Hoss Delgado
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Hi , everyone. New to these forums but been hunting since childhood . Nowadays ,I use predominantly a Winchester Model 70 in .375 Holland and Holland Magnum for all my hunting purposes . Love the rifle . Love the round. I plan to take it to Africa in 2020 for an Elephant or a Cape Buff. I also read a lot of big game hunting books in my free time . I was reading this book called " kambaku " by an Ivory Hunter called Harry Manners ( Good read BTW ) . He basically used the same kind of rifle l coincidentally own . Anyway , In one chapter , Harry is talking about how he would use ICI Kynoch .375 Solids in his rifle ( this was in 1945 ). He says that initially , the Kynoch .375 cartridges had A LOT of Driving power and he actually once downed two elephants in one shot ( a bull was standing behind the cow he shot ). He mentions that not long after wards , Kynoch .375 cartridges no longer had the souped up driving power and Kynoch had reduced the powder charge.
Is there any accuracy in what he said ? Were the early ICI kynoch loads really more powerful than the later loads ? find it really strange that Kynoch would actually reduced the powder charge of a cartridges . I uploaded a picture from the relevant page of the book.
Really appreciate the help,
Hoss
Is there any accuracy in what he said ? Were the early ICI kynoch loads really more powerful than the later loads ? find it really strange that Kynoch would actually reduced the powder charge of a cartridges . I uploaded a picture from the relevant page of the book.
Really appreciate the help,
Hoss
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