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Just thinking about what toys to take over this summer. Would a 7x57 be appropriate/ enough gun for Mr. Chui? ______________________ RMEF Life Member SCI DRSS Chapuis 9,3/9,3 + 20/20 Simson 12/12/9,3 Zoli 7x57R/12 Kreighoff .470/.470 We band of 9,3ers! The Few. The Pissed. The Taxpayers. | ||
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I can't imagine an objection. It is plenty of rifle. I don't think it may be legal everywhere but it is certainly plenty powerful enough. Gator A Proud Member of the Obamanation "The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 10:2 "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them." George Orwell | |||
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I hunted leopard last summer. Over the bait my 9.3x74R was too much gun as the bullet punched a little hole going in, and a little hole going out. Not much expansion. I have an FN in 7x57 that I thought about bringing on that hunt as I knew a leopard was the biggest thing I was interested in shooting. I wished I had done that. I think most of us consider a 7x57 as a small gun for Africa. It is great for most Namibian plains game and if I ever go for leopard again I think I'll take that gun. You can borrow money, but you can't borrow time. Don't wait, go now. Savannah Safaris Namibia Otjitambi Trails & Safaris DRSS NRA SCI DSC TSRA TMPA | |||
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I've used .223 twice, and .280 the last time. Absolutely no problems. Quick, humane kills. Shot placement and well constructed bullets. Cheers, David 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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I used my Model 70 7x57 to take a leopard on the ground in Zimbabwe at 47 yards. Shot carefully immediately behind the shoulder broadside with a 120 grain Ballistic Tip rolling at 3170fps at the muzzle, there was a 7mm hole in; froth filling the chest, and a small fragment of jacket in the offside interior chest wall. He simply collapsed. No tracking, no bloodtrail, and the taxidermist was pleased that there was nothing to repair. They aren't much different than shooting a whitetail. | |||
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Its shooting more then the caliber... Mike | |||
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