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Which ever your rifle prefers the best as they are both great bullets (Barnes or Swift A-Frame).

I like big 12 gauge slugs. Unfortunately my favorate is nolonger made as its maker died. I wish so much someone would purchase the rights to "Dixie Slugs" and take his legacy main stream! I for one would purchase "Dixie IXL DGS" today and any day!!! If I remember correctly they were 73cal...

The reason I like the 9.3 today is the current availibility of great top quailty factory ammo for it as compared to the .35 Whelen which is also a great cartridge. The .338-06 is also a great black bear round but with limited ammo availibility and it diserves a wider following when a magnum is...

You are not a broken record! I want to hear about the Swift A-frame. Do you think they are to heavily contructed to upen up good on a heavy say 500lb. bear on a shoulder shot then traveling through the chest? Or do you think the 250 gr. Swift A-Frame would performe better?

What are your favorite bullets for the 9.3x62? Since, I am in the USA I am especially interested in the performance of bullets on large bears on North America if anyone has first hand experence. The 9.3 is gaining some popularity here it seems and rightly so after its storied reputation in...

I gave my .35 Whelen to my only grandson that is a hunter as he lived in Pennsylvania where there are monster black bears to be hunted. Also a good excuse for me to get that 9.3X62 and maybe my grandson and I can go bear hunting together! He, He! 743-pound bear bagged by Nazareth, PA. Record...

I found this site recently and thought some of you might be interested since it features 12 Bore / 12 Gauge Dangerous Game Loads All the loads below are for sale on the site and are desribed there...

The DDupleks all steel ammo has made a showing of late. in the 3" variety, I understand.

In Alaska I believe it is still standard issue to "Game Department" and "police" for bear control.

NICE!!! I have desired a 9.3x62 for quite a few years now but what I would want would require a custom build and I'm too broke now.

Yes, I loved Dixie slugs and Tri-Ball!

I LOVE the 9.3x62 and only wish I could afford one now! Perhaps in the future. I owned and hunted with a ,375 H&H up in Wyoming. But I fell in love with the 9.3x62 at first sight. It is all one ever really needs hunting the timber for bull elk in grizzly country.

I no longer live around grizzly, as I once did. The worse thing I could run into now is a Black Bear. When I lived and scouted for Mule deer and Elk in the off season in Wyoming south of Yellowstone I carried a .44 Magnum 51/2" Ruger Redhawk loaded with Randy Garrett 330 grain Hammerheads. I...

I would leave Dangerous Game to the safe use of a "dangerous game rifle". However, Brenneke 3" Magnum Crush rounds do deliver a .73 caliber 666 grain hardended slug at 1600 FPS and 3804 ft lbs of energy at the muzzle as I understand if you only had a 12 gauge shotgun in a pinch. To do so...

The two heaviest hitting 12 gauge slugs Brenneke makes are the: 1. Black Magic Magnum 3", weight 602 grains, 1502 FPS and 3014 ft lbs at the muzzle. 2. Magnum Crush 3", weight 666 grains, 1604 FPS and 3804 ft. lbs at the muzzle. Both are devasitating rounds.

I know the 3" Black Magic's have an exceptional record in Alaska. I was wondering if anyone has any firsthand experience with the 3" Brenneke Magnum Crush round from the same company? While the Brenneke 3" Black Magic fires a 600 grain hargened slug at 1500 feet per second the Brenneke 3"...

I know this is a somewhat old thread but an important one since so many of us shoot .30-06s. With it being nearly impossible to find 220 grainers these days it seems one has has to make do with lesser weight controlled expansion bullets like the Swift A-frame that loads its 180gr, Barnes VOR-TX...

DDupleks 12 Gauge 3" Monolit 32 Mag.

I'm sorry to hear that!!! There is no excuse for that type of thing!!! How is it legal?

Hey, I ran across this video about lion hunting and it really made me think of why you may want as many rounds as you can carry in a rifle in such a situation! WOW!!!

I have heard great things about Hill Country rifles so I am looking forward to your report! I lived in Texas just on the mainland from Galveston Island for many years and most of my relatives live in East Texas around the Tyler/Kilgore area.

What I wish is that someone would do some real life testing on the Brenneke 12 gauge 3" Crush 656 gr. slugs , Dixie Slugs 12 gauge 3" IXL-DGS (Dangerous Game Slugs) heat-treated 870 grain slugs, Lightfield Commander IDS Plus 3″ 12 ga. 600 grain slug, and the DDupeks Monolit 32 Magnum 12 gauge...

D Dupleks Monolit 32 12 gauge ammo penetration on heavy brush.

Thanks for your great reply! I loved the pic also!

For my own information guys. If you have a Ruger Guide Gun in .375 Ruger already what would you consider necessary to make it into a reasonably reliable "light" Dangerous Game rifle for the lighter weight dangerous game like lion or the Big Bears or is it just better to start from scratch with a...

Hey has anyone seen or know about the D Dupleks solid steel 12 ga. slugs? They say they came out of Europe. Their Monolit 32 Magnum (12ga magnum loading) all steel solid sounds interesting and was wondering if any have been used in Africa?

Well guys I have zero knowledge about Africa or hunting there however I had a .375 H&H with a Bell & Carlson Kevlar & Aramid stock with full length aluminum bedding block and pillars which became my favorite rifle. So I give that stock two thumbs up!

Count me among those that believe in paying for quality!

Does anyone have any knowledge on the bullet performance of the Barnes .375 270gr. LRX bullet on African game?

If you are in Grizzly or Brown Bear country I also carried a .375 H&H. I am not advocating hunting either Grizzly or Brown Bear with the heaviest loaded 12 gauge slugs however it can be an around the house or around the camp gun. It is diffidently a great choice for those that hunt big black...

This whole thread was a great learning experience as I learned some as well as it confirmed some of my own thinking. I remember a few years back (my how the years fly as we get older) I read an article about the Guide Tests and their firearms that was much longer with more of a detailed...

Hi, everyone. Brenneke slugs have long been the standard by which all others are measured. I have two others you might be interested in one from a small company and the other from a big manufacturer. Federal's line for the .458 Win. Mag. includes a couple of 500 grain controlled expansion type...

Von, I have never shot anything larger than a .375H&H however I have often wondered about the .416 Ruger. What do you think of the round and the Ruger rifle it is chambered in?

I love my first generation Ithaca DeerSlayer III with its fully rifled bull barrel. It is not a gun to go on long walks with but when hunting from a fixed position as I often did trail watching it is perfect (I have considered shorting the barrel to 20").

I would rather have a .375 H&H or a .375 Ruger but in a pinch I would pick a Brenneke Orange Crush 3" (1-1/2 oz rifled lead slug with a velocity of 1600 fps and 3804 ft lbs of muzzle energy) or a Dixie Slugs 3" IXL-DGS (Dangerous Game Slug) 870 grs. and 1200fps out of a 20" barrel (1300FPS out...

You know I understand I am an old throwback to a generation the youngsters today do not understand. I remember looking at my grandfather, his wrinkled skin, and how hard it was for him to do some of the things he loved to do yet he loved to hunt and always made sure when my father had to work...

I have never used one on a any bear however if and when I do it will be loaded with 12 gauge 3" Dixie IXL-DGS (Dangerous Game Slug) It is is .730" and weighs 870 grs. It is designed for rifled barrels and .729"/.730" bore smoothbore with cylinder chokes. It leaves a 20 inch barrel at 1200 FPS...

Thanks for the information! I sent an email of today.

Now this is a "Big Bore" single shot! The .950 JDJ

Yes, I am interested! Please send me the information and THANK YOU!

Congratulations on becoming a .375 H&H shooter. I am another that went from a .30-06 to a .375 H&H and found the .375 H&H a great match for the heavy timber elk hunting I was doing in Wyoming.

That sir that is one FINE LOOKING rifle! I keep checking all the sites like Guns American, GunBroker, Etc. for one in stainless just like it because I would love to own one myself. I'll never see Africa or Alaska for that matter but I would still love to own a Ruger No. 1 Tropical Stainless with...

For everyone who live in, travels through, or plans to hunt in Bear Country; do yourself a great favor and read ALL of James Gary Shelton's books on Bear Behavior, Bear Attacks: the Truth, Myth & Reality about them and his "Bear Encounter Survival Guide". I had the great pleasure of talking...

Don't forget the large economy size can of "Bear Spray" for your belt as it has been shown to often work better than a gun (https://www.outsideonline.com/1899301/shoot-or-spray-best-way-stop-charging-bear) and save that "hand cannon" for last resort. :)

Could you post more information on the punch bullet loads? I found this article on punch bullets I thought others might like to see: Grizzly Cartridge Company Factory-loaded Punch Bullet Ammunition> http://www.gunblast.com/Grizzly-Punch.htm

Growing up in the deep south of Arkansas I used a lot of 00 and OOO buckshot. I have killed some quite large Razorback boars with just a .22LR because that was all I had with me while on my grandfather's farm once when a big boar cut one of my grandfather's cow's belly open with his tusks and...

A shotgun is the most versatile weapon one can take hunting anywhere. One can load it with shot shells for birds, it is used for small game animals like some species of Duiker in Africa, the thick brush for White Tail Deer in the Deep South of America, and can be the weapon of choice with fully...

If you use normal Buckshot consider this alternative. Tri-ball has 3-.600" hard alloy cast round balls/buckshot.The three balls/buckshot will pattern 3 1/2" (center to center) at 25 yards and still be well within the kill zone at 40 yards or beyond, depending on the choke. Dixie Tri-ball II...

I have only used Pump, Single Shot and semi-Auto Shotguns. I personally have an affinity for the pump action shotguns. It may be just because I have spent the most time in the field with them but I love them. I have a custom shop 12 gauge Ithaca Deerslayer III from the Original New York factory...

I will second a vote to MediumMadness pick of The Brenneke, Magnum Crush! 3", 1.5 oz. (666gr.) Rifled Slug 1604 fps, 3752 ft/lbs