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Hunting with the Lapua Scenar bullet (muzzle velocity above 3000fps)
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1194189" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>If and when you meet Francois he would tell you that the warthogs cause my brain to melt down. I had a couple of opportunities on very large boars but just couldn't get it together and get the job done.</p><p></p><p>I was very fortunate though in that the sow I shot was really magnificent. We caught just a momentary glimpse of an absolutely huge boar with the kind of tusks that are a trophy hunter's dream but I needed another five or ten seconds to get on him than I had before he disappeared forever into the bush.</p><p></p><p>We hunted 21 of 25 days and it just wore me out. Next trip though we won't be trying to jam a lifetime of hunting into just one trip and hopefully the slower pace will do the trick.</p><p></p><p>I definitely understand why wildebeest are termed "The Poor Man's Buffalo".</p><p></p><p>Both the Blue and the Black would have been happy to eat my lunch. The black never could figure out where I was shooting from and both shots were fired from the same position. The first shot was perfect through both shoulders splitting the heart and lungs and yet it just seemed to make him mad. He started spinning and circling looking for me and fortunately the follow up put him down hard. </p><p></p><p>The Blue went down three different times over the course of the near half mile he traveled and he still had enough left to try and get up to come straight at me. The follow up was a head shot that put him back down pretty hard. </p><p></p><p>I was however using the Swift Sirocco and it didn't penetrate well enough to brain him and he came back to life while we were trying to get him quickly posed for pictures.</p><p></p><p>At that point Francois and I both decided I was through shooting the Siroccos because It also failed to penetrate on the first shot on the warthog.</p><p></p><p>I love the accuracy of the bullet but can't tolerate that kind of terminal performance. I don't know if I'm just unlucky or what because most people seem to really like them and only a couple of guys I've come across had the same problems with over expansion and under penetration with the bullet taking very odd terms instead of tracking true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1194189, member: 30902"] If and when you meet Francois he would tell you that the warthogs cause my brain to melt down. I had a couple of opportunities on very large boars but just couldn't get it together and get the job done. I was very fortunate though in that the sow I shot was really magnificent. We caught just a momentary glimpse of an absolutely huge boar with the kind of tusks that are a trophy hunter's dream but I needed another five or ten seconds to get on him than I had before he disappeared forever into the bush. We hunted 21 of 25 days and it just wore me out. Next trip though we won't be trying to jam a lifetime of hunting into just one trip and hopefully the slower pace will do the trick. I definitely understand why wildebeest are termed "The Poor Man's Buffalo". Both the Blue and the Black would have been happy to eat my lunch. The black never could figure out where I was shooting from and both shots were fired from the same position. The first shot was perfect through both shoulders splitting the heart and lungs and yet it just seemed to make him mad. He started spinning and circling looking for me and fortunately the follow up put him down hard. The Blue went down three different times over the course of the near half mile he traveled and he still had enough left to try and get up to come straight at me. The follow up was a head shot that put him back down pretty hard. I was however using the Swift Sirocco and it didn't penetrate well enough to brain him and he came back to life while we were trying to get him quickly posed for pictures. At that point Francois and I both decided I was through shooting the Siroccos because It also failed to penetrate on the first shot on the warthog. I love the accuracy of the bullet but can't tolerate that kind of terminal performance. I don't know if I'm just unlucky or what because most people seem to really like them and only a couple of guys I've come across had the same problems with over expansion and under penetration with the bullet taking very odd terms instead of tracking true. [/QUOTE]
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