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Please don't use a .303 for buffalo - they act kinda bullet proof when pestered by small bores.
: I watched a video of a local's buff hunt some years ago where the hunter used an '06 with 180gr. Nosler Partitions. He shot the buffalo first through the lungs, rather high, but still in the lungs - I saw the impact and spray out the entrance. Over the next 27 minutes, he shot the buff another 12 or 13 times, all exactly in the same place - every shot was visible. The buff went down the hillside a long way after the first shot, then merely stood his ground, walking a few steps only, but refusing to go down.
: I do know the guides in Alaska recommend .375H&H.
: Buffalo secume to the 9.3X64 rather well, but then, it's mostly a rimless version of the .375, ballistically, except for the .366" bullet.
: A Marlin 45-70, with good bullets will work just fine on buffalo, as well.
: Please don't use a minimal ctg. the buffalo deserve a quick death which the .303 is rather unlikely to deliver. It is nasty endeavour, to shoot and shoot and shoot with seemingly NO EFFECT. That is what happened to the bloke with the '06.
: Yes - those who use solids know a single shot into the mellon or through both shoulders would have dropped it - of course, but when trying to save every ounce of meat, guys here revert to deer tactics and shoot for the lungs only. Oh yeah - solids are illegal for shooting game animals here, btw.

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Daryl

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