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Re: Buckshot & Big Cats
      27/07/04 12:53 PM

Mac, I'm with you on this one.
If the distance is under 5 yards and the buck shot enters as one big lump, yes, maybe it would be ok.
But if you're back to a single projectile you may as well use a large cal double rifle unless as Will says that perhaps the shottie is lighter and maybe easier/faster to use.

In the late 70's I shot a lot of good size boar pigs using a Win model 1200 18" pump and S&B 00 buckshot.
Side on chest shots at 15 yards worked real well and killed.
Frontal shots into the chest at 1 yard worked real well also and pulled 'em up fast and the big single entry hole would smoke for a short while afterward!

But, rear on shots at pigs running directly away were totally hopeless and I lost a lot of good boars that way.

I have no experience with African big cats but if I had to face a wounded one, give me a big double rifle and softpoint bullets please rather than a shotgun.


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* Buckshot & Big Cats Ingwe 23/07/04 09:11 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats iqbal   28/07/04 01:59 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats NE450No2   28/07/04 12:13 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats NitroXAdministrator   28/07/04 01:49 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats Will   29/07/04 09:52 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats Ingwe   28/07/04 01:28 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats canada   28/07/04 01:37 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats AdamTayler   01/08/04 06:51 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats Ingwe   01/08/04 09:20 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats canada   01/08/04 08:54 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats shakari   02/08/04 04:44 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats mikeh416Rigby   02/08/04 08:31 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats mickey   23/07/04 11:33 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats Will   24/07/04 11:55 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats atkinson6   27/07/04 05:23 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats DUGABOY1   27/07/04 10:51 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats 4seventy   27/07/04 12:53 PM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats Ingwe   27/07/04 11:37 AM
. * * Re: Buckshot & Big Cats Ingwe   27/07/04 06:58 AM

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