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500Nitro
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Reged: 06/01/03
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Loc: Victoria, Australia

Re: Buffalo Head Shot
15/06/05 05:56 PM

Alan,

The Buff that charged me was a cow - just a stroppy one !!!
In fact 2 days before another cow that had been running with the one that charged me
came at us in a "bluff" "charge / forward motion when we were on the 4 wheel bikes.
I chambered a round "just in case" which prompted my mate to shoot it at 10 yards !!!
Any closer and she would have been head butting the bike !!!

I haven't had the privelage of hunting Scrub Bull / Scrub cattle but I have had plenty of stories about
them being agressive / prone to charging.

When I am hunting I normally carry a 505 Gibbs, 500 Jeffrey, 500 Nitro double, 465 or 470 double
so I am normally well prepared. It's when I am testing that I use different (smaller) calibres.

Interestingly, the 9.3 x 64 is devastating on Buffalo with the 320gn Woodleighs.
(FYI, I put the 9.3 x 62 in the same category as long as it is loaded to it's full potential).

I shot a heap of Buffalo with the 9.3 320gn Protected Points when they were first produced
(as well as with the 320gn and 286gn RN's to get a direct comparison) and the heavy bullet
weight for the calibre really showed some penetration.

Having now shot Buffalo with the 338 WM (and they weren't squib loads either !!!),
I feel 9.3 really is the Minimum for the inexperienced and or occasional buffalo hunter.

Just my HO

500 Nitro

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Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	12/06/05 12:45 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	14/06/05 10:31 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	15/06/05 02:17 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	15/06/05 01:47 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	15/06/05 04:30 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	15/06/05 04:50 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	15/06/05 05:56 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	DarylS	28/09/05 02:01 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	28/09/05 04:25 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	05/10/05 12:56 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	05/10/05 05:02 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	05/10/05 10:53 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	05/10/05 01:18 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	05/10/05 08:42 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	07/10/05 08:11 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	07/10/05 03:59 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	DarylS	28/09/05 08:43 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	03/10/05 09:31 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	03/10/05 11:09 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	15/06/05 12:30 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	14/06/05 11:32 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	15/06/05 12:21 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	4seventy	13/06/05 04:47 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	13/06/05 10:59 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	15/06/05 06:14 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	16/06/05 12:50 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	15/06/05 11:08 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	16/06/05 06:28 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	16/06/05 08:50 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	12/09/05 05:07 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	12/09/05 11:58 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	13/09/05 08:33 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	27/09/05 08:55 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	27/09/05 11:30 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ALAN_MCKENZIE	27/09/05 11:28 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	14/09/05 10:51 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	15/09/05 10:19 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	14/09/05 11:20 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Bakes	14/09/05 11:53 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marrakai	15/09/05 11:13 AM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	15/09/05 01:05 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	15/09/05 08:30 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	ORION	13/06/05 10:48 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	NitroX	13/06/05 02:48 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	500Nitro	13/06/05 04:13 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Marty	12/06/05 01:18 PM
Re: Buffalo Head Shot	Bakes	13/06/05 10:20 AM

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