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Re: 9.3s and dangerous game
29/12/20 12:08 AM

I think the fact the average hunter is a client hunter when hunting dangerous game says a lot. They also often as a result use lighter firearms, and the PHs prefer a client who can shoot what they bring along, and hopefully has used it before they arrive. A client with a 9.3mm or a .375 who can shoot it would be far better than one with a .500 who flinches with it.

BUT if you have a rifle and rely on someone else getting you out of the shit if it happens, you are carrying an inadequate firearm. In my opinion.

IMO a stopper rifle and a dangerous game rifle are largely the same thing.

If you are a cool shot, a 9.3x62 should be adequate for everything and anything and in any situation ..... Ha ha ... a very cool shot! There is NO WAY I would hunt elephant with a 9.3mm or a .375 if I was on my own. Well I would if I had to, but I would prefer something bigger and heavier hitting.

If I was a guy in the "old days" and shooting hundreds of buffalo, elephant and the like, yes, I might well use something "medium". But you know there are always those times when that bigger cannon is needed.

One might hunt most of the time with that "medium" rifle, but when the heavy jess, jungle needs to be entered, or that wounded beastie needs to be put down, that "stopper" rifle is called for. That "cool shot" might not be possible.

In the older days, the "big bores" started at the .450 and up. Sub .450 to .375, and maybe 9.3mm, .360, .350. .333, .330 etc were medium rifles. To varying extents. Small was 8mm or .30 and below.

If you are a deer hunter, WOW that .375 is big and un-necessary.

If you are a buffalo hunter, that .375 or maybe 9.3 mm is standard and a minimum.

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9.3s and dangerous game	BillfromOregon	09/08/05 01:21 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Sunshine	10/11/21 08:33 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	crshelton	11/11/21 01:53 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	shatter	10/08/05 10:33 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	BillfromOregon	11/08/05 01:01 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	DUGABOY1	09/08/05 12:25 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Tom_Bigbore	09/08/05 09:28 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	BillfromOregon	10/08/05 06:07 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	luv2safari	11/08/05 12:56 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	ruffcountry	25/12/20 02:00 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	DarylS	25/12/20 04:05 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Rick_R	11/08/05 10:48 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	grandveneur	22/12/20 04:55 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	DarylS	22/12/20 08:58 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Marrakai	22/12/20 09:30 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	93x64mm	22/12/20 11:42 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	szihn	24/12/20 12:37 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Marrakai	24/12/20 11:30 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	93x64mm	25/12/20 07:59 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Postman	27/12/20 10:38 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	crshelton	27/12/20 02:02 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	Rule303	27/12/20 06:01 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	crshelton	28/12/20 05:56 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	NitroX	29/12/20 12:08 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	NitroX	29/12/20 12:12 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	aromakr	29/12/20 03:39 AM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	NitroX	29/12/20 03:46 AM
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Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	grandveneur	22/12/20 10:56 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	NitroX	22/12/20 10:46 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	NitroX	22/12/20 11:00 PM
Re: 9.3s and dangerous game	NitroX	22/12/20 11:07 PM
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