My CZ American the 286 Nosler at 2425 fps has taken whitetails (WV and Texas), Impala, Warthog, Blue Wildebeast, Kudu, and Zebra with spectacular ease. No recovered bullets. I'd only go with a Barnes if hunting something really heavily built.
The little VZ.24 is new to me and it seems to really like the 250 gr Woodleigh. We'll see how they work this fall.
Mike
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Originally posted by 308Sako: What is your favorite .366 BULLET and what cartridge do you shoot it in and at what velocity & for what purpose?
286 gr Woodleigh round nose Approx 2400 fps in a 9.3x62 (handload is 58.0 gr of RL-15) African plains game (I haven't hunted anything else yet with my 9.3x62)
I am currently shooting 286 grain Norma Alaskan bullets and was shooting 285 grain PRVI's until I just ran out. They are both shooting to the same point of impact with the same load which is 60.5 grains of Ramshot Big Game in Graf brass and CCI large rifle primers. I leave for my elk hunt tomorrow and may have a report for you on the performance of the bullets by next week. I have not tried any of the "premium" bullets for this cartridge yet, my personal feelings are that for Deer, Elk, Moose and Black Bears the plain vanilla bullets should be adequate at the velocities I'm pushing them. I would not use the Barnes X unless I was expecting an extremely difficult critter at close range but that is just me. Nosler partition is a little softer so it may be more useful to me.
Posts: 5604 | Location: Eastern plains of Colorado | Registered: 31 October 2005
Update on my ever changing opinion The new Hornady 286gr soft point refuses to shoot larger than one hole groups I believe Hornady has developed a bullet with an insecurity disorder so they'll stay together.
Hopefully I'll have a report on how they perform on deer sized game later this year.
Posts: 1912 | Location: Charleston, WV, USA | Registered: 10 January 2003
The 250 gr X at 2650 fps in my 24" barrelled 9.3x62's. Here's some recovered bullets from a trip to Africa 5 years ago with my FN. All drop at the shot kills.
Posts: 1577 | Location: Either far north Idaho or Hill Country Texas depending upon the weather | Registered: 26 March 2005
I believe Hornady has developed a bullet with an insecurity disorder so they'll stay together. 
