Impala Brand bullets from South Africa

[skydiver386]

Ran across these bullets during a search for solids. Some are small variations on tried and true designs, but other are very interesting concepts.

This is a typical RN Solid from turned brass stock.

 

[schmijar]

A South African friend I made while hunting there loves Impala solids for all game. The idea of shooting plains game with solids struck me as odd but he has 5+ decades hunting experience in SA which is about 49 years more than me so I didn't argue

 

[skydiver386]

I've seen plenty of match bullets like this, but none of this design for hunting. Maybe perfect for Tinies, but bigger PG or DG? They make and sell these in .375, .416 and .458.

 

[skydiver386]

This is the Impala Flat Point solid.

 

[DWB]

We use quite a lot of them for our Big Bore shoots as they are very affordable and consistent, plus they punch nice round holes in targets!

The added bonus is they kill very well!!!

 

[Frederik]

I use the RN solid quite a bit as its the cheapest I can find to shoot 200 plus rounds per year out of my 458 Lott in 500gr. Except for good practise at BASA it acts as my solid when hunting and works just fine.
Same for my 375 H&H but then 270gr bullets as I cannot get overal length above 89.5mm and then it doesnt function well in the magazine.
@DWB also uses them on BASA shoot in his 404 Jeff, 450 Rigby and now his new 500 Jeff.

I started in my .303 Brit with the 130gr LW bullet the pointy one and me and the Owner had a couple of words way back in 2002. I asked him why would anyone want to shoot pencil point bullets and he gave me a bunch and that was the end of it as long as you hit vitals they work great.
My 303 barrel was also shot and this bullet gave me good accuracy.
It was a loaner rifle to a bunch of cleints of mine on plainsgame from Springbuck to Zebra.
Never lost an animal as a loaner rifle one nyala was shot marginal and we had a long follow up but found it in the end.
So yes I have been using Impala bullets since they started out about 23 years now.

But like I wrote above these days I only use the RN solids.
With that I combine SBC bullets for softs also locally made.

 

[skydiver386]

I use the RN solid quite a bit as its the cheapest I can find to shoot 200 plus rounds per year out of my 458 Lott in 500gr. Except for good practise at BASA it acts as my solid when hunting and works just fine.
Same for my 375 H&H but then 270gr bullets as I cannot get overal length above 89.5mm and then it doesnt function well in the magazine.
@DWB also uses them on BASA shoot in his 404 Jeff, 450 Rigby and now his new 500 Jeff.

I started in my .303 Brit with the 130gr LW bullet the pointy one and me and the Owner had a couple of words way back in 2002. I asked him why would anyone want to shoot pencil point bullets and he gave me a bunch and that was the end of it as long as you hit vitals they work great.
My 303 barrel was also shot and this bullet gave me good accuracy.
It was a loaner rifle to a bunch of cleints of mine on plainsgame from Springbuck to Zebra.
Never lost an animal as a loaner rifle one nyala was shot marginal and we had a long follow up but found it in the end.
So yes I have been using Impala bullets since they started out about 23 years now.

But like I wrote above these days I only use the RN solids.
With that I combine SBC bullets for softs also locally made.

It looked like the pointy ones would be ideal on the smaller PG so as not to ruin the trophy for the Taxidermist.

 

[skydiver386]

We use quite a lot of them for our Big Bore shoots as they are very affordable and consistent, plus they punch nice round holes in targets!

The added bonus is they kill very well!!!

I'm quite surprised to hear that, as lathe turned bullets are usually priced much higher than the mass produced lead core/copper jacket bullets.

I have a 450 Rigby under construction and might consider these if I can get my hands on a supply.

 

[Frederik]

It looked like the pointy ones would be ideal on the smaller PG so as not to ruin the trophy for the Taxidermist.

Some outfitter mught frown upon it with game bigger than the tiny ten but for the small stuff and night critters like genets, and servals it would work just fine. I would maybe rather use the CFN from what I have heard it doesn more internal damage.