375 H&H Norma Oryx

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He calls it the most underrated bullet on the planet.
 
The 170's are excellent in a .275.
 
From my reading on the Norma Oryx, I understand that they are an engineered, bonded bullet. I have not tried them in my .375, but I am tempted to buy a box or two. I believe that Midway has .375 Norma Oryx available. Link: Norma .375 Oryx
 
I bought some of them a while back but the Swift A-Frames and Barnes TSX grouped better for me. If the Norma Oryx had grouped better, I was confident they would do the job.
 
I have not used that bullet in a .375, but I think its's a good idea. I have used them in 285 gr. in the 9.3x62 and 9.3x74R to take a variety of game, at a variety of distances/impact velocity with perfect satisfaction. Quick opening, wide mushrooming, and deep penetration with very very good weight retention around 90%. The sectional density of a 285gr. 9.3 is identical to the 300 gr. .375, so I think there is good reason to think they would perform comparably.
They are my current favourite hunting bullet in several rifles and cartridges, not only my 9.3's. I have used the Oryx bullet in a variety of rifles / cartridges to take Giraffe, Kudu, and Gemsbok in Namibia, and Canadian Elk, Moose, Whitetail deer, Mule deer, Black bear, and German Wild boar. Never a problem of any sort.
 
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It is the first load I worked up for my new 375H&H.
It is shooting sub 1” groups at 100 yards and had excellent performance in Namibia on everything from Eland to Springbok.
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@MAdcox - That is a beautiful Mountain Zebra. It shares many of the Grévy's Zebra characteristics.
 

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Morning Rob, Any feeling for how the 300 H&H shoots? How's the barrel condition?
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Hello. I see you hunted with Sampie recently. If you don't mind me asking, where did you hunt with him? Zim or SA? And was it with a bow? What did you hunt?

I am possibly going to book with him soon.
Currently doing a load development on a .404 Jeffrey... it's always surprising to load .423 caliber bullets into a .404 caliber rifle. But we love it when we get 400 Gr North Fork SS bullets to 2300 FPS, those should hammer down on buffalo. Next up are the Cutting Edge solids and then Raptors... load 200 rounds of ammo for the customer and on to the next gun!
 
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