Hunter-Habib
AH legend
The year was 1974, Kenya. Five of these Remington 300 Gr steel jacketed FMJ solids topped with an RWS 300 Gr TUG soft point in the magazine of my white hunter's loaned BRNO ZKK602 ( a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum ) were my setup for my African Cape Buffalo ( the first of several ). The soft point was for the first shot ( a broadside one through both the lungs ) and the five solids were for the follow up shots. The recovered Remington "Solids" would frequently be quite bent and riveted all too often. To their credit, they DID manage to always bring the Cape Buffaloes and elephants to bag, though. But compared to Winchester’s pathetic 300 Gr lubaloy jacketed flat nosed “Solid” ( which was practically GUARANTEED to shed their jacket or even break in half when used against pachyderms or big bovines ), the Remingtons were OKAY.
Until 1992, when Federal began to load their .375 Holland & Holland Magnum ammunition with 300 Gr Trophy Bonded Bear Claw premium soft points ... This setup continued to be my ideal Cape Buffalo combination. Once I began to use the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw bullet in a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum, I never looked back and used solids on Cape Buffalo ever again ( or indeed, for anything other than elephant ). And for elephant, I today much prefer the Nosler 300 Gr monometal Safari solid. The design is just so much superior with it's homogeneous construction and more impressive meplat.
Still, it feels nice to come across these things once in a while. Really makes us older guys appreciate how far bullet technology has come in the last 40 years.
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