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I'm also keen to hear how you get on with the Sierra 250 grain projectiles. The option of borrowing a similar rifle to the one you use is indeed fortunate as traveling with a rifle and ammunition has become increasingly difficult. Enjoy.

If anyone is interested in using cast projectiles in the .375H&H at low velocities, the following recipe may be of interest. Using the Lyman 375449 mold, 100% lead (soft), air-cooled, sized to 0.379 with gas check and orange magic lube. Powder: 13.0 grains Trailboss - no filler. Primer: CCI...

Some very interesting and impressive casting work going on by contributors! For what it is worth, I cast a .375 slug using wheel weights with 2% tin in the Lyman 375449 mold. Projectiles are water quenched. Cast projectiles weigh around 275 grains. I size to .379 and apply a gas check and...

For what it's worth, For the last couple of years I have worked a few months each year doing meat recovery in Namibia, mostly shooting free-range oryx, kudu, eland, and zebra. I don't waste time shooting smaller animals. All shots are head shots, or rarely high neck shots to preserve the meat...