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I would rather say the cartridge 600 Nitro Express represents the upper limit, because anyone who can handle a DR caliber 577 Nitro Express will also be able to handle a DR caliber 600 Nitro Express. The rifles are comparable in terms of handling and the recoil of a DR caliber 600 Nitro Express...

Since hunting in Africa is far from extreme adventure conditions and is increasingly comparable to tourism, I recommend appropriate clothing. You don't necessarily need gaiters, for the few hours you spend in the field, this is not necessary. In the evening, you can shower and relax at the camp...

Dislike this videos. It are not very convincing regarding the working of big bores on dangerous game. I have shot more than one buffalo and a few elephants with cartridges like the 460 Weatherby Magnum and 500 Schüler. I know how they go down after a good shot placement. Every one can have...

All these cartridges were originally intended for something like this.

If I had nothing else at my disposal, I would also try to shoot a buffalo with the cartridge 360 N°2 Nitro Express, but only with a FMJ bullet. It worked well three times with the cartridge 9,3x74R.

It is certain that such cartridges are very marginal for DG hunting, but very comparable cartridges like the 9,3x74R or the 9,3x62 are it also. The last two were also primary designed for hunting heavy game in Europe and only later they find the way to Africa, above all for hunting PG, which is...

The cartridge 360 N°2 Nitro Express is very comparable to the cartridge 9,3x74R, so it is suitable for the same purposes as the other one, meaning primarily heavy game and to a certain extent dangerous game, among other also buffalo.

The box lock action looks like a PHV-1 action from Webley & Scott.

But there is no reason to blame only the American companies. Other manufacturers worldwide and Europeans also, can make mistakes.

If you look at the daily production of cartridges worldwide, it would be somewhat unrealistic to believe that everything always runs without mistakes. The errors are rather not noticed by the majority of users. Nobody checks the alloy of the bullets with a magnet or tests the load of the factory...

This seems strange to me too, although it cannot be exclude with absolute certainty. If the bullets differ in terms of alloy but look the same, a mistake could have occurred, but it is sure that this was not done intentionally. Mistakes have already happened by powder loads of factory...

The topic has inspired me to check what I have used in the past and what I still have in stock, but it is mainly about 500gr FMJ bullets caliber 458. The older bullets from Hornady, also those of the older factory loads from Weatherby are steel jacketed, but the recent one are only copper...

I own a custom Brevex rifle caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum without any recoil reducing device. Something like that exists, and it's not that rare in France because there are some custom rifles of this caliber built in the past.

It is to be expected that you will be attacked. The cow was certainly dead and for this reason it would have been wiser in a first time to move away in order to keep a safe distance and wait to see what happens. Fortunately, the incident ended well, but not for the second cow.