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Postman
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Re: The all-round African rifle
25/08/16 11:40 PM

NitroX makes a good case for the .375. I have used my Sako .375H&H with 300 grain Barnes TSX to take a warthog and an Impala. The impala went 50 yards after a textbook perfect "quartering to" heart/lung shot, and the warthog was a bang flop and didn't take a step. Meat damage was not extensive on either, thanks to the hard bullet and moderate velocity. I only carried the 300 grain bullets because this rifle was my backup rifle on a Buffalo hunt but the big slugs worked very well on the smaller game.

I don't think the .375 is at all overpowered for smaller medium sized game, and I believe it is quite effective, although one could argue for using something in one of the more pedestrian 30 calibers or less to great effect without having to deal with the recoil of the .375. On the flip side, the .375 will scale upward. Although I have not had opportunity to personally do it, I would feel comfortable with a .375 for broadside buffalo, as well as large moose, eland, etc.

IMHO the .375 offers compromise on both the small end of the scale as well as the large end of the scale. Is it perfect? Nope. All compromises are just that: a compromise. But the .375 is probably the very best compromise available to hunters in the past and today.

Edited by Postman (25/08/16 11:44 PM)

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The all-round African rifle	NitroX	24/08/16 11:28 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Ripp	25/08/16 12:07 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Rule303	25/08/16 04:08 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	500Boswell	25/08/16 04:59 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	NitroX	25/08/16 08:50 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Postman	25/08/16 11:40 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Rell	26/08/16 08:04 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	BillG500	26/08/16 11:26 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	NitroX	27/08/16 03:45 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Postman	27/08/16 06:01 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Ripp	29/08/16 12:09 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	szihn	30/08/16 02:23 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	500Boswell	30/08/16 07:06 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	gryphon	27/08/16 07:18 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	NitroX	27/08/16 04:48 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	gryphon	27/08/16 05:16 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	NitroX	27/08/16 06:40 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	rigbymauser	28/08/16 03:32 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Rockdoc	28/08/16 10:55 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Postman	28/08/16 12:36 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Waidmannsheil	27/08/16 07:29 AM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Rule303	27/08/16 02:57 PM
Re: The all-round African rifle	Postman	26/08/16 11:13 AM

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