Big Bores for small things

[degoins]

All the Big Bores - or for inclusivity's sake, let's just say "375H&H and up" - with the right amount of AA 5744 can be loaded down to "deer load" velocities and still be accurate. I've done that with handloads for my .375H&H and 200grn bullets for a few deer camps, and still want to do a deer camp with my .404J.

I also definitely want to smash some feral hogs with my .404.

I've had great success with 5744 with .375, 450-400, .458 and 9x57 with lighter bullets. Sadly I can't get it to work in my .450. However the old nitro for black formula works great in the .450...just have to use a filler.

 

[DIRTYHARRYBALLISTICS]

How many of you have used your big bores, I'm thinking .40 cal or bigger, to take smaller game than these guns are typically used for? Have you used them for plains game, or maybe North American and European game? If so, tell me about it. What animal did you hunt and what caliber and load combination did you use? I'd like to hear what led you to use the big bore rifle, for example maybe you got a chance at nice trophy impala while on a buffalo hunt, or maybe you were getting ready for a DG hunt so decided to use it for mule deer to practice. And of course, pictures make everything more fun.

I amd guilty of shooting a jackrabbit and a prarie dog with my .460 Magnum. I have a .500 Bushwhacker now, and i think its time i try it on a prarie dog as well. For science of course.

 

[DIRTYHARRYBALLISTICS]

I amd guilty of shooting a jackrabbit and a prarie dog with my .460 Magnum. I have a .500 Bushwhacker now, and i think its time i try it on a prarie dog as well. For science of course.

 

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Feral cat,Greener 577 2 3/4 , 650 Woodleigh RNSP 8 feet running

boar 577

small sambar

 

[DIRTYHARRYBALLISTICS]

Feral cat,Greener 577 2 3/4 , 650 Woodleigh RNSP 8 feet running
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boar 577
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small sambar
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Great, now i have to use my 6 bore on a chipmunk.

 

[CBH Australia]

I used a .416 Rigby to take a baboon.

I shot it with a solid to minimize pelt damage, but the bullet hit the humerus and damage was done.

Now that is humorous

3" 12 Gauge are punishing on both ends of the bore!

Don’t worry about @Bob Nelson 35Whelen He’s a big boy.
In Australia we have an expression “He’s built like a Shithouse” well, something like that I may have misquoted that.

Feral cat,Greener 577 2 3/4 , 650 Woodleigh RNSP 8 feet running
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Now that’s the best $8 for a shot that you could spend.
I wouldn’t pass it up if I could smack a cat in the scrub.

 

[BlueFlyer]

“He’s built like a Shithouse”

I know it as "he's built like a BRICK shithouse"

 

[CBH Australia]

I know it as "he's built like a BRICK shithouse"

Yes, that he is.

My comment might have been tongue in cheek.

 

[ftrovato]

Now that is humorous


Don’t worry about @Bob Nelson 35Whelen He’s a big boy.
In Australia we have an expression “He’s built like a Shithouse” well, something like that I may have misquoted that.

Now that’s the best $8 for a shot that you could spend.
I wouldn’t pass it up if I could smack a cat in the scrub.

We say 'Brick Shit House' in the USA. As you point out, that analogy sums it up quickly!