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300 Norma Improved/230 Berger and Africa
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<blockquote data-quote="jfolanddvm" data-source="post: 1752331" data-attributes="member: 70626"><p>One more affirmation for Bergers. Went to SA 2 yrs ago and between my son, FIL and myself, took 21 animals - everything from a 25 lb steenbok to a really large cape eland using nothing but bergers. Most were 180s out of a 7wsm. The only one that went any significant distance was, oddly enough, a grey duiker that was hit too far back. African antelope may be tougher than those in America, but they still die with a well placed Berger. On the other hand, on my first trip to SA, I shot a buffalo with a barnes TS out of a 375 HH. The first shot was broadside running left to right, the second was quartering away and the third was with him facing directly at me at 50 yards. First shot broke the right shoulder, went through the front of the lungs and ended up under the skin behind the left shoulder. The second bullet hit the last rib and then turned to skim along the entire rib cage to end up under the skin of the shoulder on the same side. The third went in just left of the sternum, through the top of the heart, and ended up in the rumen. The track of the second bullet was what surprised me - that a 300 gr TS at only about a 45 degree quartering angle would not even penetrate ribs. Bergers might not work for buffalo, but since they don't make them in a caliber which is legal for them, it's a decision I won't have to fret over much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jfolanddvm, post: 1752331, member: 70626"] One more affirmation for Bergers. Went to SA 2 yrs ago and between my son, FIL and myself, took 21 animals - everything from a 25 lb steenbok to a really large cape eland using nothing but bergers. Most were 180s out of a 7wsm. The only one that went any significant distance was, oddly enough, a grey duiker that was hit too far back. African antelope may be tougher than those in America, but they still die with a well placed Berger. On the other hand, on my first trip to SA, I shot a buffalo with a barnes TS out of a 375 HH. The first shot was broadside running left to right, the second was quartering away and the third was with him facing directly at me at 50 yards. First shot broke the right shoulder, went through the front of the lungs and ended up under the skin behind the left shoulder. The second bullet hit the last rib and then turned to skim along the entire rib cage to end up under the skin of the shoulder on the same side. The third went in just left of the sternum, through the top of the heart, and ended up in the rumen. The track of the second bullet was what surprised me - that a 300 gr TS at only about a 45 degree quartering angle would not even penetrate ribs. Bergers might not work for buffalo, but since they don't make them in a caliber which is legal for them, it's a decision I won't have to fret over much. [/QUOTE]
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