TassieTiger wrote:If I really have to explain it....? Geeez....
snag wrote:Fair dinkum Archie - 450 NE is overkill for pigeons in anyone's books! I control mine with 250 grainers from my 338-06 A-Square no problem at all. Maybe you should work on your shot placement .... practice head shots maybe?
eddievic wrote:mchughcb wrote:My normal cartridge for Sambar is 30-06 with 220grain Woodleigh RNSP. But this year I've almost exclusively used a 308 and shot about 20. I'm using 42gr of 2206H and a 165gr Nosler Ballistic Tip going about 2650fps. Personally I'm impressed as whilst a few have done a runner, I've been able to track the blood or running marks but the recovery rate is pretty good. I'm also surprised up to about 100m I'm getting the BT passing through on chest shots and making a mess of them.
Anyhoo, if you want to actually see more than a dozen sambar and a few fallow shot with a 308 Win with the above mentioned load here is the playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH51D3j ... S&index=16
You get paid for every view don't you.... but i suppose its not much per view.
I do wonder you must have an awesome hunting spot cuz considering we been in lockdown for most of the year....in a couple of months of liberty you shoot 20 sambar
Or someone been telling porkies
eddievic wrote:Blade i think you are reading more into it. I be honest i thought youtube worked with number of view, a tiny amount but if you have enough views you get some money... basic capitalism. I thought the liberal use of icons would imply it was a tongue in cheek comment.
The other question is a more valid one. MCHUGH has said it many times that he is in Melbourne metro area which is in stage 4. Apart from January and early February we really have only a couple of weeks where people were allowed to go outside and hunt or shoot at someone's farm. Hence the question about shooting 20 sambar deer, maybe the number is stretched a bit.
But now that i think about it, the better question should have been has he actually been illegally going outside of stage 4 areas.... or just telling a bit of porky about being in Melbourne metro.
The old tell about people lying is when they reply back is to deflect with a question of their own.
eddievic wrote:Blade i think you are reading more into it. I be honest i thought youtube worked with number of view, a tiny amount but if you have enough views you get some money... basic capitalism. I thought the liberal use of icons would imply it was a tongue in cheek comment.
The other question is a more valid one. MCHUGH has said it many times that he is in Melbourne metro area which is in stage 4. Apart from January and early February we really have only a couple of weeks where people were allowed to go outside and hunt or shoot at someone's farm. Hence the question about shooting 20 sambar deer, maybe the number is stretched a bit.
But now that i think about it, the better question should have been has he actually been illegally going outside of stage 4 areas.... or just telling a bit of porky about being in Melbourne metro.
The old tell about people lying is when they reply back is to deflect with a question of their own.
Mark wrote:I read a article a few years back in Sporting Shooter, where a guy managed to bounce a 150gr projectile off a big boars shoulder ! So in that case, not enough gun . I also know a young fella who shoots Red deer with his 17hmr for the dogs @ there place near Kilcoy ! There is also a video on youtube of some dudes wounding goats & chasing them for miles ! I wouldn't recommend a 308 to anyone, but thats me. I would say make sure your competent to shoot sambar with a 308. No cartridge is a guaranteed kill, to presume otherwise is a recipe for disaster.When i taught my 2 daughters to shoot, it was always for the head. No wounding only a miss .
Hatchet Jack wrote:I've killed most of my sambar with a 270 and 130gr bonded bullets, broadside or quartering it has never been an issue. I'd take that over a 30 cal shooting 180gr CoreLOKT's anyday. These days my deer main rifle is a 7x57, shooting Norma Oryx 140gr bonded projectiles I've killed hoggies, fallow, reds and sambar. Only 1 animal has made it further than 25m after the shot.
I'm hunting buffalo later this year and have either 250gr mono or 300gr bonded bullets for my 9.3 I offered one of the guys going to use. He declined, he normally uses 150gr bonded bullets for deer but wanted more power for buff so bought 180gr coreLOKT for his 300WM. Doesn't use 180 normally because they drop too much, tried explaining a) if using coreLOKT you may as well just load up Barnes varmint grenades and b) drop isn't an issue when you never shoot over 200 m (which he doesn't) and at any rate compensating for drop at moderate ranges whether dialling or using hold over is as easy as point blank but he knew better. Can't fix stupid.
bigrich wrote:
7x57 is a great round
i'm thinking about a 9.3 buildup at the moment too.......
Hatchet Jack wrote:bigrich wrote:
7x57 is a great round
i'm thinking about a 9.3 buildup at the moment too.......
If i could only own one gun it would be my 275 Rigby, kill anything from foxes to elephants and mild enough a kid can shoot it comfortably.
The 9.3 in any variation is a great round, it realistically is one of the best all rounders in existence I believe for performance and shootability.
Blr243 wrote:This topic been going forever. Somebody please chase a sambar stag up my way so I can shoot it and see what all the fuss is about