Hunter1970
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The other buffalo from the Selous this year. Rifle was a Mauser M98 in 416 Rigby
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Old Hippo bull I killed on dry land this year in Tanzania with a 416 Rigby and solids. Big old tusks on this bull and a great hunt, highly recommended! View attachment 1014203
Hippo on dry land is no joke man, very dangerous quarry and thick skinned. I would say it’s a sensible minimum, I would feel slightly undergunned with a 375. It was an epic experience and I was lucky to have a frontal brain opportunity to drop him instantly. CheersThe 416 Rigby seems almost overqualified for a hippo on dry land
congratsAnother one fell to my .303 Brit the other day at just under 200 yards, lung shot
I deviated from the 150 grain TSX's this year however, and shot this one with a factory 180 grain Igman , just because I can! I was told once their their factory ammo isn't very accurate, this is the second one I have killed with their 180's, neither went much further than 20 yards.
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Yeah I don't, recommend that ammo for Lee Enfields , but it has been fine in my Ruger and P14.congrats
I have mixed feelings on igman hunting ammo. I've taken 3 deer with it using a BSA shtle 3* , 2 were clean pass thru the the vitals but one literally exploded on impact and I had to manouver and get a second shot. I remember back when it happened I had posted about it with some pictures of chunks of bullet jacket I pulled out of the ribs on the impact side. I use it for target shooting only now because of that experience and have a few 100 left. I get the odd split neck which could be a long chamber issue but I also don't keep the brass from that stuff either.
anyways, don't want to derail this thread with too much discussion, just thought i would relate that experience with that particular .303 ammo.
Harvested yesterday morning, maybe 20 yards, 200 grain round nose from a 35 whelen.




























