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Sound advice. The open sights on my rifle did not work well on ageing eyesight. The solution was replacing the backsight with a red dot sight. This is sighted in on 50 meters. Also have a leupold 1-5 in quick detachable mount sighted in at 100 meters. At first I had a Swarovski 1-8 mounted, but...

New update. This is how the barnes solids look after a slight shave at the barber. I think it looks promising. The weight loss is only 6 grains. I have not been able to test how they feed in my rifle, but I will be surprised if they dont feed reliable. I am certain I now have two good options...

Thank you both. Hunter-Habib: is there a reason you prefer the TBBC instead of the 450 grains softpoint from Woodleigh for shots in water? I like the idea of having same zero on expanding/solids. According to Norma they have the excact same velocity. I have not had time to verify it just yet.

Nhoro: Peregrine is not an option. The company that import their products have no solids, and do not plan to import any in the future. Same goes with the importer of Norh Fork bullets. What you see at the photo is what I have. There are no other alternatives for me.

Ok. Time for an update on the search for the optimal hippoammunition. After an extensive hunt for ammunition/bullets this is what I ended up with. Left corner: Federal TBBC paired with norma factory, barnes banded solids. Round nose. They have the same velocity( ca. 2300 f/ps) and group well...

Thank you. Just realised Peregrine bullets are available in Norway. But the company who imports themdo not have any solids in stock. They just recived a large shipment of bullets. Next delivery will be this winter at best.. Are their solids any good? They have one type in brass alloy and one in...

Spike.t: dont you think their trajectory will be to far from each other? I reckon the shooting distance will be quite close, but still?

Thank you all for your feedbacks. Been busy with work this week. Hunter-Habib: you are right. It is a steel jacketed bullet. I still havent found anyone who is having flat solids in stock, so i guess my only option is Norma. Either Barnes or woodleigh. In that case I will buy 3-boxes of Norma...

Frederik: the simple answer is that my outfitter and PH wants me to bring solids.

Thanks to all of you for making me feel welcome and giving your advice and sugestions. I have made a few phonecalls and know a little bit more. Unfortunatly, it does not look very good. I spoke with a company that normaly has a wide selection of woodleigh bullets. They have no idea when they...

Hunter-Habib: thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiense regarding hippo hunt. one of the reasons I would like to hunt one is that I a few years ago I got the oportunity to hunt a ”problem" hippo that had broke in to a farmers area in South Africa. We hunted it for 7 days, but newer saw...

Rem280: I live in Norway. One of the reasons I strugle with few choises in the 416 Rigby. Small country where few hunters use anything larger than 375..

PerH: I have never heard of Tonheim. I will check them out. Thank you so much.

PerH: Hjemmelading do not ave any in stock. I have sent them an mail and asked if ther are expecting delivery. Jakt & Friluft was a good tip. Will phone them later. What are Tonheim bullets?

Thank you kindly!