I have a number of rifles but I got to thinking the other day about which of my bolt rifles afforded me the best combination of powder and bullet and provided me with best level of power for large/heavy game. Let's leave the doubles aside for a second. For me anyway, one of the best guns that I have for large/heavy game is my .450 Dakota. I load that cartridge with 94 grains of Reloder 15 and it drives a 450 grain TSX bullet (or banded solid) at right around 2400 fps. I think it would be a stunningly effective big game round.

What is your favorite?

W760 and the 300gr. Swift A-Frame in .375H&H.

Shoots well, performs well on game from deer to Cape buffalo.

George

While not ever using it in Africa, since I have never been, my favorite and most effective combination for me on everything I have shot from white tail deer to musk ox is a 250 grain Barnes "X" flat base ahead of 69.0 grains of IMR 4064 at about 2650 fps. or so out of my 375 H&H.

I think it would work on anything I could accurately place the shot on. JMO.

Well all I've killed is paper but the load for my 375 H&H has real potential to be an animal killer. Careful this load seems safe in my rifle and is extremely accurate (3 shots @ 100 yards about .5" best, almost always under .7").
71 grains Reloader 15, 300 TSX Barnes, Federal brass, CCI magnum primer. I get 2694 fps average 12' from the muzzle. I'm pretty sure this will make short work of all North American game and about anything on the Dark continent I can afford to hunt.

375WBY, 300gr nos/par, H4350
375WBY, 350gr woodleigh PP, H4831sc

.375 H&H 260 grs Nosler P WW brass WLR Primer 85 grs AA4350 2850 f/s
.375 H&H 300 grs Nosler P WW brass WLR Primer 80 grs AA4350
2550 f/s

7x57 175 grs Nosler P WW bras WLR Primer xx grs R22 2660 f/s (83 mm/3,27 inch, cartridge lenght, absolutely non standard)

Regards

PH

.458 Win Mag in my CZ 550
350-grain TSX at 2753 fps. Standard deviation 2
xx grains of H4198
WLRM primers
Winchester brass

I crimp in the bottom groove.

Has gone bear and moose hunting and is my standard load for any North American big game. I'm sure it would work well for plains game in Africa, as well as leopard and lion. I think Cape buff would be in big trouble also.

Bob

www.bigbores.ca

Tough to choose just one so:

600 Overkill

with:
Fed 215
W760
900gr Macifej SHARRC

or
Fed 215
N550
RGB 750gr "Crayola Tip"

or
Fed 215
W748
AHR 800gr X-bullet

550 express
h335
715gr lead bullet
1900 fps is easy ish to shoot

500 AR
h335
570gr hornady DGX
2150 is a JOY to shoot.. HANG ON at 2400

470 ar
h335
400gr speer gold dots
2500 fps SMOKING

458 AR
h335
hornady 500gr pills or 302gr leigh
2300 fps, either way
dead piggie

458 lott
h335
rem 405
2200 fps
easy on everything!

416 AR
h335
400gr h OLD softpoint
1850 fps ...
did it go off?


jeffe

I just sweep the floor in the loading room and fill the case to the bottom of the shoulder.

.358 STA with 270 grain North Fork in front of 90 grains of RL-22 and Fed 215M. At 2900 fps this is a real stopper. Good shooting.

458 Lott, 550 grain Woodleigh solid or soft and enough H-4895 to give 2,150 fps out of a 22" barrel. Start at 75 grains and work up checking velocity and for signs of pressure with each load increase.

465H&H

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Originally posted by Dan416:
I just sweep the floor in the loading room and fill the case to the bottom of the shoulder.

works great in not shooting DG with a 25 ACP!!

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Originally posted by 465H&H:
458 Lott, 550 grain Woodleigh solid or soft and enough H-4895 to give 2,150 fps out of a 22" barrel. Start at 75 grains and work up checking velocity and for signs of pressure with each load increase.

465H&H

+1.This is the loaded round I will most likely be using on my coming buff hunt this October-550gr RN Woodleigh softs and solids,behind H4895.These are the rounds that will be used to regulate my custom rifle open sights with and assure they feed and fit the magazine just right.I prefer to go with a round nose bullet in a DG bolt action rifle for feeding reliabilty.

67gr RL15 topped off with Woodleigh 350gr PP or Solids gives me 2400fps and cloverleafs out of my 375H&H. Damned if it don't kill buff or whatever else you point it at