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Tested ceb 400 gr solids in a 500 smith and wesson on a cape buff in africa and the penetrated thru the buff at every angle i tried and it left a good wound channel. Shot from a bighorn armory model 89 at 1780fps. Never redlined it and didnt need to. If it works and works repeatedly i would...

I always say we are omnivores biologically which means we are made to hunt. Wired that way genetically. I can buy the food but theres no inner gratification. Indians and all ancient peoples did and kept trophies too. Why are we different. Other than we are more domesticated to the state...

My son has a weatherby in 375h&h. He has used it africa. Works flawlessly. Short bolt throw, smooth. And accurate. Great rifle. I have a sako 85. Works flawlessly as well. Both great. Crf vs push feed is a non issue

what would have been more telling is if he had shot until it was down like most hunters wouldve. The reason we choice the woodleigh solids is so we couldve put him down at any angle had he run straight away. Thats where i think the 6mm fails

My son shot a very very large giraffe this year in SA. Carcass weight was 1948lbs (gutted, no hide, and legs cut at the knees, no head.). He shot it three times with a 375hh with woodleigh hs solids. 2 shots on the run. All within a 5” circle. From shot to falling was just under 30 seconds...

The bfr and freedom arms get extra velocity because of a tighter cylinder gap. This also goes for smith and wessons vs bfr’s. My 4” 500jrh gets higher veloities with the same bullet than my 6.5” sw 500. My 7.5” bfr 460 gets nearly 250fps more than my sw 8 3/8” 460. Sw are top shelf and...

Its one of my favorite hunting revolvers. Ive killed many animals in africa with it. I had the trigger tuned by jrh gunsmithing. Incredible gun. I have several. 454’s 480’s and 44’s. The 454 is the best

Ive taken a variety of buff with everything from a 41 mag up to 460wby. Its really about the bullet and none really overwhelm buff until you get up to really fast big bores using barnes bullets. A good bullet through the vitals kills em every time. Caliber minimums were based on an older time...

The 300wm with the right bullets will very very decisively kill any buffalo that ever lived. Btw the use it extensively in australia on water buffalo. Not considered minimal in the least

They worked well on the giraffe. Both caught in offside hide. The one that had alot of deformation went tgru the heavy shoulder bones. The less deformed bullet was heavily quartering away and went thru ribs and offside shoulder. I have used them on waterbuff and it cut thru a waterbuff like a...

I have shot 26 large bovines. Cape buff, water buff, and bison. A couple of them were recovered from an eland and a sable shot with a 460 over 120 yds away. They range from 325, 300, 265 and The cutting edged solids were taken from a giraffe. Shot quartering away. The xbp is from a watusi...

My 454 aframe actually went thru. I have two aframes from the 460 buff which were in the offside hide shit at 150yds and 15 yards. Ill find em and post them.

So far the 45 cal 325 aframe has been the best handgun hunting bullet ive used in africa followed by the 300 gr bullet. The 325 was used for cape buff and lion out of a 454 casull and the 300 out of a 460 bfr for cape buff and 12 other plains game.

I bought a VC based on the recommendation of two very very good gunsmiths. My VC is impeccable

I shot a big whitetail buck with my 450-400 3” and it made quite the impressive wound channel. Blood was shooting out both sides of the deer. Cant imagine a 375 being not at least as good.