The .375" 260g NAB at 2700fps is my prefered sambar pill in my H&H. I have a jar of bullets collected from under the offside if I took quartering away shots but they tend to exit as a rule if the shot is broadside unless you hit the neck.
For those unfamiliar our sambar tend to weigh somewherew between 150kg for yearlings to 250+ for a big stag. The biggest hind I've put on a set of scales came in at 180kg.

There is the usual "take something that can kill an elephant 'cos your in Africa" argument but I'm keen to hear thoughts on the limitations of the light for calibre NAB. After all, H&H first marketed the .375 as having a choice of PG (270g) and DG (300g) ammo

I would not hesitate to use the 260 gr. Accubond on any African Plainsgame.

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I would not hesitate to use the 260 gr. Accubond on any African Plainsgame.

+1

GBE,

I like the 270 TSX in the 375 if not chasing DG but I think you'd be good with the 260 ACB. I just had a client take 10 animals including eland with a 30-06 and 180 SAF.

Mark

I used a 250gr 9.3 ACB at 2550FPS on everything from diker to blue wildebeest. So in your 375 would use the 260 on everything but Cape Buff and Elephant.

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Originally posted by lee440:
I would not hesitate to use the 260 gr. Accubond on any African Plainsgame.

Same here, dropped an Eland with one shot at about 150 yards. No problem.

I took my eland at about 200 yards with a 300 grain Silvertip in my .375 H&H, but I see no reason why a 270 grain bullet would not perform just as well. Most of my PG was taken with 180 grain Silvertips in my .300 H&H, although I took several wildebeest size game with my 7X57 Mauser.

I knew a very recoil-shy guy in Idaho who has killed 5 eland with a 270. Your 260AB would be just fine for anything i think.

I used the 260AB on a big Eland bull. It died. I'd still prefer a tougher bullet having looked at the two I recovered. I would use it with confidence on anything smaller.

For plains game in Africa with the 375H&H the Barnes TTSX 250gr gets my vote.

GBE
i havent had the chance to use/test the 260 AB on sambar yet, but im driving the 260 partition at 3000 fps from my 375 Ruger...., so i should be getting pretty much the same with the accubond.
im comming to the conclusion, no matter what you use on sambar, they run up to 100 yards, after being shot.....the only ones that have dropped on the spot are those that have been hit in the spine
i think the 300 partition @2700 might be a bit better on the sambar then the 260...mind you no flies on the 260
Daniel

Well I will just add my 2 cents. I used a 375 H&H loaded with 260 grain Nosler Partitions @ 2710 FPS in Africa. If I ever get back that will be what I take again. Plenty of power and excellent longer range performance; my shots were 200 yards and beyond, with a 270 yard shot on a trotting Kudu bull being the longest. Accubonds interest the heck out of me but were made from unobtainium up until recently.

I used a Sierra GameKing 250 gr in .375 to take a lot of plains game, including Eland. It worked perfectly and so will the 260 NAB

It's a bonded bullet so no problems with the biggest.

The majority says use it on eland and moose and such.
I would too, especially if it shot very accurately in my rifle.
Ought to be great for the big cats, grizzly, and smaller varmints.

Rip
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It will kill eland or anything else, and even some DG as its early kin did, but you give up a lot using one for such antics..

Its the same as me hunting elk with a 25-35 or 250 Savage, and I have often..but I have to limit my range to 200 yards, and be willing to pass up some awfully good bulls as a rule..

African safaris are simply too expensive to mess around with too light a caliber..If I were to pay big bucks for a safari and I have I want something that will kill at extended range and don't cherish paying trophy fees on animals that I wounded and failed to recover...

Don't ever think you can't get a long shot in the thickest of bush..YOU CAN.

Just my best answer to your question with your success in mind.

Jeeze.......those animals,aren't steel plated......

That bullet in a .375 will be fine for everything, worry about where you put them.

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Anything PG. Brown bear as well. And Lion.

I'd want something tougher and heavier for Cape Buffalo, Elephant, Rhino, and Hippo.

I would shoot any plains game with that bullet.

I kinda misread the heading in my first post, oooops! got combuberated thinking a .260 cal. rifle not bullet..I beg forgiveness and blame old age and a give a shitter that gets out of control form time to time.

I would use it on all plains game, even Lion, Leopard and buffalo in a pinch, but prefer the 300 gr. with softs and solids in any .375 Ruger or H&H..for African hunting.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
I kinda misread the heading in my first post, oooops! got combuberated thinking a .260 cal. rifle not bullet..I beg forgiveness and blame old age and a give a shitter that gets out of control form time to time.

I would use it on all plains game, even Lion, Leopard and buffalo in a pinch, but prefer the 300 gr. with softs and solids in any .375 Ruger or H&H..for African hunting.

We forgive you Ray!

I used a 150 gr. E-Tip at 2,900 fps on Eland out of my 7mm RMag.

I suppose the 260 .375 would work too.

I’d use the 270 grain TSX on everything and anything out of the 375 H&H. You won’t recover many and then internal damage is impressive.

I'm switching all my plains game hunting over to the 250 grain Barnes TTSX in my 375 H&H. I'll use them for anything except buffalo and elephant.

I have enough 300 grain TSX bullets to last Saeed a season (so ten lifetime's worth to me) but the 250s shoot so flat that I can use them for long range varminting if I want to.

Considering that I have shot literally hundreds of every African plains game animal, including eland, with 130 and 150 grain 277 caliber bullets you should have no problems.

My longest shot on an eland with a 150 grain bullet was over 500 yards.

Having used boxes of 260gr Accubomds in my 375 Weatherby on all manner of game, particularly Sambar here, I would have no qualms whatsoever using them even on cape buff if the need arose. They perform superbly on our water buff.
I used my 340 Weatherby & 250gr Accubonds on water buff, performed just as well as the 375 did, so you should have no probs, just put them in the correct spot and keep shooting while they’re still on they’re feet.

Cheers.

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Considering that I have shot literally hundreds of every African plains game animal, including eland, with 130 and 150 grain 277 caliber bullets you should have no problems.

My longest shot on an eland with a 150 grain bullet was over 500 yards.

Not everybody can shoot like that ^^ .

But my wife did collect her first and only animal with a 270 as well. One shot with my 150 grain Nosler Partition hand load into a very good kudu. The kudu dropped in its tracks instantly. Some of mine had run 20-50 yards. I told the scout and tracker and PH that they thought her shooting was better than mine. Which made them howl laughing. But in some ways it was true.

But as far as the 260s goes , you could take any plains game with it given reasonable shot selection and placement.

I killed 20 to 30 head of PG with Phillip Price, Swartkei Safaris, including Eland, with the 260 gr. Nosler and a Hawk of about the same weight, The Nosler worked like a charm, the HAWKS all separated the core form the jacket, but they did kill the animal, none of the Hawks left me an exit and they had the thickest jacket Hawk uses..I know the NAB will do the job as its about as good as the partition IMO, and in some cases better..

I have used the .338 Win with 225 gr. NAB's on my last 4 or 5 elk, maybe 6 ??. its presently my favorite elk bullet..I used the 200gr. NAB on small Texas Hill country whitetail this year and it performed beautifully with heart/lung shot, dead on the spot was the rule and two ran about 15 or 20 yards..Thats a heavy bullet for those little deer, but it killed them spectacularly and did not blow them up. I used the 120 gr. 250-3000 NAB on Mule Deer last year as did my grandson in law, and both instant kills.

It worked well on roan

All. My sons used a .270 on eland. Bigger hole is better, but place the bullet and you are good.

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Originally posted by JTEX:
Jeeze.......those animals,aren't steel plated......

That bullet in a .375 will be fine for everything, worry about where you put them.

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^^^^^^This^^^^^^

I'm sure you will have no real problem with proper shot placement!

That said, in my 375 H&H Whitworth express, or my FN Mauser rifle I use nothing but 300 gr Nosler partitions, or 300 gr North Fork cup points, for everything from impala tp cape buffalo. This has most times been my back-up rifle in case something goes wrong with my 470NE double. The way I see it, if it will do the job on cape buffalo or hippo then I don't worry about it working just fine for the rest.

This is the way I have chosen to use in my 375H&H rifle because it is very good for buffalo, and because my rifle scope and irons are set for the 300 gr bullet I know where that bullet is going to hit an any range without having to think much about anything but the range to the target.

SIMPLY MAKES HITTING WHAT I SHOOT AT without saying to my self "Now, where should I hold with the bullet I'm using today?"

No matter which bullet you use if you put it in the right place it will work for you, so I say use what you shoot the best!

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