Wishfulthinker580
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I wonder to what extent the 425 WR was used among game departments..
Very good, Wishful Thinker. That's correct.It had widespread use among game departments didn’t it? Almost standard issue?
I wonder to what extent the 425 WR was used among game departments..
Game department in Uganda. Tsetse Fly Control staff in Rhodesia, according to invoice records from Bulawayo General Supplies.In Uganda and partly too in Rhodesia.
I think it’s still used in KrugerIt had widespread use among game departments didn’t it? Almost standard issue?
I wonder to what extent the 425 WR was used among game departments..
In Uganda and partly too in Rhodesia.
Game department in Uganda. Tsetse Fly Control staff in Rhodesia, according to invoice records from Bulawayo General Supplies.
That is the HkG3Post WWII it has definitely killed a lot of animals in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola, Congo, Sudan, etc.
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There is a time frame, 375 H&H is over 100 yrs old. 1912. So to compare 458WM is from 1956Basically what's second runner to the 375H&H in terms of popularity and African game taken?
416 Rem Mag?
458 Win Mag?
470 Nitro Express?
Not the good old 303 - the great old 303. Love this cartridge .A number of years ago I had the opportunity to look through the firearms registration ledgers from Colonial Kenya. Everyone who had a firearm(s) theoretically was registered. My preconceived notion was that it would be full of .375, 425, 404, 9.3, .470. I was way wrong. If a page contained 15 lines, probably 13-14 lines were the good old .303. There was an occasional shotgun, .22 or maybe a .375. In talking with some old time Tanzanians, they figured the ratio was probably accurate throughout East Africa. The professional hunters would have used mid/large bore but it seems the settlers used the .303 for all animals including lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant. There were a lot more settlers than professional hunters.
It would be interesting to know if those numbers could be extrapolated throughout all of British Colonial Africa.
I would guess that the .303 has taken more DG than even the .375. At least in British Africa.
450 Nitro, .470 Nitro probably they were pretty common back in the golden days of African safaris.Basically what's second runner to the 375H&H in terms of popularity and African game taken?
416 Rem Mag?
458 Win Mag?
470 Nitro Express?
9.3x62 does wonders on deer too, drops em with almost no meat lossAlmost certainly the 9.3x62. I’ll bet it surpasses the .375 H&H given its history.
The 123 gr 7.62x39 has killed the most game in Africa by now. Before that the 7x57 born 1892 and .303 Born 1888 duked it out. It is romantic to dream of a big safari caliber taking the honors, but the truth is as unattractive and desperate as so many full metal jackets fired without regard to licensure and regulations.
I don't think that has anything to do with it. You're dealing with people that run the tangent sights up on the rifle to make it more powerful. If they have an intermediate rifle that shoots thirty bullets on one trigger pull do you really think they are going to put that down to go poach with a .303? Maybe if it was a Vickers or Bren...vehicle mounted...I dont even think the 7.62x39 has caught up to the .303 at this point. You have no idea of the scale of .303 that is/was out there.
Even if a person fights with an AK there is usually a Lee Enfield and ammo lying around somewhere to hunt with.