Good points.

I guess I'm not a minimalist, seeing what's the least powerful round I can use for a task. I'm more on the other end of the spectrum, but still somewhere South of Elmer Keith... grin

Next Nilgai hunt, I may consider my .300 Win Mag/200 gr. NPT. I still like my .375 H&H/250 TTSX load.

Boom/plop is nice, but a big gun won't guarantee such. I've seen'em run, well hit by a big bullet.

DF