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mickey
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Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll
03/03/03 03:32 AM

NitroX

I have to 'respectfully' disagree. The .375 and the .338/.340 don't cover the same ground. They only cover it on the top end. The .340 shoots a 300 grain bullet at 2500 -2600 fps. This is the same as the .375 with much better penitration due to the longer bullet. The 338/340 shoot a 210 Nosler at 3000fps +, much faster than any .375 bullet.

The increased range is a valuable asset and despite what is in fashion now about 'shocking power', a high speed bullet does much more damage to a small to medium sized animal at a longer range.

While some people fall back on the bullet placement argument. ie. "if you hit them in the right spot any rifle is effective" and dispite all of the claims of hunters to being 'excellent shots', we do, occasionaly

, screw up and miss the spot we wanted to hit. This is where shocking power helps out.

Of course this is just my humble opinion. Well, maybe not exactly 'humble'.

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Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	NitroX	08/01/03 10:58 PM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	Lawdog	03/03/03 07:18 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	Bigfive	04/03/03 06:09 PM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	NitroX	03/03/03 11:28 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	GeorgeS	01/03/03 05:05 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	NitroX	01/03/03 10:25 PM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	mickey	03/03/03 03:32 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	bpbb	01/03/03 02:33 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	mikeh416Rigby	24/02/03 03:26 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	Will	07/02/03 08:37 PM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	NitroX	08/02/03 01:45 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	cchunter	08/02/03 01:50 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	iqbal	07/02/03 04:11 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	DUGABOY1	02/02/03 07:01 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	NitroX	28/01/03 08:11 PM
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Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	biggametv	28/01/03 01:30 PM
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Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	original500nitro	10/01/03 08:18 PM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	The_Old_Hunter	12/01/03 12:43 AM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	mickey	09/01/03 03:56 PM
Re: Best plains game calibre for Africa? Poll	cchunter	09/01/03 05:08 PM
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