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Thousands of Water Buffalo in our Northern Territory have fallen to the 45-70. For many years the NT did not allow what they deemed high powered or velocity rifles to be used. So most just shot them with a 45-70

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Are you sure this is not Western Australia?

I have been going up to the NT since 1983 and it has not been the case since then, and never heard of it before then either.

For example I remember a buffalo hunting article in Outdoors Australia from the late 1970's where the guys were using two .300 Magnums, one a Winchester and the other either H&H or a Norma, and the third rifle was a .375 H&H Magnum.

On the other hand, WA heavily restricted non "high powered" cartridge rifles until ???, I have no idea when it was finally changed.

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John aka NitroX

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