Call the shot dry land Hippo, charging

[Altitude sickness]

Ok he is pissed and coming for you.

20 yards and has picked you to chew on.

Which dot

Also call your rifle action, caliber and bullet choice.

 

[Odinsraven]

505 Gibbs - Red

 

[BeeMaa]

Green. Blaser S2 500/416NE with 400 grain CEB Safari Raptors.

Tough shot with him moving around and trying to hit a brain the size of a grapefruit.

 

[randallhebert]

.22 shoot the wife in the leg and run.

500 NE green dot or a little above

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Green

I mostly use a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, loaded with 300Gr solids. But I’ve also shot one with a .404 Jeffery and one with a .600 Nitro Express.

In recent years, I’ve taken to replacing the solids with Barnes TSX monolithic all-copper hollow points. So far, they’re serving me well. I still load two solids into the bottom of the magazine for the last two shots (sort of as an insurance) but in the near future, I just might end up loading the entire magazine with Barnes TSX.

 

[Hunt anything]

Green, .416 Rigby is what I carry these days.

 

[VertigoBE]

Red, 500NE with Norma Factory rounds loaded with Woodleigh FMJ's

 

[buck wild]

I do not like that head angle, but if I had to- top green. I'd be using whatever rifle the PH rented me

 

[Surgeon1]

470NE double with My usual 500gr Aframes or Swift solids

 

[Fatback]

Green dot for me. I’d be using my 404 Jeffery with 400 grain, flat nosed Barnes solids. This combo made short work of a big bull hippo last year. Great penetration with this set up. Here is a recovered bullet from the bull. Granted, the bull wasn’t charging.

 

[Surgeon1]

Green first shot Red with #2
Red would brake posterior ramus of jaw
Green maybe brain
But realistically at 20yd full charge getting 10,000fpe in the head may be the best u can do

 

[Pondoro]

.470NE with 500 grain Swift A-frame or Hornady DGX Bonded

 

[AimSmall]

Whichever shot, now is time for your triple-barrel Hauptmann in 500NE!

 

[saswart]

Honestly I will wait a bit, hippo's when charging lower their head and it does not move up and down a lot...

From what I have, I will my 458 Express with a 500gr Rhino/Peregrine solid. If anything else, would love to take a hippo with a 500NE.