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<blockquote data-quote="AussieHunter" data-source="post: 400555" data-attributes="member: 17671"><p>Very True Poorly placed hits even with a Magnum are still only likely to wound several cases in point here in Australia that I can relate to you, Many years ago when the 7mm-80 Remington was still being talked about out here but no one had seen one yet a friend of mine a marksman of some renown who's parents run a Gun Shop up in the Northern Territory of Australia ( Darwin N.T.) Its a tropical and wild place in which you can hunt Asiatic Water Buffalo for which they run hunting trips for southern Customers and others, the Son David had a custom 7mm-08 made up on a Remington Mohawk action with a 24" Shilon Match grade S/Steel barrel 1 step heavier than a sporter weight This was to become His Guide Gun loaded with 168Gr Sierra Match King pills, the Rifle was topped of with a Kahles scope @ about 6 Power from memory zeroed to print point of aim at 200m, Customers were given a Parker Hale 375 H&H Magnum rifle (minimum Calibre for the big 5 in Africa) and a box of Winchester 270Gr sliver tipped soft points Now this load works well on big fat water Buffs but still you have to place the shot, All to often the hunter being guided and not having fired this sort of heavy calibre much or at all would on taking aim on a Buff from 50 to 100m distant (Stalking on foot) take aim at the beast close both eyes and pull the trigger and flinch in advance of the forth coming recoil more often than not leaving a wounded Buff to trot off away from the threatening hunter to which David would wait until the beast was at around 200m away and raise his nice little compact mild shooting rifle and one shot clean kill the Buff with a well placed bullet to the back of the head with a brain shot the Buff would fall in its tracks to the amazement of the customer being guided with them asking HOW DO YOU DO THAT?? and as Dave would say Bullet Placement Mate it works every time. Second example also in the N.T. Of Australia a mate of mine was shooting feral Donkeys with a 375H&H Magnum and had some 300Gr FMJ Round nose bullets with him, He figured he could shoot donkeys in the head with them and that would work out just OK?? How ever after shooting a donkey side on in the head it just stood there with a little trickle of red running down from both sides of its head and just would not die, A Friend of ours makes a heavy jacketed 200Gr HP for the 375H&H @3120FPS the follow up head shot with this bullet all but vapourised the Donkeys head being a far more humane choice of bullet Just not a pretty one, Moral to Hunting is, Rite Bullet in the Rite place at all time equals good reliable hunting Cheers AussieHunter</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AussieHunter, post: 400555, member: 17671"] Very True Poorly placed hits even with a Magnum are still only likely to wound several cases in point here in Australia that I can relate to you, Many years ago when the 7mm-80 Remington was still being talked about out here but no one had seen one yet a friend of mine a marksman of some renown who's parents run a Gun Shop up in the Northern Territory of Australia ( Darwin N.T.) Its a tropical and wild place in which you can hunt Asiatic Water Buffalo for which they run hunting trips for southern Customers and others, the Son David had a custom 7mm-08 made up on a Remington Mohawk action with a 24" Shilon Match grade S/Steel barrel 1 step heavier than a sporter weight This was to become His Guide Gun loaded with 168Gr Sierra Match King pills, the Rifle was topped of with a Kahles scope @ about 6 Power from memory zeroed to print point of aim at 200m, Customers were given a Parker Hale 375 H&H Magnum rifle (minimum Calibre for the big 5 in Africa) and a box of Winchester 270Gr sliver tipped soft points Now this load works well on big fat water Buffs but still you have to place the shot, All to often the hunter being guided and not having fired this sort of heavy calibre much or at all would on taking aim on a Buff from 50 to 100m distant (Stalking on foot) take aim at the beast close both eyes and pull the trigger and flinch in advance of the forth coming recoil more often than not leaving a wounded Buff to trot off away from the threatening hunter to which David would wait until the beast was at around 200m away and raise his nice little compact mild shooting rifle and one shot clean kill the Buff with a well placed bullet to the back of the head with a brain shot the Buff would fall in its tracks to the amazement of the customer being guided with them asking HOW DO YOU DO THAT?? and as Dave would say Bullet Placement Mate it works every time. Second example also in the N.T. Of Australia a mate of mine was shooting feral Donkeys with a 375H&H Magnum and had some 300Gr FMJ Round nose bullets with him, He figured he could shoot donkeys in the head with them and that would work out just OK?? How ever after shooting a donkey side on in the head it just stood there with a little trickle of red running down from both sides of its head and just would not die, A Friend of ours makes a heavy jacketed 200Gr HP for the 375H&H @3120FPS the follow up head shot with this bullet all but vapourised the Donkeys head being a far more humane choice of bullet Just not a pretty one, Moral to Hunting is, Rite Bullet in the Rite place at all time equals good reliable hunting Cheers AussieHunter [/QUOTE]
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