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One of the realities of African hunting is that on occasion, you have to provide Major Thump. You can, if you wish, shoot a roan with a 7x57, but consider that a roan is 500-pounds plus, exceedingly tough, and the license fee for one is probably pushing $10,000 by now. If all does not go according to plan and you wound an animal and lose it, you still get to pay the ten grand. I, myself, would forswear the 7x57 for the .338.

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Really with the cost of safaris and trophy fees nowadays, one really wants to drop them, be able to take shots which might be "less than perfect", so sometimes more is required.

I took my eland with a .30-06, and 200 gr Nosler Semi-pointed Partition. One other PH in camp said it was too light and couldn't be done. So my PH wanted to prove the twit wrong. It was a one plus one kill shot ie one shot kill with another just in case. But once the heart has been destroyed its going to die anyway.

Interesting that the .338 was named in the article. The good old .318 Westley Richards and the 8x60 were considered some of the best. Not much different.

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My experience and opinion goes two ways when it comes to a plains game rifle..First, I will NEVER hunt in a dangerous game area ever again for plains game with anything less than a .375H&H..case being, you are sneaking into a hide during zero dark thirty, suddenly a tuskless cow with calf come boiling out of the brush as you got too close but didn't see her until it was too late..you are going to look really silly (if you still can when its over) with a 270 in your hand shooting 130gr softs...this happened to me..won't happen again..



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This guy's experience mirrors my gut feeling. If I'm hunting deer in bear country I will definitely be loaded for bear, even if it means losing a couple pounds of meat or some more hide to bullet damage. Hunting antelope in lion country, same thing. You see, I have this aversion to becoming dinner while looking for my dinner. That, and I want to shoot a lion anyway. The way I see it, hunting what lions like to eat carries a decent chance of stumbling on a lion.

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Personally I'd use my everyday work horse the 300WM with 180 gr A Frame @ 2920 fps.
Should I risk dangerous game encounters, I'd opt for the 375HH also with 300 gr A Frame @ 2550 fps. Of course if eles in the area , 375HH with GPA solid @ 2170 fps.

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JB, why do you shoot the solid so much slower than the A-frame? 400 fps slower? Do you get a similar point of impact for the two bullets?

My .375 shoots the 300 gr Woodleigh RNSP and FMJ at about 2350 fps for both of them. The barrel is a bit shorter than the usual .375 barrel as well.

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Personally I'd use my everyday work horse the 300WM with 180 gr A Frame @ 2920 fps.
Should I risk dangerous game encounters, I'd opt for the 375HH also with 300 gr A Frame @ 2550 fps. Of course if eles in the area , 375HH with GPA solid @ 2170 fps.

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JB, why do you shoot the solid so much slower than the A-frame? 400 fps slower? Do you get a similar point of impact for the two bullets?

My .375 shoots the 300 gr Woodleigh RNSP and FMJ at about 2350 fps for both of them. The barrel is a bit shorter than the usual .375 barrel as well.

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Hi John
The solids are off the shelf by the French Sologne maker. I opted for those available. As I hardly have any use of solids, I picked the first cartridges immediately available instead of reloading for a rarely used ammo. Prior I was using PMP ammos but they don't exist any longer. But I appreciate the Woodleigh RNSP and FMJ for my 470 Chapuis.

Following this thread, it downs on me that in France we aren't offered a wide choice of calibers. Lazziness or lack of curiosity?

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Personally I'd use my everyday work horse the 300WM with 180 gr A Frame @ 2920 fps.
Should I risk dangerous game encounters, I'd opt for the 375HH also with 300 gr A Frame @ 2550 fps. Of course if eles in the area , 375HH with GPA solid @ 2170 fps.

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world best combination
9,3x64 in a Mauser 98

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