well with one exception, both lions and tigers are very capable of killing with the first bite.....numerous cases of hunters that failed to stop a lion in a charge only to have the lion kill the hunter and then expire shortly there after.....John Kingsley-Heath has a list in his book 'Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa" of European and American hunters killed by the lions they were hunting....and what applies to lions applies to tigers....
being susceptible to shock far more than say a cape buffalo, lighter faster rounds into the chest cavity do tend to dump even large cat quite fast so things like the fast 30 and 338 rounds do work quite well when you hit them in the heart lungs.....but the fact if they get to you and that first time they clamp down puncture the skull or put 4 very large holes into the chest cavity is why some African countries have the 375 minimum.....due to the very low forehead frontal shots also have a very nasty habit of ricocheting off the skull and doing no serious damage other than make the cat madder.....
Last edited by rattler; 04/06/14.
