Hi Kevin,
Good to hear from you.
I took the buffalo at about 30 yards side on with hornady 270 soft point just behind the right shoulder. It ran on about 50 yards and, after an appropriate wait for the bellow, we followed and found it collapsed under a tree facing back the way it came. I gave it...
Hi kharn
I have the "big five" model in .375 flanged magnum. lovely gun. No problems. Very accurate once I found the loads
Make sure you have an ammunition supply though.
Good luck
Gareth
Hi Kevin
The brass is from kynoch in the UK but I think Norma make it too.
http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/
80 grains N160 from vihtavuori
3.725 COL
The hardest part of the process was finding a softpoint and solid combo that regulate to the same point. It's trial and error but a useful...
Yes, I took a good buffalo last year with a kreighoff double in this calibre with a 270 hornady soft point through shoulder/heart on a side shot. No complaints at all and strangely accurate at 100m on the range (buff was 30 m)
Hi,
Thanks for the comments
Muzzle velocity is 2350fps and impact was at 100 yards, my concern was that if it failed in 12" of wildebeest it could cause major issues in a buffalo etc. Hence the posting.
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