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6.5 Bullet for Africa plains game
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<blockquote data-quote="8upwithit" data-source="post: 1878341" data-attributes="member: 113884"><p>I have been to Africa three times and have shot over 25 animals. Ranging in size from steenbok to Cape buffalo. I recently took a trip with several buddies and we shot over 30 animals and were testing some new long range rifles I built. Of the half dozen Ascension Arms rifles we brought on this safari, we had three 6.5 caliber rifles. (6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 RSAUM and 26 Nosler) we used these calibers on many animals including sable. We used a 375 Ruger caliber to harvest the eland and buffalo. Regarding bullets types, we were all using Berger bullets in the long range rifles and Swift for 375. I already had a good history of performance using Berger and Barnes bullets on my previous safaris and didn't see the need to explore other options. Bottom line is the Berger bullets performed flawlessly. As many people mentioned, bullet placement is key. I can post more details on the specific bullets and loads if interested. FYI: this particular safari was in Limpopo province and we had many long range shooting opportunities. There is thick brush in that province but, there are also many large power lines, roads and sendero that ran through this particular property. We also hunted in the mountains in Limpopo for reedbuck and kill springier. On a previous hunt, I did hunt the Cape area and it is a long range hunters dream! Elevation and many open spaces. [ATTACH=full]187745[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="8upwithit, post: 1878341, member: 113884"] I have been to Africa three times and have shot over 25 animals. Ranging in size from steenbok to Cape buffalo. I recently took a trip with several buddies and we shot over 30 animals and were testing some new long range rifles I built. Of the half dozen Ascension Arms rifles we brought on this safari, we had three 6.5 caliber rifles. (6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 RSAUM and 26 Nosler) we used these calibers on many animals including sable. We used a 375 Ruger caliber to harvest the eland and buffalo. Regarding bullets types, we were all using Berger bullets in the long range rifles and Swift for 375. I already had a good history of performance using Berger and Barnes bullets on my previous safaris and didn’t see the need to explore other options. Bottom line is the Berger bullets performed flawlessly. As many people mentioned, bullet placement is key. I can post more details on the specific bullets and loads if interested. FYI: this particular safari was in Limpopo province and we had many long range shooting opportunities. There is thick brush in that province but, there are also many large power lines, roads and sendero that ran through this particular property. We also hunted in the mountains in Limpopo for reedbuck and kill springier. On a previous hunt, I did hunt the Cape area and it is a long range hunters dream! Elevation and many open spaces. [ATTACH type="full"]187745[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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