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heavy cartridges

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Topic: heavy cartridges

Posted By: BEAR
Subject: heavy cartridges
Date Posted: 18 April 2024 at 10:01

Some crazy folks, like me enjoy shooting and hunting with heavy recoiling POWERFUL cartridges.

some I've shot include:

50 BMG (in bolt action)

458 W mag

416 weatherby

416 Rem Mag

8x 68

9.3x62

340 Polar Wea Mag

338 re mag

I consider the 348 to be medium!

after shooting and hunting with these I think the 9.3x62 is my favorite, legal for elephant (should one run down the street). Twice I've been chased by herd of elephants, and my 416 Rem was what I had! But, I'd feel just as comfortable with my Mannlicher stocked 9.3x62. With 286 gr bullets I get just short of 2500 fps. Doubt I'll be shooting any elephants. And if I was going to hunt them the 458 with 500 gr bullet would be preferred by me.

Elephant shots are near the zygomatic arches, I figure half way between the ear hole and the eye. But that is a side shot. Frontal shots have just too much bone to pass thru. When in Africa, there are lots of elephant skulls to study re shot placement.

just thinking out loud while suffering with vertigo.

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Posted By: d4570
Date Posted: 18 April 2024 at 12:53

The 308 Norma mag is a biggie also, Have shot it.

The boy just built a 358 Norma Mag, hefty kick.

I have shot a 338 lapua Mag it bights too.

I got one shot out of a 338 Allen express. WOW.

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My 8mm rem mag some people say it sucks to shoot but I like it.

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Posted By: BEAR
Date Posted: 18 April 2024 at 15:00

I also ,have a 300 RUM. In a plastic/fiberglass stock, it does kick. Actually, might need a walnut stock there, I have walnut stock on my 461 that should fit..

But it is only BIG in powder consumption.

I did toy with a 370 Sako, short of elephant and lion; it will do it all. I'm not a died-in-the- wool elk hunter. Only elk I've shot was with a 9.3, and that was a head shot. Fell so fast it looked like it disappeared.

I have light weight single shot 30-40 that I load P++. Folks will not shoot it more than once. LOL Maybe the metal buttplate gets them.

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Posted By: Wing master
Date Posted: 18 April 2024 at 20:06

I prefer to live life pain free.

I have had a 300 Win Mag and at one time I had a 300 Weatherby. I shot them but I couldn't take one to the range and run 50 rounds through it. I don't have any problem with a 30-06. That's about as hard hitting as I'm interested in.

Maybe I'm just a wuss.

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