Final evidence that 300 win mag is enough gun

[WaWox]

Couldn't have done it with less.


... from recent SCI mag

 

[Pharmseller]

How far did they have to track the brute?




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[hunterjmj]

I've hunted antelope for years with a 300 WM and people were surprised they didn't blow up. obviously over gunned but I think in Africa people carry a rifle for the biggest animal they want to kill. Plus, who wants a duiker charging.

 

[flathead#2]

You want to put him down right there.
Otherwise, if he gets in the weeds you could step on it
and squish it.

 

[ORJoe]

All this time I thought the Jackalope was a joke

 

[Marbles]

Too little gun, he got lucky with a trick shot and should have respected the animal enough to us a medium bore.

 

[WaWox]

Too little gun, he got lucky with a trick shot and should have respected the animal enough to us a medium bore.

Only way to guarantee no tracking is to sever the animal in halves

 

[Marbles]

Only way to guarantee no tracking is to sever the animal in halves

Which is why a real man would have used a 700 NE.

 

[Hoosker Doo]

That's a nice pile of neatly placed leaves there to cover up the cannon hole through that little thing.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

8lb antelope with a 300 mag…..nice.

 

[WaWox]

Which is why a real man would have used a 700 NE.

Of course that round reaches its limits once you go up to a midsized duiker

Common duiker - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[ozyclint]

You don't hit it, you land it short and spray it with dirt and gravel.

 

[Mojave]

A DIK-DIK weighs 8-10 pounds. Most people shoot them with a 22LR or 22 Hornet camp rifle.

I have taken two steenboks, they weight about 30 pounds. Both with a 308.

Key is to shoot all the little things with mono-metal bullets.

 

[journeyman713]

Hope you had a backup plan, that beast could have turned and charged you.

 

[dirtshooter]

The gun probably weighed more than the animal.

 

[sierracharlie338]

Well my mind is made up. I’m selling all my guns and getting a 300….

 

[wyodan]

 

[ozyclint]

Key is to shoot all the little things with mono-metal bullets.

To ensure penetration?

 

[rifletuner]

To ensure penetration?

No, for more Omph.

 

[ozyclint]

Do you mean more knock down factor?