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Old 08-28-2004, 11:41 AM
Steve Franks Steve Franks is offline
 
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bullet performance

I just returned from South Africa. I use a .375 H & H with 2 different bullets. The powder of choice was Winchester 760. I shot a wildebeest in the right rear hip (only shot available) and it angled into the spine. The bullet was a Nosler 260. He dropped like a rock and required a finishing shot. The bullet failed to exit and when recovered lost the front half of the bullet. Based on this I switched to Swift A Frame 300 grain. It went through everything I shot and no bullets were recovered.

I can't and won't knock the Nosler, it did everything I could have expected given the bad shot I was present. If I had used a 300 grain Nosler, then I may have gotten my thru and thru, I prefer.
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