.375 should be banned from buffalo hunts!

[grand veneur]

Just to finally clarify a few things. I also believe that for many reasons the cartridge 375 H&H Magnum should remain the minimum for buffalo hunting, but I also believe that larger cartridges used under the same conditions work better. This opinion is also shared by some experienced members of this Forum.

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

I have always thought a .416 is much better medicine for buffalo, but for some people a .375 is all they can handle recoil wise. I think a .416 probably extends your effective range closer to 100 maybe 125 yards, while a .375 is probably best to use inside of 80ish? Regardless I am sure .375's have killed more buffalo than any other caliber

The difference between the 416 and 375 has nothing to do with range capability between the two cartridges. The 416 does perform considerably better at ranges dangerous game should be hunted.
I agree with the rest of your assessment. We will never catch the number of buffalo that have, or that will still be hunted with a 375.

 

[C.W. Richter]

I'd not be hunting buffalo if I were 300! (I'd probably knock it off in-favor of sitting in my rocker at 89.) More buffalo have been (cleanly) taken with the 375 in modern times than all others combined. Although I graduated to larger DG calibers, in retrospect, there's nothing wrong with the 375 (and it's probably best for shooters not accustomed to big bore handling-but also a do-it-all on safari cartridge.) Bullet selection and placement is key.

 

[DWB]

Just because the 375 bunch is so overly sensitive..... I have to share this framed magazine cut out I have in my mancave....

I love messing with you lot

#BigBoreStartsWithA4!!!!

All in good jest of course

 

[MS 9x56]

When hunting something that can kill you bigger is always better. Until you can’t handle the recoil and shoot it accurately. Whatever caliber you are going to use my advise is practice, practice and then practice some more.

 

[steve white]

Just because the 375 bunch is so overly sensitive..... I have to share this framed magazine cut out I have in my mancave....

I love messing with you lot

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#BigBoreStartsWithA4!!!!

All in good jest of course

If you will send me one of those GREAT wooden shields of the African continent, I will at least pledge to use a 350 grain projectile in 375

 

[hunt4fun]

DWB Please tell me where I can buy one of those African carved plagues. I am not going to SA again until next year. But when I do, I am taking my 375 H&H to shoot another buffalo and whatever plains game I choose to take. On my last trip in April, my 375 killed two wildebeest, a sable, a roan, and a leshwe, all one shot kills. I also shot a buffalo at 29 yards, facing me, slightly turned. I shot him a little below the mid-chest point with a 300 gr nosler partition. He turned and ran 30 feet and dropped, bleeding heavily from the nose. How can I not love this caliber?

 

[Andreas -458]

I shoot dozens of Water Buff every year, the .416 RM with Woodleigh 450GR is the staple go to for everyday hunting, this last year i have mainly used the .458 LOTT, an excellent cartridge, and every now and then the .500J comes out for a shot.
the .375 is a great round also, I find Woodleigh FMJ followed up by RNSN.

 

[DWB]

Gents I'm sorry but I have no bloody idea where I bought that shield. I actually think it was in a market in Eswatini (Swaziland)

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

DWB Please tell me where I can buy one of those African carved plagues. I am not going to SA again until next year. But when I do, I am taking my 375 H&H to shoot another buffalo and whatever plains game I choose to take. On my last trip in April, my 375 killed two wildebeest, a sable, a roan, and a leshwe, all one shot kills. I also shot a buffalo at 29 yards, facing me, slightly turned. I shot him a little below the mid-chest point with a 300 gr nosler partition. He turned and ran 30 feet and dropped, bleeding heavily from the nose. How can I not love this caliber?

Those shield/plaques are pretty common at a bunch of the touristy shops in multiple cities and countries. I’ve seen them in Vic Falls, Livingstone, Harare, Lusaka, Chobe NP, Kruger, JoBurg, Cape Town, Windhoek, and a variety of the street markets.

I’d bet if you messaged Elize at Afton a photo of it; she could have one waiting for you on your arrival/departure