The .223 and .280 in South Africa

[John Duarte]

greyghost,

I read your post about your hunt. My feeling was that the .280 would have been all you needed. On my hunts to Namibia I used a .300 Win. Mag a .300 Weatherby and a .30/06. The first two hunts I used 200 grain Noslers in a .300 Weatherby and killed animals ranging in size from springbok to eland. The next two trips the .300 Winchester was used for warthog to kudu encluding hartebeest and oryx. This past May I used my .30/06 and shot a zebra, waterbuck, warthog and oryx. Comparing the results with the three cartridges, I couldn't see much difference among them. The bullets in the .300 Winchester and '06 were swaged by me and they weighed 220 grains. The ones shot from the magnum were bonded the .30/06 bullets were not.

Interesting topic.
John