Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies

*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Double Rifles

xausa
.400 member

Reged: 07/03/07
Posts: 2037
Loc: Tennessee, USA

Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?
09/12/17 09:14 PM

I have never driven a motorcycle. Risking my life on a contraption which offers no protection in case of an accident is just not my cup of tea. Currently my chief means of transportation is a Ford Taurus station wagon and I am a much more careful driver than I was forty-five years ago when I entrusted myself and my passenger to a frail wood framed sports car, a Morgan, whose only concession to safety was a roll bar and attached seat belts.

I have shot buffalo with both a .458 Winchester Magnum and a .505 wildcat cartridge of my own design which duplicates the performance of a .500 NE in a bolt rifle. My preference is for the latter.

I once killed three buffalo with four shots in less than a minute using my .505. I might conceivably have done the same with the .458, but for me the choice was easy. The .505 simply gave me more latitude for error, where a 6.5X54 gives practically none at all.

One of my best friends was out for a Sunday spin on his beloved motorcycle when he rounded a curve and was met head on by a teenager driving his car on the wrong side of the road. He left behind him a wife, a son and a brilliant legal career. If he had been driving the family sedan he would have in all likelihood survived.

My choice of a cartridge to use on dangerous game is governed by how much recoil I can take. I abandoned an experimental bolt action .577 because the recoil forced me to take two steps back after each shot, and I realized that such an option may not exist in a tight spot with dangerous game.

Each hunter (and driver) must make up his own mind the size of risk he is willing to take, bearing in mind that he is risking not only his own life, but potentially those of his companions.

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	carpediem4570	05/08/11 11:47 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	500grains	10/08/11 01:10 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	ozhunter	10/08/11 08:27 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	carpediem4570	12/08/11 05:32 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	hunter_angler	12/08/11 11:53 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	DarylS	13/08/11 01:05 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	9.3x57	12/08/11 12:21 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	DarylS	13/08/11 01:11 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	carpediem4570	13/08/11 02:53 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	hunter_angler	13/08/11 05:01 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	JabaliHunter	13/08/11 08:36 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	DarylS	14/08/11 03:27 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	hunter_angler	14/08/11 09:30 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	DarylS	15/08/11 08:59 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	NitroX	06/06/15 10:02 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	AZDAVE	07/06/15 05:07 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	NitroX	07/06/15 07:11 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Ash	07/06/15 09:48 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	ozhunter	09/06/15 10:23 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Sunshine	09/12/17 05:24 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	xausa	09/12/17 09:14 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Sarg	10/12/17 08:19 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Ahmed577	13/12/17 09:39 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Rell	14/12/17 08:58 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Ripp	10/12/17 12:45 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Rule303	10/12/17 06:26 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Sarg	10/12/17 08:29 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	NitroX	11/12/17 04:10 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Sarg	11/12/17 10:57 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Rule303	11/12/17 08:39 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Sarg	11/12/17 10:16 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Rule303	12/12/17 09:41 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Sarg	12/12/17 12:54 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Rule303	13/12/17 01:23 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	szihn	13/12/17 03:46 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Postman	11/12/17 12:14 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	NitroX	10/12/17 06:24 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	500Boswell	10/12/17 11:39 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	carpediem4570	14/08/11 05:03 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	DarylS	14/08/11 08:56 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	doubleriflejack	06/08/11 08:14 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	DUGABOY1	08/08/11 06:24 AM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	93mouse	08/08/11 05:10 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	hunter_angler	08/08/11 11:22 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	chuck375	09/08/11 12:27 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	93mouse	05/08/11 03:52 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	CHAPUISARMES	05/08/11 12:19 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	NitroX	05/08/11 04:01 PM
Re: Is 9.3x74R ENOUGH gun for Cape Buff?	Charls	05/08/11 03:51 PM

Extra information

3 registered and 63 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CptCurl

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 30429

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved