Recent content by Olivier

Chamois

For leopard hunted over bait from a blind, I would use a non-bonded, mechanically locked soft-point bullet (Remington Core-Lokt, Norma TipStrike, Hornady InterLock), weighing 160–180 gr, in a non-magnum cartridge such as the 7mm-08 Rem., 7×57, .308 Win., or .30-06 Sprg...so I voted 7mm-08 Rem...

I can also mention my own book, Bien chasser à la carabine, which was released last week. It covers 60 hunting cartridges, from .243 Win to .600 NE, and provides recommendations for 95 big-game species from around the world. Of course, I may be slightly biased as the author! For the time being...

For my part, I’m currently reading Peter Flack’s Hunting Icons of Africa: The Top Twenty-Five Trophies, and I’m finding it very enjoyable so far.

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