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Rhino Bullets 375 cal Solid Shank 380 gn
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Does anyone have hunting experience with these bullets ? I picked these up here but have never used them personally although I'm interested to give them ago. The Rhino website quotes Johan Calitz and Kevin Robertson giving favourable comment and I would appreciate comment from American hunters, and a certain UAE hunter, who might have taken African game with these. Thankyou.

Pic shows the bullet against a Barnes TSX 300 gn.


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Posts: 2110 | Location: New Zealand's North Island | Registered: 13 November 2014Reply With Quote
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looks to me like it would work just fine.

long heavy bullets seem just to do that.
 
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I would never consider using any bullet heavier than 300 grains in a 375.

NEVER.

Experience so far has shown me they just work.


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Posts: 69385 | Location: Dubai, UAE | Registered: 08 January 1998Reply With Quote
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I'm not an American and I don't shoot a .375.

But I have been using Rhino bullets for hunting almost exclusively since the early 2000's, in .308 and 7mm.

I love them.

They don't have a great BC and are thus best suited to short-range work, but they are extremely tough while also expanding reliably at velocities lower than lathe-turned hollow points can typically match. Never had more than a couple of grains of lost weight and somehow they seem to put game down quicker than other bullets I have used (but this is of course hugely subjective). I theorize that it's due to their relatively flat meplats, but I have used other, even flatter bullets too.
 
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Something interesting, A guy I know is going to Zim and he asked his PH about solids and he told him that since he was using Swift A-Frames he didn't need solids. Last time I went for Dangerous Game I loaded solids and soft. That was a few years ago. I'm going this year, so I went through
the pain in butt process of getting my soft and solids to print as close as possible. After doing that, I thought I'll ask my PH about solids and he said they are not necessary since I'm using Barnes bullets.
I wish I would've asked that question first instead of assuming.
When i get there, I'm going to ask him to expand on the why.


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Solids were recommended years ago because of poor penetration of softs available at the time.

Barnes X and similar bullets would penetrate a buffalo legthways.

I have seen it many times.


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