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<blockquote data-quote="Varminator 911" data-source="post: 202488" data-attributes="member: 9705"><p><strong>What works in Africa: Big bullets</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm with jwp on this one. What has worked in Africa on the worlds toughtest game for the last 100 yrs is big bullets not too fast. True we have better bullets now for the high velocity loads, but I think bigger is still better on large, hard to kill game. I'm not talking deer. You can kill them with anything and they are suseptible to high speed bullets that fragment. </p><p> </p><p>On big tough to kill game like Cape Buffalo, big bullets simply work better. They eat little fragmenting bullets for lunch. The 9.3x62 has has been the 30-06 of Africa for a good reason. It's a dependable killer of tough animals that can be put in an easy to carry and shoot package. A 286 gr bullet such as the TSX at 2400fps from a 9.3x62 will cleanly kill anything short of an elephant. If you'd rather have a 257 Weatherby fine, but not me. The bigger bullet is way more dependable even if the 257 is shooting a TSX.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varminator 911, post: 202488, member: 9705"] [b]What works in Africa: Big bullets[/b] I'm with jwp on this one. What has worked in Africa on the worlds toughtest game for the last 100 yrs is big bullets not too fast. True we have better bullets now for the high velocity loads, but I think bigger is still better on large, hard to kill game. I'm not talking deer. You can kill them with anything and they are suseptible to high speed bullets that fragment. On big tough to kill game like Cape Buffalo, big bullets simply work better. They eat little fragmenting bullets for lunch. The 9.3x62 has has been the 30-06 of Africa for a good reason. It's a dependable killer of tough animals that can be put in an easy to carry and shoot package. A 286 gr bullet such as the TSX at 2400fps from a 9.3x62 will cleanly kill anything short of an elephant. If you'd rather have a 257 Weatherby fine, but not me. The bigger bullet is way more dependable even if the 257 is shooting a TSX. [/QUOTE]
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