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Has anyone heard of these new minimum bullet weights for hunting in South Africa?

http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=146677

CHAPTER2
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR HUNTING METHODS
Minimum bullet weights for rifle hunting

4. (1) The minimum bullet weights for rifie hunting for the respective categories of wild and alien
animals are the following-

( a) 2.3 g. (35 gr.) bullet for hunting
(i) furred game up to and including the size of a rock hyrax and all rodents; and
(ii) feathered game;

3.3 g. (50gr.) bullet for hunting-
(i) furred game larger than the species contemplated in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i), up to and
including the size of springbok; and
(ii) mountain reedbuck;

(c) 6.6 g. (100gr.) bullet for hunting furred game larger than the species contemplated in subparagraphs
(1)(b}(i) and (1)(b)(ii), up to and Including the size of impala, warthog, blesbuck,
common reedbuck and nyala ewes;

(d) 8.4 g. (130gr.) buUet for hunUng furred game larger than the species contemplated in subparagraph
(1)(c), up to and including the size of black wildebeest. tsessebe, nyala bulls and
hartebeest;

(e) 9.9 g. (150gr.) bullet for hunting furred game larger_ than the species contemplated in subparagraph
(1 )(d), up to and including the size of blue wildebeest, kudu, gemsbuck, sable, roan and
leopard;

{D 11 g. (175gr.) bullet for hunting furred game larger than the species contemplated in sub-paragraph
(1)(e), up to and Including eland, but excluding lion and buffalo;

(g) 16.2 g. (250gr.) bullet for hunting furred game larger than the species contemplated in subparagraph
(1)(n. up to and including lion, buffalo and giraffe; and

(h) 19.5 g. (300gr.) bullet for hunting furred game larger than the species contemplated in subparagraph
{1)(g), including thick-skinned animals, but excluding buffalo.

(2) When hunting thick-skinned animals the bullet must be of full metal jacket or monolithic
solid construction.

Note the requirement of only using FMJs or Monolithic solids for buffalo and larger, 250 gr or 300 gr and heavier.

And also the bureaucracy and the number of "levels" of minimum bullet weights required.

All seems to be a bit ridiculous to me?

What do you think?

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John aka NitroX

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