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albertan
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Re: What is the perfect hunting cartridge??? [Re: NitroX]
#299222 - 18/04/17 07:36 PM

The natives in Canada's far North kill polar bears that would kill the the largest lion, tiger, or Cape buffalo in a matter of seconds. They often use .223's or .243's for such work. They are on home turf that they are intimate with and they hunt off an all terrain vehicle (ATV). Snow mobile, quad, or Argo. It doesn't matter. Just drive up to the animal and bang, it's over.

I won't say for a minute that natives are any less sporting than the travelling sportsman who ventures up there. I would be willing to bet that many sportsmen go North with the purest of hearts, but the distances are vast. The temperature is so low for many of the sportsmen from the warmer Southern climates that they would perish in less than one day if it were not for their guides. The wealthy sportsmen might get off the machine to shoot his quarry, but I bet he doesn't waddle too far from it before he shoots. Did he need a .375 H&H? No, but the story he tells when he gets home needs it.

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NitroX
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Re: What is the perfect hunting cartridge??? [Re: albertan]
#299230 - 18/04/17 08:55 PM

Yeah the 'noble savage' uses all sorts of crap guns here too. Not because they choose to do so, because the cheap and crap ones are cheap ...

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Claydog
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Re: What is the perfect hunting cartridge??? [Re: NitroX]
#299239 - 18/04/17 10:39 PM

The perfect hunting cartridge would be the one you happen to have in your hands at the time. Make the most of it.

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DarylS
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Re: What is the perfect hunting cartridge??? [Re: Claydog]
#299241 - 19/04/17 01:08 AM

The PERFECT hunting cartridge, would be one that cost mere pennies to shoot, was extremely accurate & flat shooting with all bullet weights, had very little recoil, shot very cleanly and killed EVERYTHING you shot with it, from Elephants to ground squirrels with the speed of a lightening strike.

THAT would be the perfect hunting cartridge.

To date, it does not exist.

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Ripp
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Re: What is the perfect hunting cartridge??? [Re: DarylS]
#299283 - 19/04/17 11:12 PM

Agree--while it makes for interesting discussion, there is no such thing IMHO. Largely dependent on what you are hunting, where you are hunting, etc... Yes, there are a few that will work for everything but are they "perfect"???... I can't think of one that is perfect for all types of game, terrain, etc... The 375H&H is a really fine cartridge. Works well on larger game and if necessary will kill up to elephant..are there others that will work better, hit harder, etc??? Absolutely ...

While dead is dead, there is that crazy word again, "perfect"... and it is NOT perfect at least in my experience...can certainly kill all of them, but perfection is not there for any cartridge, again, IMHO...

Ripp

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DarylS
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Re: What is the perfect hunting cartridge??? [Re: Ripp]
#299286 - 20/04/17 02:12 AM

Exactly, Ripp. For me, perfect would have to mean at least

good for all hunting scenarios.

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