Recent content by Olivier

Very nice bull, congratulations!

Tall Tales from Buzz Charlton Next coming one: Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet by G. Burrard (available at 21 EUR on Abebooks!)

Recovered .308 Win bullets from a wild boar shot at close range with a Tikka CTR (20" barrel). Left: Barnes TTSX 168 gr Right: Norma Tipstrike 170 gr

Totally agree, and Craig Boddington seems to hold the same view in his book Buffalo II.

OK, that is a good point , yes 1900fps for bonded big bore bullet is the norm

These rules are deliberately very strict so that they are easy to remember and help ensure optimal bullet expansion in all circumstances. I am not saying that lower impact velocities cannot work: although bullet constructions can be grouped into broad categories (solid, mono, bonded, soft...

As a rule of thumb, monolithic bullets (TSX) and bonded-core bullets (DGX bonded, A-Frame, TTBC) require a minimum impact velocity of around 2,100 fps (650 m/s) to expand properly and reliably, whilst hunting soft-point bullets (ELD-X, Interlock, Power Point...) expand or fragment reliably down...

12 gauge .308 Win .375H&H

In order of preference - Southern Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - Pakistan Markhor - Altaï Argali - Kafue Sable - Yukon/Alaska Stone/Dall Sheep

Exactly!

Nathan Foster, a New Zealand long-range hunting expert who runs the website https://www.ballisticstudies.com/, has praised the 168-grain ELD-M (=A-Max) bullet, particularly for extending the effective range of the .308 Win. He even uses it also at close range and claims he has never been...

Around 9 pounds / 4.1 kgr is the sweet spot for a hunting rifle—heavy enough to shoot well, light enough to carry all day—while 10 pounds 4.5kgr is the maximum acceptable weight unless there is a specific reason for more. I mainly use mine for chamois hunting, so I carry it all day long: one...

One million wild boars are culled each year in France; these aren’t the largest ones, but it’s not uncommon to find some weighing between 100 and 120 kg, and the population is overpopulated.