Savage Axis .223 or Merkel SXS .375 H&H???

[bollox]

This thread delivers.

 

[hoytcanon]

When you can make doubles on prairie dogs with the Merkel, then you're ready for mbogo. I guess my vote is for the .375.

Do you mean, like... the barrels are two inches apart, so if I see two prairie dogs sitting next to each other, I just pull both triggers at the same time?

P.S - you have a funny name, why did your parents call you "boomer?"

 

[caramel]

I'm not sure that a guy with 100 .308's can truly appreciate my dilemma...

Not only i understand it, i got you a winning solution... You thank me later... JP.

 

[Boomer]

. . .
P.S - you have a funny name, why did your parents call you "boomer?"

Sez the guy saddled with hoytcanon for a handle. Besides, Boomer is easy to spell.

I'll keep my eye out for some .224 slugs with tungsten penetrators for you.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Ugh, too bad! You missed this 270 I had posted for sale yesterday....

Ted

Anything with a Mauser action is instantly twice as effective on Cape Buffalo.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Neither caliber will suffice... Get yourself a good 308 , you will never look back... JP.

Not the Steyr Magnum 450 Marlin?

 

[BigUglyMan]

This thread delivers.

Hoyt works for UPS.

 

[caramel]

Not the Steyr Magnum 450 Marlin?

Great rifle and caliber... But short range proposition, under 200 yards... JP.

 

[caramel]

.30/06??? I have never heard of this one... is it like a .308???

Yes but a lot less accurate... JP.

 

[Boomer]

Yes but a lot less accurate... JP.

Communist propaganda!

 

[hoytcanon]

Sez the guy saddled with hoytcanon for a handle. Besides, Boomer is easy to spell.

I'll keep my eye out for some .224 slugs with tungsten penetrators for you.

My name was bestowed in honour of my great grandfather, Hoyt Emmerson... and rumour had it, that he had something in common with a Clydesdale...

 

[hoytcanon]

Anything with a Mauser action is instantly twice as effective on Cape Buffalo.

Well then, I am glad I didn't buy Why Not's .270 Mauser... I only want one buffalo... don't know what I would do with two.

 

[caramel]

Communist propaganda!

I know, the truth hurt... JP.

 

[Boomer]

My name was bestowed in honour of my great grandfather, Hoyt Emmerson... and rumour had it, that he had something in common with a Clydesdale...

Hairy feet?

 

[Boomer]

I know, the truth hurt... JP.

Ya, but you're young, you'll get over it.

 

[hoytcanon]

Yes but a lot less accurate... JP.

Hmmmm... Why would someone recommend a "caliber" that is not accurate? I read that I probably need to hit a pie plate at 25 yards 8 out of 10 times in order to hunt buffalo???

 

[hoytcanon]

Hairy feet?

Hoyt"hobbitt?"

 

[Boomer]

Hoyt"hobbitt?"

There ya go. It flows well and does have a nice ring to it.

 

[hoytcanon]

Do you have any advice on what to do with the prairie dogs after I shoot them with the Merkel??? I'm assuming stew...

The only wild game I have eaten are a few starlings my cat, Stumpy, brought home...

 

[caramel]

Hmmmm... I would someone recommend a "caliber" that is not accurate? I read that I probably need to hit a pie plate at 25 yards 8 out of 10 times in order to hunt buffalo???

Why aim for lesser performance... Go for the gusto, go 308... JP.