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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
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. * * 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 NitroXAdministrator   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
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. * * 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
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. * * Re: Buffalo Head Shot 500Nitro   03/10/05 11:09 PM
. * * Re: Buffalo Head Shot NitroXAdministrator   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
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. * * Re: Buffalo Head Shot Marrakai   12/09/05 11:58 PM
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