Drew

Great hunt with photos and report on bullet performance. There has been, and will always be I suppose, debate on what bullet should be used for buffalo. Some say soft, some solid. Your hunt has shown the hydro to produce great results, seemingly having the benefits of a soft giving maximum destruction and the benefits of a solid giving maximum penetration. One of the detractions in using pass through solids (a category the hydros must fall into) is the issue of collateral damage to other animals potentially costing big money if having to pay for extra animals killed or wounded. Possibly not a major concern in the NT but more so in Africa.

You do mention in your report that some Woodleigh solids were used as follow ups. I would be interested in your assessment on the effects of these FMJs on the animals that were hit.

Although Harry Selby operated mostly before the modern softs, monos and hydros, the quote from him below is interesting, he obviously knew a thing or two about dropping animals.

"In time I abandoned carrying softnose bullets for the .416, for the ones available from Kynoch tended to break up. The only possible use for a soft-nose bullet would be lion, and I found that the .416 rolled lions over with a solid pretty well anyway."
—Harry Selby