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I am been overthinking on this. Here is my amateur engineering theory: both bullets strike the animal at the same velocity. They both mushroom equivalently. It’s the shank that changes the penetration. The swift expends energy in the deformation of the shank, and I suspect heat with that...

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Thank you for reading the post !

The phrase that the buffalo like you owe him money is often used. But, that look when he turns to you is deeply maniacal. It stays with you. My suggestion is just concentrate on your target area and hit him again, before he gets his feet under him for his riposte.

Does anyone know the relative expansion difference between Swift A-frame and the equivalent North Fork? I ask because I believe the common wisdom is that the North Fork will penetrate further. So, I am wondering if the Swift frontal diameter is actually more

I agree. I was using softs. I was talking to Marius about that as well. I can only assume the combination of the high SD for .411 bullets, plus the velocity of 2400. But we did find the entrance and exit holes. The poor skinners were rooting around in all of that for a while on my behalf. If a...

It really adds to the feeling you get!

Thanks! I appreciate that. I always had faith that, if it was possible, we were doing everything to make it so. The rest was out of my hands.

Thank you. We were all concerned at one point. It was definitely a roller coaster ride of emotions!

I am discovering that!

On a related note, I just used a 400 H&H shooting 400 gr North Fork bullets at 2400 fps on a Cape buffalo. The bull died very quickly. No bullets recovered as most went right through. One that was shot into the chest area was lost but it probably went into the rumen. My take away is that this...

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Thank you. Buffalo hunting is now my favourite hunt! It’s a real experience. Good luck!

Thank you I understand that the conditions were very unusual. I think a lot of the grasses and density will have died back by then, from what I have been told. But it’s a great area to experience. Good luck!