| GH |
| (.224 member) |
| 22/03/11 05:03 AM |
Re: Cape buffalo, water buffalo and scrub bulls.
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How far are the shots on bears in Russia?
There really is no right answer to your question. I haven't shot Cape buffalo, but I've shot our buffalos and scrub bulls with both .375 H&H and .416 Rigby. I own and prefer the latter, but there's nothing wrong with the former. You just have to determine what you can manage combined with what you actually fancy. If you haven't done lots of big bovine hunting, I read that most professionals will recommend a scoped .375.
Good luck in your quest, and welcome to NX!
Ben
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the welcome mate.
I have done some more digging on how we'll be hunting them and it seems that they would prefer me to sit up over bait. If i'm honest this is not what I'd prefer so I've asked to try and spot and stalk. The short answer to your question is then "I don't know" I'm afraid.
I hadn't really considered the 416, my thinking being to either to stick with the 375 that I have a chance of getting licensed for deer at home or if I was to accept that the rifle would be solely for use outside the uk, go as big as possible.
From what I'm hearing the 375 should be fine for the scrub bulls and everything else, is the 416 "more" gun in a meaningful sense?
Regards,
Amir