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1 posted on 05/23/2003 5:53:06 PM PDT by 45Auto
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To: 45Auto

The .375 H and H, left, and the .470 Nitro Express

2 posted on 05/23/2003 5:54:51 PM PDT by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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A friend of mine has an H&H .375 with a custom Enfield bolt.

He fired six hand-loaded rounds the first day he shot it and ended up with a huge black&blue mark on his shoulder.

Its a beast of a round.
5 posted on 05/23/2003 6:10:07 PM PDT by Rebelbase (220, 221 whatever it takes.)
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BANG!
6 posted on 05/23/2003 6:12:15 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: 45Auto
That's nothing compared to the Nuke 50 BMG.


8 posted on 05/23/2003 6:13:45 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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To: 45Auto
I believe that this month's American Rifleman Magazine has a rather in-depth article on the .375 H&H.
10 posted on 05/23/2003 6:18:28 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: 45Auto
I hereby dedicate this article to the "Friends of PETA" Club.
11 posted on 05/23/2003 6:21:54 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: 45Auto
I recently got a catalog of African double guns and cartridges. The guns went from $15,000 to $30,000. The cartridges were much more reasonable. For example, five (as in "5"; not "20" and not "50") .700 Nitro Express cartridges were only $399.95.

I guess if you have to ask, you can't afford it.
15 posted on 05/23/2003 6:49:46 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: 45Auto
While the .375 H&H is an excellent cartridge, the 6.5 Mannlicher - Schoenauer was the most popular cartridge among professional ivory hunters due to its low report & the high penetration & accuracy, because of the high sectional density of the projectile - most used 140 or 160 grain bullets, which are really long for the diameter
29 posted on 05/23/2003 7:44:07 PM PDT by Ford Fairlane
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To: 45Auto
bump ... interesting.
32 posted on 05/23/2003 8:01:51 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
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44 posted on 05/23/2003 9:30:26 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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Why would anyone want to kill these sweet, intelligent creatures in the first place ? Murderers.
115 posted on 05/24/2003 10:20:21 AM PDT by Rainmist
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"karamojo" bell shot a LOT of elephants with the 7x57 mauser with FMJ bullets.

i once saw the rifle, which was on display at a SHOT show-it was a plain German-contract for Spain-military model 93, which seemed to have been "sporterized" with a HACKSAW,chainsaw & metal file! NOT a pretty sight!

HIS technique was to get within 10 YARDS of the elephant, get it to charge & shoot the tusker in the roof of the MOUTH! it worked every time! not much need for a "shot picture", sight alignment, etc. THERE! (LOL!)

Free dixie,sw

117 posted on 05/24/2003 10:34:06 AM PDT by stand watie (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. : Thomas Jefferson 1774)
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To: 45Auto
The only purpose for that is for shooting throught cars, grade schools and shooting down planes. </liberal anti-gun talking points off>
147 posted on 05/24/2003 11:39:05 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: 45Auto
African Hunter Magazine is one of the best journals coming out of Zimbabwe. I got my first order at the Dallas Safari Club and have enjoyed it the past couple of years. They also had a story of a poacher that used a .22 long rifle to put down the big beast. What is amazing is what is NOT in the journal. There is nothing in any of the issues about anything that smells the least bit of politics.
183 posted on 05/24/2003 5:32:48 PM PDT by TEXASPROUD
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To: 45Auto
How well does it work on jackass?
199 posted on 05/24/2003 10:01:36 PM PDT by The Red Zone
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