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Indy: 72gr of RL-15 and Fed 210 primers will give you that. You can work it up to 74. jorge Yeah, I know. But I don't want to use any powders except the ones I already use for other calibers. I'm using H4895 for the .375, which is similar to RL-15, and know I can go up a grain or so from where I am.
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Alright guys...admitted cherry here. Off to Chifuti next may for leopard/cape buff and PG. Taking my 375 and my 30.06. I don't reload and I do not have the patience to learn.
Won't Barnes triple shocks work for us rookies just as well.
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That's what I would use in both calibers. 270s in the 375 and 168s in the 06. With the TSXs you don't need the extra weight and the 270 will shoot clean through a buffalo. In fact Randy Garrett when he was testing the TSXs said he preferred the 270 over the 300. jorge
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Alright guys...admitted cherry here. Off to Chifuti next may for leopard/cape buff and PG. Taking my 375 and my 30.06. I don't reload and I do not have the patience to learn.
Won't Barnes triple shocks work for us rookies just as well. Absolutely! Tudor Howard-Davies, former editor of the South African Man/Magnum magazine (one of my favorites) sent me an article he had written that proposed that the 30-06 coupled with the .375 H & H was the perfect African combo. With 180 and 300 grain bullets, he demonstrated that both shot with the same trajectory. I'd say with TSX's, do the 165's and 270's, and you will have a marvelous time.
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Would I use the 375 for the buff and the 30.06 for the leopard and plains game or would the PH prefer I use the 375 for the leopard, as well?
Thanks for your help guys.
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Bob...if it were me I'd use the .30-06 for leopard..but above and beyond my personal preferences, I always made it a point to use/do whatever my PH told me to...
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Indy: 72gr of RL-15 and Fed 210 primers will give you that. You can work it up to 74. jorge Yeah, I know. But I don't want to use any powders except the ones I already use for other calibers. I'm using H4895 for the .375, which is similar to RL-15, and know I can go up a grain or so from where I am. RL-15 has been the best powder by far in the two 375's I've owned......best accuracy and velocity, especially with the 250-270gr weights. And H4895 is made in Australia!......  
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I don't think the PH will care but that is certainly a question you can ask him. THe o6 will handily kill a leopard. Once you decide though, that is where you need to install the best scope money can buy. jorge
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Would I use the 375 for the buff and the 30.06 for the leopard and plains game or would the PH prefer I use the 375 for the leopard, as well? Boddington's leopard video suggests that the .30-06 is perfect for leopard. I believe he was using Swift Sirocco II bullets. Somewhere recently I read that a large number of wounded leopards were hit with 375 bullets that did not open well on such a soft animal. But, if a softer, fast opening bullet is used there is no reason a 375 can't be used.
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The PH will make that call for you on the spot. The .30-06 will do the job nicely, if local regulations allow it.
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What does the tip of a TSX look like by the time you get to the third one down in the magazine?
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I've never noticed them to get deformed or set back in the case. I crimp .375 and .458.
I do not crimp .300 Wby and I have noticed that the bottom round (Nosler Partitions) sometimes gets set back into the case a little.
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Dear Sir, I have hunted in Africa for many many years, I use a Sako Ann 80, The only bullet I have ever used is Federal Power Shok 300 grain round nose, Not Elephant( 500 NE double for these.), but every thing you can think of, Leopard, Lion, Hippo, all the Plains game, lost count.
It does the job on all. DRT ( Dead Right There ) If you hit them in the correct spot.
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Welcome Beretta. Offer up your thoughts on the gear bag thread if you will. And, don't call me sir.
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I can recomend the Double Tap loaded 270 TSX for the 375 H&H for non-reloaders. Can be purchased from Midway.
I have not tried it on buf but have used them up close and out to 450 yards on various size animals and it works great.
In fact I found myself using the 375 more and more no matter if it is my heavy or light.
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Just added another comment to my note pad.
4 pages deep now.
Ingwe....are there strip clubs in Zim??
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Don't know, I stayed the hell out of town.... Contrary to what jorge says..its not my style....  Besides, we got enough raucous celebrating done "the night of the leopard"......  Not a clear head or pristine thought in the crowd.....  Ingwe
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Ingwe...I knew it really wasn't your style. It was easy to pick upon as I read your posts over time.
I paid for a couple of my areas hunting reports from 08 and 09 that are in the gear thread.
Seems a dangerous game paradise but I might have a good shot at Kudu,Zebra, warthog and with some real luck, a sable.
WTF is up with the pricing of a sable,man? More than a leopard? WHY?
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Gear bag Thread ?? sorry I sure what you mean ?
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