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Buckmastr said:
""since I've lost interest in solids for anything other than elephant""

So if I showed up on a Cape Buff hunt with just DGX or TSX bullets, the PH wouldnt send me home? I have heard they want half solids and half expanding but I tend to agree with you on a big, premuim bullet replacing the requested solids. And then shoot everything with it from antelope to buffalo
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Heck, Saeed over on Accuratereloading has pounded more than 100 cape buffalo with Barnes or similar all copper expanding bullets that he makes. Lots of different shot angles, too.... And when I say POUNDED, I mean it. Most of the time he drops them with one shot, although there are some that have needed more than one or 2 shots. I guess with a sample of over 100, you will run into that form time to time!:)

I doubt that any PH would send him packing for only having TSX style bullets and no solids. :p
 
PHs seem to be surprised when they get a client who shoots well. They just assume that they'll have to finish whatever their clients starts, so it doesn't matter to them very much what cartridge a client prefers or the bullet he chooses.

Actually I came to develop a great deal of respect for how well a solid from a .375 kills game, regardless of size. I'm of the opinion that a properly designed solid, short in length, with parallel sides and a flat or hemispherical nose, as opposed to the old Kynoch style, kills as well as any expanding bullet of similar caliber.
 
Good thread guys thanks,

For those with the experience, What is your opinion on using the 9.3x62 Mauser as a cape buffalo gun? all round plains game gun? Does it really do what the 375 does in a smaller package?

Reading this was pretty interesting...

http://www.reloadersnest.com/article_9362_oct2803.asp
 
Buckmastr said:
What is your opinion on using the 9.3x62 Mauser as a cape buffalo gun? all round plains game gun? Does it really do what the 375 does in a smaller package?
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As an all aroundplains game gun I would say the 9.3x62 is hard to beat, unless you're going to hunt a region where shots over 300 yards are common, in which case something with a flatter tragectory may have an advantage. It has all the muscle you need for tough animals like Gemsbok and Wildebeest.

Does it do everything the .375 does? There are many experienced african hunters who use the 9.3x62 on buffalo and say that it kills just as well as a .375. Neither the .375 or the 9.3x62 are considered to be stopping rifles, but both are time tested and well respected for both plains game and buffalo. However in some places the 9.3x62 is not be legal to use for big game, either due to minimum calibre or minimum energy requirements that rule it out.


If you are really intesested in hearing from lots of experienced african hunters I highly recomend that you check out the accuratereloading forums, especially the bigbore, mediumbore, and african hunting sections.

The 9.3x62 is legal for buffalo in Zimbabwe and in some provinces of South Africa, but not in some other South African provinces or in Namibia. Its best to check the laws where you will be hunting.

So far I have only hunted plainsgame, and it will be a few years before I can consider going after buffalo. But when I do go after a buff I will likely stick to my .375 with 350 grain Woodleighs, they are getting very good reviews for killing power. When I go back to RSA for Kudu and Gemsbok two years from now I will also use the .375, but likely with .270 grain TSX.
 
Well my impulse has landed me a 375 h&h in a sako hunter. I felt like I should have put a ski mask on when I got it. Got the rifle rcbs dies 30 factory loaded 270gr 30 brass and sako rings for $1000. I will get my buddy that picked it up for me to post some pictures later today. I can't wait to get it in my hands!!!
 
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I got the chance today to look at a kodiak in 375 and I must say they are a really great pointer and feel really nice. I still like the look of wood and a blued barrel as oppose to the stainless.
 
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