found all big animals not brain or neck spine shot take a little while to die not matter what calibre is used.

George, the guide, as his own rifles were in NZ, not having a licence in Aust yet, used the station .303 no 1 Mk III full wood rifle as his back up rifle. It came in handy to finish off downed beasts with a shot to the brain and also in shooting at the brumbies. The only problem was we both shot the same brumby with the first shot each.

I do prefer a .375 (or a similar 9.3 mm) on buffalo myself and most guides insist on this sort of cartridge for their clients.

I may check back in when I get back in a couple of hours.