Recommended dangerous game bullets and cartridges?

[ActionBob]

I would not use Hornady or Accubond for cape buffalo There are much better choices. JMO Brian

I would agree but I wanted to use my 113 year old double hammer gun in 450 NE no. 2 3.5" it was regulated and proofed with 480 grain. The only 480 grain bonded bullet i could find at yhe time was the new Hornady DGX Bonded. It appears as though the bullets delivered to me are not bonded or if they are bonded, they are garbage anyway!

 

[ActionBob]

Back to subject.

What do you guys think about Nosler solid bullets for DG (Elephant)?
Acceptable, or not?

Why not? It appears to be an acceptable solid.

 

[ActionBob]

Yes the original Hornady “Dangerous Game Series” DGX was not bonded and had some bad feedback from Africa on dangerous game.
The new Bonded version is printed on the box “Bonded DGX” has gotten very good feedback…

That and being .458 bullets being available in DGX Bonded is why I used them. And that bullet totally failed. I bought 5 boxes of Bonded bullets and a box of solids. Waste of money because not all I can use them for is practice but I'm left trying to find an acceptable bullet to use in that 113 year old rifle. Or only use solids in it buy those need to be a metal clad lead bullet also. Not recommended to run a mono-metal bullet through those old barrels. Ironically I could have used a solid in that head on shot. But had those bonded softs loaded because I was hunting a huge bull in a herd.

 

[ActionBob]

Terrible, if there are no more Swift A-Frame bullets available, hunting in Africa will no longer be possible for some hunters, at least they believes so, but I can calm everyone down !

One can shoot buffaloes with other bullets, including classic SP bullets, also with those from Hornady, bonded or not, the difference is minimal.

Difference is minimal? Bullshit!

Even Tony Marcus who advertised Hornady is on video stating he always uses Solids on buffalo.

IMO that is a terrible choice when such better options are available. Especially when you consider the possibility of pass through bullets killing or wounding other animals.

I'm sure he was using solids because he didn't trust a Hornady soft!

He also quoted the use of solids having been advice from an older hunter telling him that when he was young.... That leads me to believe that in the "good old days" many if not most buffalo hunters used solids whenever possible.