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I've read posts from a few years back that described Hornady's proprietary .375 Ruger DGS loads as performing poorly, even on large plainsgame (eg-fragmentation, shallow penetration)...At least one poster suggested a (large) "bad batch" or quality control issues early on... Anyone RECENTLY used this ammo in Africa?? Outcomes?? | ||
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There has been no comments lately. I have used there solids without problems. But I personally prefer TSX 300grs on buff. Tears them up. Mike | |||
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Makes no sense to me to spend a lot of money and time on a hunt and just to skimp on bullets. I would use a flat point monolithic design. I would recommend the terminal preformance thread in the big bore section if you have not read it that was started by michael458 | |||
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My issue is that I'm not a reloader (and don't want to become one) but I'm limited to the .375 Ruger b/c I'm having a BLR rebarelled & the .375 H&H is too long... | |||
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You don't have to be a reloader to have any choice of premium bullets you want. There are several custom ammo loader like Superior and others who others I am sure will list as well. | |||
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I've used DGS bullets in .458 Win Mag (elephant and buffalo), .416 Ruger (elephant), .450 N.E (elephant).404 Jeffery (elephant) and .375 Ruger (buffalo) with excellent results. Hornady, for a while, made some monolithic solids that did turn out to be too brittle, but the ones marketed now seem to be quite good, at least, IMHO. JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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WTF use solids on buffalo anyway? USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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Joe, For clarification, do you mean DGS which is their solid or did you intend to ask about the DGX which is their expanding bullet? The fragmentation comment got my attention as it is something you do not normally hear when discussing solid bullets. My experience is the new DGS solids are actually quite good. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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You are correct, the posts were regarding non-solid Hornady DGX | |||
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I can't speak to the .375 Ruger (but will be able to after September) but I have used the .404 Jeffrey Hornady DGX bullets on a couple of buff and have had quite good results. I have only recovered two bullets and they showed the expansion Ruger highlights in their advertisments... about 1.25x expansion. Their old Interbond bullet did not have a good reputation but I think the "new" DGX is a huge improvement on those bullets. I spoke to Ivan Carter about the bullets a couple of years ago and he and probably Dave Fulson have seen more buff shot with the DGX than most and gave them a "thumbs up" rating. Now before the Internet police says "yes but they are his sponsor", we communicated outside any forums and I asked him his honest opinions and he listed other bullets he liked as well. But he did not hesitate when I specifically asked about these... and that was good enough for me. And the bullets have been good enough for me as well. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Jorge: When you are following an elephant and a buffalo decides to kill you, you shoot him with what you have in the magazine.  Hunting buffalo, of course, is a different proposition and I'd not hesitate to use Hornady DSX bullets if I had them available.
JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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My PH used solids only on Buff. Of course he expected that any shot that he was going to make would be either going away or coming toward us. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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No worries Ernest my friend, comment was not directed at you but at the original poster  USN (ret) DRSS Verney-Carron 450NE Cogswell & Harrison 375 Fl NE Sabatti Big Five 375 FL Magnum NE DSC Life Member NRA Life Member | |||
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joester, I too have a .375 Ruger and have only used the Hornady DGX on paper. However, I'm going to the CEB's for dangerous game in both their solids and non-con's. As mentioned, read michael458's thread in the Big Bore forum and see why many of us are going in that direction. As you are not a reloader, there are several options if you do not have a friend to reload for you. However, if you have no other option, then see how your rifle shoots the DGX's. If they shoot accurately, I wouldn't have any issue with using them. Shot placement will have a lot to do with success. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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