I shot a ground squirrel once with the .375H&H - bullet didn't exit, either.

Must have been a texas-type gopher.

The 275gr.(cast) bullet hit the dirt about 6" in front of the gopher, cut a groove in the soft dirt up to the gopher then entered low in the abdoment, penetrating up through the 'innards' through the diaphram, one lung and heart then penetrated the spine to lodge under the skin of the back for almost complete penetration. I might add, it dumped all of it's considerable 'energy' inside the animal.

Thus, the .375 Holland and Holland magnum proved to be a bit 'light' if one favours complete penetration with an exit wound for bleeding out the animal.

BTW - the gopher was launched up into the air and landed about 12' back of his mound.

I've switched to heavier bullets in the 3/8" bore for these tough animals.

Would a 9.3x62 do as well?

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