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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 902626" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>Been hunting in Africa a few times back in the 80's and 90's hunting a mix of plains and dangerous game. My two favorites for the type of hunting I did was a Whitworth H&H 375 and a 450 H&H Dominion Double Express. In also own and shot 458WM, Wetherby, and the 416 Rigby. I think the choice of caliber depends largely on the nature and circumstances of the hunt. For the non dangerous antelope, warthog, zebra, etc and leopards, lions over bait, the 375 worked perfectly. The beauty of this caliber is that with minimal trigger time it will handle and feel like your pet 30-06 with little difference in felt recoil. All the game mentioned dropped like they were electrocuted with perfect bullet performance using run of the mill Winchester 270 gr power points. POI was identical using 300gr solids for buffalo. Trajectories with a 270gr were identical to a 180 gr 30-06. This rifle is a good choice for the North American big bears. For cape buffalo and tracking lions in thick cover, while every thing can go smoothly with a 375, if it doesn't, it's TOO small and a 458 cal or larger with a 500 grain bullet is minimum. For Lion I like a soft point and for Buffalo, a solid. At 20 yards, the possibility of not having a PH backing you up(two times for me), accuracy, speed, and damage is critical. With their steam up, you can't shock a cape buffalo with velocity, penetration/damage is critical. My 450 H&H sending a 480 gr solid at 2150FPS will send an expanded bullet lengthwise through a Lion, chest to azzhole, and a solid clear through a buffalo broad side breaking bone. While I really like my Rigby, I think that as a general purpose rifle it's caught in the middle, too big for the antelope species, and somewhat small for a disturbed buffalo. While bullet technology may have changed since I hunted Africa, most of the PH's seemed to frown on the ultra high velocity big bores believing it hindered straight line penetration, enhanced bullet fragmentation hitting the heavy bone of a buffalo, and were difficult to control unless the shooter was well practiced under pressure. For plains game they felt the high velocity loads did unnecessary meat damage. They fed the camp with this game. I'm sure there are many views on this subject and in no way declare them as gospel. Just thought I would share my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 902626, member: 10291"] Been hunting in Africa a few times back in the 80's and 90's hunting a mix of plains and dangerous game. My two favorites for the type of hunting I did was a Whitworth H&H 375 and a 450 H&H Dominion Double Express. In also own and shot 458WM, Wetherby, and the 416 Rigby. I think the choice of caliber depends largely on the nature and circumstances of the hunt. For the non dangerous antelope, warthog, zebra, etc and leopards, lions over bait, the 375 worked perfectly. The beauty of this caliber is that with minimal trigger time it will handle and feel like your pet 30-06 with little difference in felt recoil. All the game mentioned dropped like they were electrocuted with perfect bullet performance using run of the mill Winchester 270 gr power points. POI was identical using 300gr solids for buffalo. Trajectories with a 270gr were identical to a 180 gr 30-06. This rifle is a good choice for the North American big bears. For cape buffalo and tracking lions in thick cover, while every thing can go smoothly with a 375, if it doesn't, it's TOO small and a 458 cal or larger with a 500 grain bullet is minimum. For Lion I like a soft point and for Buffalo, a solid. At 20 yards, the possibility of not having a PH backing you up(two times for me), accuracy, speed, and damage is critical. With their steam up, you can't shock a cape buffalo with velocity, penetration/damage is critical. My 450 H&H sending a 480 gr solid at 2150FPS will send an expanded bullet lengthwise through a Lion, chest to azzhole, and a solid clear through a buffalo broad side breaking bone. While I really like my Rigby, I think that as a general purpose rifle it's caught in the middle, too big for the antelope species, and somewhat small for a disturbed buffalo. While bullet technology may have changed since I hunted Africa, most of the PH's seemed to frown on the ultra high velocity big bores believing it hindered straight line penetration, enhanced bullet fragmentation hitting the heavy bone of a buffalo, and were difficult to control unless the shooter was well practiced under pressure. For plains game they felt the high velocity loads did unnecessary meat damage. They fed the camp with this game. I'm sure there are many views on this subject and in no way declare them as gospel. Just thought I would share my experience. [/QUOTE]
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