Originally Posted by gunner500
Originally Posted by bearbacker
Originally Posted by gunner500
Originally Posted by Ben_Gates
I have a nilgai hunt booked on the King Ranch in March. What gun should I take: .270, 7mm Rem Mag, .338 win mag or .375 H&H?


I'd take the 375 H&H loaded with 270 gr TSX's at 2750 fps, it would be good practice in case you ever want to go to Africa and shoot some more really large antelope, plains game species. smile


If I were you, I would take the 338 or the 375. They are overkill on everything else (except maybe an irate feral hog) in Texas, and the Nilgai is truly worthy of such calibers.


Sorry I missed this quote bearstalker, and I heartily agree, I'd use any number of light to heavy medium bores on a nilgai hunt, I even have a old 338 WM around here that fires the 250 gr swift a frames at a lowly 2740 fps that I believe would pole-ax ANY nilgai quite handily. cool

gunner, swap the swift for NPT and I can testify to your premise...

It'll do exactly that...

DF