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jvw
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Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick
18/07/08 10:15 PM

It looks like you came to your senses in time, so I will try to keep this as short as possible.

The .375 H&H is all you need - period. With a good 300-grain solid at 2 500 ft/sec MV it will shoot straight through the skull of the biggest bull elephant and whistle off into the distance. I know this for a fact, I witnessed it first-hand. With the same load, shoot the biggest bull buffalo in the chest and you will recover the solid in his arse. I know, I have done it.

You want to shoot softs? Load a 300-grain Swift A-Frame for the heavier stuff or Woodleigh Weldcore for the softer stuff to the same MV and just shoot them. They will fall down as if struck by lightning if you do your thing.

The .375 Weatherby makes more noise and delivers more recoil, and does so with significantly higher pressure as well. It has a bit of a nasty reputation over here for failure to extract due to higher pressure, so it is pretty low on my personal list so far as DG rounds go.

The .470 Capstick I have no experience with but it is by all accounts a very effective round. But rebarrel/rebore a perfectly good .375 H&H for one ????!!!! Over my cold, dead body!

Stick with the .375 H&H. In three months's time you will be glad you did.

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375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	13/07/08 04:38 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	mikeh416Rigby	27/07/08 12:28 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	luv2safari	04/08/08 01:14 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	04/08/08 08:42 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	JabaliHunter	04/08/08 11:55 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	Rolf	05/08/08 04:32 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	06/08/08 02:37 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	Rolf	27/08/08 03:19 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	shinz	13/07/08 10:08 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	13/07/08 10:21 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	9.3x57	13/07/08 12:46 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	WyoJoe	13/07/08 01:26 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	13/07/08 01:44 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	14/07/08 07:03 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	shinz	14/07/08 08:42 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	15/07/08 12:23 AM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	shinz	18/07/08 06:21 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	jvw	18/07/08 10:15 PM
Re: 375 Weatherby Magnum or 470 Capstick	chuck375	18/07/08 10:48 PM

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