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considering i haveonly shot pig with 303s and 243s and killed them quickly i though that a 375 would do too much damage to them for a trophy

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I watched a few videos lately on hunting and alot of the hunters used 375s ,on every buff it seemed to take a dozen shots to kill each one ,which didnt leave me thinking the 375 is as great as everyone claims it to be .The consensus of opinion is that you will shoot better with a 375 than a 577 ,but the shooters i saw took 2 or 3 shots to kill everything they shot at.I thought if a Non shooter views these videos ,i dont think they would have a high opinion of hunters as humane or competent ,maybe its better to get a more adequate calibre and PRACTICE !!!!!!!when hunting for big game

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just goes to show you that watching videos is bad for you...

what caliber specifically have you seen in a video knock a buffalo down as if it were hit by a giant "ACME" anvil from a wylie-coyote cartoon?

there isn't one that's legal for hunting.

remember: oxygen deprivation of the brain is the key. doesn't matter what you hit them with... until the brain runs out of oxygen - they keep going.


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You've got to be kidding when you say that your friend thinks that a .375 H&H isn't too much gun for pigs!

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considering i haveonly shot pig with 303s and 243s and killed them quickly i though that a 375 would do too much damage to them for a trophy

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303, I can tell you from experience a lot more meat will be damaged with that 243 Win than with a 375 H&H with a 300 gr Swift A-Frame! My favorite three cartridges in the world , are the 243 Win, the 375 H&H, and the 500 NE, and as you go up in size, the meat damage goes down. My 243 Win handloads send a 100 gr bullet down range at 3000 FPS, the 375 H&H a 300 gr bullet @ 2500 FPS, and the old 500 with a 570 gr bullet @ 2125 FPS, and as you go up the bullets get tougher! The little 243 Win with the 100 gr bullet @ 3000FPS tears meat to shreds, while you can eat right up to the hole with the 375, or 500NE.

We have a club (DRSS: DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTER'S SOCIETY) of guys who only hunt with double rifles, and we hunt wild boar most of the time, And I personally use everything from 9.3X74R, to 577 NE to shoot pigs, and I eat them. Hellacious good practice for hunting Cape buffalo, and lion, to boot! Tell your friend, to go ahead with his 375 H&H on hogs, and butcher them for meat, because the damage will be minimal! Good hunting!

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I've a lot of respect for pigs and wouldn't like to tackle them with anything less than a .243 but a .375 H&H makes an awful mess of them like it did on my first warthog. The .270gr Failsafe (I wasn't just hunting pigs!) shattered its right shoulder and exited its left hind quarter. Luckily, all I wanted were the tusks!

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Bighammer, the 375 is not what tore your warthog apart, but the crappy bullet you were useing! In the first place, the ony real bullet for the 375 H&H is a quality 300 gr bullet of a soft, or solid, no matter the target! I've shot warthog with a 375 H&H useing a 300 gr Nosler Partition, and Barnes super solids (MONO-METEL), and you could mount a full body mount with one stitch, on each side, to close the bullet holes, and eat right up to the bullet hole! High velocity, and rapid expansion is what destroys meat, and capes, not bullet diameter!

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"If I die today, I have had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"

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